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Neecy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-19-09 06:54 PM
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A question for heterosexual DU women
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Edited on Sun Jul-19-09 07:26 PM by Neecy
Have you ever been called an anti-gay slur because someone assumed you were gay? Were you ever threatened with violence for the same reason? Is it common for you to have coffee with a female friend and have some cretin assume you were partners, and threaten you?

I've had a few people in the last couple of days insist that this is common for straight women - for example, if you turn a guy down, or a group of lowlifes sitting in a truck - but in my experience, none of my straight friends have ever been targeted for anti-gay slurs or violence.

I'm just curious here, because I didn't think it was all that common. But I'm told that it is...

On edit: thanks for the responses - this is pretty fascinating, not only from the POV of a gay woman but as a feminist as well. People who don't respect women to begin with must think the lesbian card is the biggest insult on the planet.
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