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I believe it is much more difficult for gay males in today's society than it is for gay females. CMV

I feel this way for many reasons, but let's prevent too huge a wall of text.

There is this a general unofficial and unspoken expectation for men to reaffirm their masculinity on a regular basis.  For some reason, male homosexuality is quickly associated with femininity.  For some reason, femininity is quickly associated with being delicate or even weak.  So basically being a gay male is associated with being weak or inferior in some way.  Lesbians don't have the same amount of social pressure to reaffirm their femininity do they?  And worse case scenario, they appear very sure of themselves, strong, and independent if they come off a bit masculine.  Win/win for the percentage of lesbians who happen to also be more masculine.

Many (if not most) straight men actually enjoy the idea of two women together. Straight women however don't generally have this view about two men together.  Straight men often have a "that's gross" viewpoint about two men together, where as straight women generally have a neutral or non-grossed-out view towards two women together.  **Edit:** You may quickly think this is non-issue, but if you think about it, at least when I think about it, it affects people's outlooks and views in general too.  I genuinely believe straight men have less of a problem seeing two women get married vs seeing two men get married because of their mental picture of them in the bedroom. Cmon guys, am I totally wrong here?

I feel like a lesbian is much more likely and more quickly to be accepted after coming out to their family vs if a gay male does.  Dick Cheney's daughter (imagine it was his son instead) comes to mind, and I realize I have no tangible valid reason to feel that way, but I imagine I am not wrong.

**TL;DR: Because of countless male/female double standards in society: The battle to be seen and treated as equal is incredibly more uphill and difficult for gay men than it is for gay women. And acknowledging this gets everyone one step closer to this goal of equality for all.**
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>Many (if not most) straight men actually enjoy the idea of two women together. Straight women however don't generally have this view about two men together. Straight men often have a "that's gross" viewpoint about two men together, where as straight women generally have a neutral or non-grossed-out view towards two women together.

This isn't at *all* an advantage. Nobody sees it as a positive that random creepy strangers will fantasize about their relationships.