One area where it is harder for l
esbians than for
gay men is how seriously their bond of
love is taken. Many
men I know say “
Lesbians are great!” By this they mean that lesbians seem
harmless and even
sexy. After all what could be greater than
two girls at once?
Gay men have the whole
history of
Greek platonic love to draw upon, they may be perceived as being
bound together by
a special love that women cannot understand. Thus
lesbians become the butt of many
sexist jokes not to mention
porn flicks for men that are made with the
unspoken understanding that if they could just find a man all of their
cute lesbian silliness would vanish. I’ve never heard anyone suggest that what a gay man needed to “
straighten him out” was “some
good pussy” but I do hear the opposite comment made about lesbians all the time. It’s
sad really.