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== Homophobia == | == Homophobia == | ||
Homophobia is the fear of being socially excluded for being regarded as gay, i.e. for one's reputation to compete for women being destroyed by other men. Heterosexual | Homophobia is the fear of being socially excluded for being regarded as gay, i.e. for one's reputation to compete for women being destroyed by other men. Heterosexual men avoid intimacy with other men mostly because men are less sexually flexible than women. Heterosexual men avoid platonic intimacy often to avoid bullying or ostracization. | ||
Men who have already proven their ability to assert dominance status and get a woman, feel more relaxed around gays, especially since this can even act as a costly signal. | Men who have already proven their ability to assert dominance status and get a woman, feel more relaxed around gays, especially since this can even act as a costly signal. | ||
Another hypothesis is that gays are avoided and excluded because they are seen as ineffective coalition partners when competing for women,<ref>https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2017-53145-010</ref>. However historical male warrior societies like Sparta (mannerbund concept being typically correlated with homosexuality, see also the Stumabteilung (SA) in Nazi Germany, which was riddled with homosexuality (including the leader of the SA, Ernst Röhm, before the leadership was purged during the night of the long knives) and Thebes (the legendary Theban band, made up solely of male homosexual couples) seem to seem to challenge the theory that homophobia results from poorer male group cohesion. | Another hypothesis is that gays are avoided and excluded because they are seen as ineffective coalition partners when competing for women,<ref>https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2017-53145-010</ref>. However historical male warrior societies like Sparta (mannerbund concept being typically correlated with homosexuality, see also the Stumabteilung (SA) in Nazi Germany, which was riddled with homosexuality (including the leader of the SA, Ernst Röhm, before the leadership was purged during the night of the long knives) and Thebes (the legendary Theban band, made up solely of male homosexual couples) seem to seem to challenge the theory that homophobia results from poorer male group cohesion. | ||
== Inceldom and homosexuality == | == Inceldom and homosexuality == | ||