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I feel like crying. by asteria2002 in Lesbians

[–]pixipod 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I think the study that is often referred to is this one: https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/pdf/nisvs_sofindings.pdf

The stats: Lesbian – 43.8% Bisexual women - 61.1% Heterosexual women – 35.0%

But I'm pretty sure male partners are included in these stats. There is a gender breakdown somewhere in there if I remember correctly. But in those overall stats above, I think men are included - think closeted lesbians, bi women who self ID as lesbians etc.

It also says this:

"Consequently, the basis of the key independent variable in this report, current sexual orientation, may not represent the sexual orientation of respondents when the violence actually occurred"

edit: Here's something from NCADV: https://ncadv.org/blog/posts/domestic-violence-and-the-lgbtq-community

"43.8% of lesbian women and 61.1% of bisexual women have experienced rape, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner at some point in their lifetime, as opposed to 35% of heterosexual women." It doesn't specifically say partners of the same sex it just says 'intimate partner'

But the numbers seem to be pulled from the earlier study that I've linked.

Straight woman fetishize lesbians by redditsuks in Lesbians

[–]pixipod 23 insightful - 6 fun23 insightful - 5 fun24 insightful - 6 fun -  (0 children)

Likes lesbian porn but has never had a crush on a woman. Yeah, typical LBL content.

Wow so much woman-hating on a lesbian forum by Blueegg in Lesbians

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it's funny how you think that straight women fight for lesbian rights

This. Straight women typically don't care about lesbians at all. Finding a straight woman who actually thinks about and is interested in lesbian's voices, our experiences etc is actually a nice surprise. I find straight women who consider themselves LGBT allies are really only concerned with gay men, their voices, their experiences.

“Chronic hetero monogamist” comes out as gay after breakup by peaked2020 in Lesbians

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I've said a few times how much I hate the fact that 'late bloomer lesbian' pretty much just means anything other than actual lesbians who were delayed in having sex/relationships because of things like living in rural areas, homophobic family etc.

I hate that this image represents what being a ''late bloomer'' has become. That community is toxic for any woman trying to figure out her sexuality.