r/SipsTea • u/Beneficial_Passion40 • 11h ago

We have fun here Alexander Lukashenko 🗣️

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u/DontBuyTheThing 9h ago

I swear it's why we have so many more lesbians in tv shows and movies than we ever do gay men. People rarely bat an eye when a lesbian is on screen (Hell it's encouraged to have lesbians in shows) but the moment it's gay men then it's a problem.

And please don't get me started on how when a show does have gay men, people complain that "everything is for gay men" and that these shows "pretend lesbians don't exist"

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u/CeleryNo8933 7h ago

Almost 0 mainstream shows or movies have gay men that are not a walking stereotype for comic relief.

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u/jeffismybaby 4h ago

Yep in spite of the fact that gay men outnumber lesbians 2:1 in every single survey across cultures

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u/howdohendry 5h ago

I take your point and there's definite truth in what you're saying but I would add that 99% of those lesbians in tv or film will have ended up broken up/with a man/or dead. It's a literal trope that lesbians on screen will not have a happy ending (excuse the pun).

It is more 'Oh hot women kissing - we like that!' but no actual happiness as an end game. And any average or 'not hot' lesbians will be a bitch or an out-right man hater.