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For the members of the subreddit 'Are the Straights OK?' observing heterosexual people's behavior has become an anthropological exercise.

If you take even a quick scroll through its content, you realize that sexist, homophobic, transphobic, and other awful ideas still exist in modern communities.

"Is someone holding these poor souls hostage and forcing them to be together?" the moderators of the online group ask on its front page.

These posts serve as a poignant reminder of the ongoing need to tackle social prejudices.

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    Ugh. Just, Ugh

    Ugh. Just, Ugh

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    Lyone Fein
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    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The first guy is totally wrong though. For most of history having a strong partner who could contribute to the work was crucial to the family's/tribe's survival.

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    To put things into perspective, 7% of Americans are lesbian, gay, or bisexual, according to a Pew Research Center survey of 12,147 U.S. adults conducted in summer 2022.

    More specifically, some 17% of adults younger than 30 identify as lesbian, gay, or bisexual, compared with 8% of those ages 30 to 49, 5% of those 50 to 64, and 2% of those 65 and older.

    Similar shares of men and women identify with any of these terms, as do similar shares of adults across racial and ethnic groups.

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    Subscribes To Her Onlyfans, Then Tries To Rat Her Out To Her Dad. I Have No Words

    Subscribes To Her Onlyfans, Then Tries To Rat Her Out To Her Dad. I Have No Words

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    Swimsuits

    Swimsuits

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    Jessica Cooney
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    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    WOW.... This is absolutely insane. I mean, what's wrong with saying one piece swimsuits only?

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    Furthermore, around 1.6% of U.S. adults are transgender or nonbinary – that is, their gender differs from the sex they were assigned at birth.

    While that sounds like a relatively small share of the population, more than four in ten U.S. adults (44%) say they personally know someone who is trans, and 20% know someone who is nonbinary.

    #6

    What Is Wrong With People

    What Is Wrong With People

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    Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My!
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    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wait until her daughter is old enough for video games, and finds out male characters get chainmail, and female characters get metal bikinis.

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    #7

    Matt Walsh Is A Controlling A**hole And 🖖 Jeffrey Combs 🖖 Is An Absolute Gem

    Matt Walsh Is A Controlling A**hole And 🖖 Jeffrey Combs 🖖 Is An Absolute Gem

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    #8

    …where Do I Even Start?

    …where Do I Even Start?

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    AspieGirl88
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    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Omg, yes! I’ve seen this a few times in the past & it still cracks me up! 🤣

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    As part of an ongoing effort to understand the lives and experiences of these communities, the Center for American Progress, in conjunction with the independent and nonpartisan research group NORC at the University of Chicago, conducted the 2022 installment of its survey of LGBTQ+ adults in the United States. The nationally representative survey revealed that:

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    • More than 1 in 3 LGBTQ+ adults reported facing some kind of discrimination in the year prior to when they took the survey;
    • Half of LGBTQ+ adults reported experiencing some form of workplace discrimination or harassment during the same timeframe because of their sexual orientation, gender identity, or intersex status;
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    Cait Doesn't Get It, And Neither Do I Mate

    Cait Doesn't Get It, And Neither Do I Mate

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    #12

    Just Let The Straights Have A Little Representation!!!

    Just Let The Straights Have A Little Representation!!!

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    Bols
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    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hahahhahahahahahaha xD I actually did have a good laugh on that one, needed that :D

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    #13

    Credit To U/Camerata5

    Credit To U/Camerata5

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    CatWoman1014
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    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Who cares if you have spaghetti sauce on your face. You’re a man.

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    • Nearly 3 in 10 LGBTQ+ adults reported experiencing some kind of housing discrimination or harassment in the same year because of their sexual orientation, gender identity, or intersex status;
    • Nearly 4 in 5 LGBTQ+ adults reported they took at least one action to avoid experiencing discrimination based on their sexual orientation, gender identity, or intersex status;
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    #14

    Why Would Parents Be Ok With Their Kids Going On A Field Trip To A Bar?

