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Stereotypes.....Truth or Fiction?  

2forfunNgames09 52M/50F
49 posts
10/25/2012 3:08 pm
Stereotypes.....Truth or Fiction?


A recent conversation I had with the Hubby made me think…..I told him that when I go out to visit my best friend we are going to go to a male strip club and he responded with “"I don't care. They are all gay anyway." Really??? Why is that? This is not the first time I have heard this stereotyped this way, usually by my male friends. Yet these same men will go to a female strip club and get excited, never once uttering the words “All of those women are lesbians.” This stereotype crosses all sorts of lines, not just strippers, but male dancers, male figure skaters…..all of them face the “gay” stereotype. WHY?

Why is dance looked upon as being a “feminine” profession? Why is it so wrong for a guy to participate in this line of work? Why does contemporary society view male dancers as being “feminine”? The stereotype of male dancers automatically being gay—not to mention the myth that dancing makes you queer—is a concept that Americans, in particular, love to embrace, as if to protect their own macho image.

The movie Magic Mike was just released this week on video. In the movie, Channing Tatum plays Mike, an entrepreneur and talented furniture designer who earns cash for his serious ambitions by performing with an all-male revue. It is based on the real-life experiences of Tatum who worked at a strip club in Tampa, Florida, when he was 19. Interestingly enough, Tatem (who is NOT gay) was interviewed in OUT magazine (a Gay Magazine) about the movie. 'It’s risky,' concedes Tatum. 'People say that women and the gay community will go see it -- knock on wood -- but I know straight guys won’t be like, ‘Yo, what’s up man -- you wanna go see the stripping movie after the game tonight?’ I doubt they’ll have the balls to see it. What’s funny is that the girls don’t ask me questions about my stripping days, but straight guys want to know everything. It’s that fantasy element. It’s probably why a lot of females on Halloween are the whorey version of a ketchup bottle, or slutty nurse, which I love and respect -- it’s liberating.' Tatum has been very open about advertising the movie to the Gay community. So why would gay males want to flock to watch a heterosexual romance? The beefcake of course!

Wouldn't a gay man prefer to have gay men groping him rather than straight women? And if hot, sweaty men turn them on then wouldn’t it stand to reason that Football players should be gay? Needless to say, stereotypes are just that……stereotypes & NOT Truths.

It doesn’t really matter if they are Gay or not to me, I am just after a little eye candy & a hot bump & grind. Its not like I’m going to take one home & fuck him. So what do you think?

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BrownEyedBBW 55F  
8831 posts
10/25/2012 5:18 pm

 When I was in college back in the 80s, I was a theater major and I knew a few guys who danced to make extra money. Yup, all gay. Most of the guys they worked with were gay as well. Not sure if that's changed at all or not.

I think it had to do with the fact that it requires a lot of preening and grooming as well as dressing in a rather cheesy flamboyant way. Not something that straight men *won't* do but not something that they generally aren't interested in doing (though a few might if their woman asks for it).

While there are a good number of female strippers who are gay but men get so caught up in the fantasy (and I guess women do for that matter) that it never crosses anyone's mind that the smiling gyrations and gropes are an act.

The reason why men question male strippers about their jobs is because as big a fantasy as "this (female) stripper is really into me and not just my wallet" is the fantasy, "gee, I would love a job where I get paid to get to let women stick dollar bills in my underwear and jiggle my junk.

To say that stereotypes are not truth is a gross oversimplification. Stereotypes are usually kernels of truth (to one extent or another) that are embellished and made much larger.

And as for football, there are some people who have commented on the homoertoic nature of the game. I'm sure for some players it can be. But there's one big difference between groping a male stripper and groping a football player: a cup.


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