Usually portrayed—often simplistilly—as ironclad, the bonds between gay men and straight women have been the foc of much bate lately. Actrs Rose McGowan ed a stir last month when she scribed gay men as “as misogynistic as straight men, if not more so” and blasted gay men for not standg up more for women's rights. More recently, rapper Azealia Banks echoed McGowan's remarks as she r...
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- DO GAY MALE CULTURE HAVE A MISOGYNY PROBLEM?
- 'THEY JT WANTED TO SILENCE HER': THE DARK SI OF GAY STAN CULTURE
DO GAY MALE CULTURE HAVE A MISOGYNY PROBLEM?
* gay misogyny *
Usually portrayed—often simplistilly—as ironclad, the bonds between gay men and straight women have been the foc of much bate lately. Actrs Rose McGowan ed a stir last month when she scribed gay men as “as misogynistic as straight men, if not more so” and blasted gay men for not standg up more for women's rights.
'THEY JT WANTED TO SILENCE HER': THE DARK SI OF GAY STAN CULTURE
McGowan is hardly alone her belief that gay men are generally myopic about the rights of other opprsed groups. Dpe the prevalence of straight woman/gay man bt iend clich, 's fair to say that gay men's relatnships wh and attus toward women are often more plex than what's portrayed your typil episo of “Will and Grace.
” Still, plexy is not evince of misogyny, and to claim that gay men are misogynistic pends on how you classify what nstut misogyny. Certaly, the humor that gay men engage n flirt wh misogyny.