    Why Would Parents Be Ok With Their Kids Going On A Field Trip To A Bar?

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    Guess Undheit
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    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The church is where those kids are likely to get sexually propositioned or sexually assaulted, not the restaurant.

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    #16

    This Sign Above A Children's Toilet

    This Sign Above A Children's Toilet

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    #17

    This Does Not Seem Okay

    This Does Not Seem Okay

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    DforDory
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    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don't judge if you don't know the details! You don't know whether this is an inside joke and where this originated from. It might be their fetish, what is important is that it works for both of them. Still it might be something wrong there, but it could also be all okay.

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    • More than 1 in 5 LGBTQ+ adults reported postponing or avoiding medical care during that year due to disrespect or discrimination by providers;
    • More than half of LGBTQI+ adults reported that “recent debates about state laws restricting the rights of LGBTQI+ people” moderately or significantly affected their mental health or made them feel less safe.
    #18

    Nope, Definitely Not Ok, It's A Freaking Blanket!

    Nope, Definitely Not Ok, It's A Freaking Blanket!

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    #19

    How Do You Even....what

    How Do You Even....what

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    Ripley
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    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Um, what does a lesbian look like? Is there like a secret decoder ring or something?

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    #20

    From A Friend On Tumblr… Poor Guy

    From A Friend On Tumblr… Poor Guy

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    Victoria Pitt
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    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    people blurt out all the dumbass thoughts that pop into their heads thinking its cute and funny - not realize they are are being annoying and offputting.

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    #21

    Texas

    Texas

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    JP Doyle
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    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And that same Texas School district has expelled a black boy for having long hair, even though he has it done up in tight, skull hugging braids.

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    What's clear after going through these posts is that structural stigma, inequality, and discrimination may take numerous forms, and empathy is crucial in dismantling these barriers.

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    Ah, Poor Babies…

    Ah, Poor Babies…

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    María Hermida
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    8 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    People often confuse feeling excluded and feeling uncomfortable. Of course there are idiot intolerants in every movement. I know some really intolerant feminists, and some really intolerant gay people, for example. But, in general, people say they feel "excluded" when they are uncomfortable because they are forced to analyse their own ideas and biases.

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    #23

    I Genuinely Find This Hilarious Especially Knowing The Original Creator Was Being 100% Serious

    I Genuinely Find This Hilarious Especially Knowing The Original Creator Was Being 100% Serious

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    #24

    "How Am I Supposed To Respect You When Ur Afraid To Show Ur Body?"

    "How Am I Supposed To Respect You When Ur Afraid To Show Ur Body?"

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    Ripley
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    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Schrodinger's workout gear - one dude will complain if you're wearing revealing gear, and this dude complains when you're not wearing revealing gear.

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    #25

    Hmmmm

    Hmmmm

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    ManBlob
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    8 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, because every gay man is attracted to every single man out there, just like lesbians are attracted to every single woman. /s

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    #26

    I Don’t Think They Are

    I Don’t Think They Are

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    Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My!
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    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm female and neither wear a bracelet nor eat stew. I do wear one of my Dad's rings that Mom gave me after he died. As far as I know, he neither ate bracelets nor wore stew, either.

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    #27

    Ah Yes Feminism, The Biggest Evil Plaguing Society 🙄

    Ah Yes Feminism, The Biggest Evil Plaguing Society 🙄

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    Ripley
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    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They could be handed out at the school canteen, like cartons of milk.

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    #28

    “Breastfeeding Your Daughters Is Wrong As It Provokes Lesbian Attraction”

    “Breastfeeding Your Daughters Is Wrong As It Provokes Lesbian Attraction”

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    Lauren S
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    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Food! My child was attracted to food. You know that feeling when you’re really hungry and then you eat? Yeah, that’s what my son felt when I breastfed him.

