Are gay men the most manly? It takes no real courage or strength to be str8, while it takes lots to be gay.?

Question

An anti-gay straight male might poke fun at someone who is gay for not being manly enough, using that lame stereotype that associates gay males to woman. When you think about it however, manliness is associated with courage, strength, etc. So since gay males are taking on the rougher harder-to-deal with sexual orientation, and str8 males are taking on the much easier-to-deal with sexual orientation and at the same time giving gay males a hard time, whose sexual orientation requires you to be the more manlier of the to. How easy is it for a str8 guy to go out in public and ask out a girl. In my opinion, it's so simple to walk up to a girl and ask her out. I've done it several times what with being bisexual but more into guys. But I'm forever seeing str8 guys not having the coruage to ask girls out. I wish they knew what it's like being gay and how hard it is to walk up to a muscular football player they're attracted to and ask him out. I am sick of all this hetero guys are more manly

CRAP because it's quite untrue. It takes quite a bit more courage to be an openly gay male than it does any heterosexual male. That's why heterosexual males are allowed to talk aaaaaall the time about how much they love woman. It's so easy for them. Nothing manly about it at all.

Answer 1

You are quite correct and bubbah is living proof of the stupidity that comes from crushing to many beer cans on ones head to impress the ladies.

In all seriousness though, your comment is completely dead on. A gay man who faces constant attack, ridicule, harassment and violence, and still lives his life completely open is far stronger than a straight, who as you point out, faces no such challenges in his daily life. Gays will always be the stronger, maybe not always physically but most definitely spiritually and with integrity.

Answer 2

Gay men are more manly because only a yellowbelly with a yellow stripe as wide as the Grand Canyon going down his back would spout such hate as I have read in some of the answers here, because it take real courage to be openly gay or bi and know that there are a lot of closed-minded bigots out there that could take their hatred out in a physical form, and more than likely get thrown in jail where they deserve to rot unless they realize that GOD made the very people that they hate so and grow up! As they are insecure little people with little minds and basically no hearts that just feel the need to be right all of the time. They are the ones that need to repent and pray for forgiveness and also pray that GOD gives them the ability to understand and grow as people.

Answer 3

It takes a massive amount of courage to admit your sexuality and build a life with another man.

Corezink; how many times do gays have to tell you “sexuality isn’t a choice”. You can live alone or if you are brave enough you can find a partner and live with him. Gays can’t simply change and become straight, it doesn’t work that way. Do you have the choice to get sexually turned on by another man and have sex with him? No you don’t and gays don’t have that choice about women. I look forward to confronting God and asking him why I had to go through all this stuff. God and myself know the truth and that’s all that matters to me.

Answer 4

First of all, to the doofus who answered first, you're telling me some straight guys don't want to have anal sex with women? What's the difference?

I think gay men are very manly and strong for all the reasons you mentioned. I also think there are just as many manly and strong straight men, but these straight men I admire for traits different than your average joe that drives around in a big truck, shoots defensless animals and thinks he's God's gift to women. There are some tender and open-minded straight men out there after all.

Answer 5

so basically you are saying because I'm straight every gay man out there is automatically more manly and has more courage? you talk of it as if straight men are just too scared to be gay - I don't think so. Yes admitting you are gay does take strength but you are saying a gay man is more brave than, say, a straight fireman who risks his life daily to save others, or a straight policeman who fights off 10 muggers to save an old lady. Besides, who's more manly, Boy George or Arnold Schwarzenegger?

Answer 6

I agree with you. It would take a lot of courage to be gay in the prejudiced society we live in. They have found the strength within themselves to break the mold and face adversity, ridicule and even violence and hate-crimes! What straight man would do that? Straight men have no reason to do that. They don't have to worry about the conundrum of either lying to themselves and being unhappy or having half the population of the world having a problem with what they do in the bedroom (and being very vocal about it, I might add). There is nothing unmanly about being gay! They are still men through and through and yes, they are very brave.

Answer 7

Straight or gay, walking up to any person that you're attracted to would be difficult. No one wants to be shot down and told to get lost. I've seen courage and strength in both life style choices. I believe it's the character of the man and not whom he sleeps with.

Answer 8

That's right. It's takes real courage to come out, that's why I think guys who cross dress are very brave to go out in public. It really takes a real man to wear a dress.

Answer 9

Adversity begets strength.

Answer 10

Everyone is different dude. But yeah, suffering does build character. Simple, yet true.