"The Lesser Sex"

Revorob · 2011-06-14T23:32:06+00:00

As a gay man, I have lived in a world created, propelled and dominated by testosterone. I have loved it, been entranced by it, obsessed by it, crushed by it, exposed by it, humiliated by it and also exhausted by it.

As another gay man, I totally agree with this.

We are, of course, also cursed by it - and I don't want to minimize that. What matters in a testosterone-only society are muscles, good looks, youth, masculinity.

I don't totally agree with this. It's true that pop gay culture worships youth and musculature and all that, but the vast majority of gay men exist outside pop gay culture. For most of them, the people around them don't realize they are gay unless they are told. They meet their significant other and lead quiet lives.

But, as marriage spreads and gay male culture evolves, perhaps this will begin to decline, or gay marriages will seek their own ways to deal with them, without wrecking the marriage entirely.

This already exists in many longtime established gay couples. There is a mutual agreement that fucking around outside the relationship is fine as long as 1) you are safe and 2) you are still emotionally loyal to the relationship.

On a totally different point, it is always entertaining for me when I read rad fem writings about how men can;t get along without women, or porn exploits women, or anything else along those line because the argument totally neglects to mention that there is this huge subculture of men who get along and thrive without women. This group of men that have all of their practical and sexual needs met without "exploiting"" women and their lives and actions are nearly identical to their straight counterparts.

2011-06-15T11:15:04+00:00

This article is from an entirely different planet. His version of men is entirely alien to me. He seems to just be talking about aggression as if women never have that, because girls never bully girls right? What about Margaret thatcher?

Feckless · 2011-06-15T12:58:53+00:00

An answer -> http://emporiasexus.wordpress.com/2011/06/12/testosterone-placebo-and-the-self-fulfilling-prophecy/

Title	"The Lesser Sex"
Author	thetrollking
Upvotes	7
Comments	6
Date	June 14, 2011 9:45 PM UTC (15 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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