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[–]julesburm1891 22 insightful - 1 fun22 insightful - 0 fun23 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Why is there such a steady subset of straight women desperate to larp as gay?

[–]PatsyStoneMaverique 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Because it brings social benefits in liberal places. Same reason there are so many white academics (also mostly women) who larp as other races. There have to be dozens who have been caught at this point.

There's a stereotype that straight people don't matter or aren't human in a way that gay people are that they're reacting to. Gay love is the only love that is respected.

[–]strawberrycake 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I used to work with an older white man who was a they/them and claimed he was a PoC. It’s definitely a thing that happens. An Indian woman I knew complained about it to me in private and how these identities made it more difficult to address how shitty he was at his job. It’s progressive armor.

[–]PatsyStoneMaverique 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Whenever there's a flaw in the system, scumbags will exploit it.