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    María Hermida
    Community Member
    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Please, send CPS and a psychiatrist to this lady's house. She's terrible confused, and she is sexualising a little baby to satisfy her own pervert sexual desires. This is soooo wrong!

    WindySwede
    Community Member
    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    this is why education is important and, extreme theism, is, not healthy, at, all!

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    Lydsylou (she/her)
    Community Member
    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Imagine thinking it's a good idea to announce on social media that you want to sexually arouse an infant

    Shina Kohana
    Community Member
    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow. Instilling sex upon an infant… But not a pédo, right?

    Michael Largey
    Community Member
    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At the school where I taught, a new religion teacher told his students that breast feeding the baby Jesus sexually aroused His mother Mary. He was not employed for long.

    UpQuarkDownQuark (he/him)
    Community Member
    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yep. Early human history is just littered with lesbianism, which is what directly led to the invention of the baby bottle. 🙄

    EarthGrowl
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    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Too many idiots equate boobs with sex. They act like breastfeeding was just invented. No, imbecile literally billions of women have been breastfeed and grew up to like men just fine.

    Stuart
    Community Member
    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I bet whomever wrote that also identifies as a Christian.

    Be Gay Do Crime
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    2 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, we should just let girls die as babies so they don't turn out gay!?????

    Arlecchino The Knave
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    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So, like, starve your child if she's a female? I know baby formulas exist but this post is giving "Starve all the female children" vibes...

    Needmorecowbell
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    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Breastfed both my babies-a girl and a boy. Guess which one is gay? Dumbasses.

    Panda Bear
    Community Member
    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My brother is gay and refused to nurse as a baby. Must have been a sign

    Vicky Reimerink
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    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But I was never breastfeeded and still I turned out to be a lesbian...

    C.O. Shea
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    8 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Holy fücking insanity. I was not breast fed at all... big ole dyke here.

    M Baldwjin
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    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Dude, if you get turned on thinking about your mom, just say that. F**cking incels are ridiculous

    SheamusFanFrom1987
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    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Someone obviously didn't get enough nutrients from mum's breast milk, didn't develop enough of a brain, and ended up making dumbsh*t statements... Jeez -_-

    Mike Loux
    Community Member
    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Look, pal, don't project your food fetish on other people...

    Silly Panda Cat
    Community Member
    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Okay, so you support incest. Don't make children attracted romantically/sexually to their parents

    Victoria Pitt
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    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    please tell me its a troll and not a serious though someone had

    Apachebathmat
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    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Another example of an Incel not realising what breasts are actually really for

    T'Mar of Vulcan
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    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Going by this logic, the fact that I fell asleep every time my mom tried to breastfeed me means.... ??

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    Found On An Article🤷

    Found On An Article🤷

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    Oh No

    Oh No

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    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    First they came for the Trans Community and I spoke out immediately even though I'm straight and cis because I've read the rest of that F***ing poem

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    #34

    They Will Do Anything To Excuse Sa

    They Will Do Anything To Excuse Sa

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    #35

    Welcome To Today’s Episode Of “What Inanimate Object Are Women Being Compared To Today?”

    Welcome To Today’s Episode Of “What Inanimate Object Are Women Being Compared To Today?”

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    #36

    Look Out It's Raining Queer Again! Shelter!

    Look Out It's Raining Queer Again! Shelter!

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    #38

    Yes Because Those Are Totally The Same

    Yes Because Those Are Totally The Same

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    #43

    I Am Deeply Concerned For Their Future Children

    I Am Deeply Concerned For Their Future Children

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    ManBlob
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    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Okay, so what if, say one son, comes out as trans at the age of 15? You throw them to the streets? Top parenting right there.

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    #44

    Ah Yes, How Can We Forget, The Least Okay Straight Of Them All

    Ah Yes, How Can We Forget, The Least Okay Straight Of Them All

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    María Hermida
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    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd say for some people heterosexual pride day is every day. They are annoying enough every single day of the year.

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    My Experience On This Subreddit So Far

    My Experience On This Subreddit So Far

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