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My moms a boomer and this has been her go-to.
“Being gay wasn’t a thing when I was younger. No one was gay! Or trans! It’s just a trend now because people don’t discipline their kids anymore!”
Yes mom because they were afraid of people like you.
Your mom's a dumbass, there's no shortage of stories from ancient Rome and Greece of gay activity.
Why did they feel the 'need' to enact anti-sodomy laws which sometimes even specifically mentioned same-sex relationships if there were no gay people?
My mom has moved onto the Bargaining phase from Denial, pivoting to saying, "well sure there were always a few, but most of them now are doing it because it's popular, and aren't 'real' gay people".
Lmaooo, "popular". I find it so funny when people unironically think that
Like, yeah, I'm just gonna go date and sleep with a person I'm not attracted to because it's "popular", lol
Though the fucked up thing is that, this is something that has happened with gay people trying to be straight
When I was in middle school, I was sorta wondering if guys just pretended sexual attraction was a thing because it was expected of them.
Then I realized that such seemed like a ridiculous theory (although I still assumed it was exaggerated for social reasons and didn't really think sexual attracted was related to interest in sex for a long time after...).
What kind of parental discipline keeps people from being gay?
I don't think there's ever going to be an answer to that question that isn't somehow abusive.
Cayenne pepper forced in the mouth, lots of hitting, throwing shoes, lots of yelling.
Before I read your second sentence I was already saying in my head "The hitting kind, duh"