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Therefore, gayness is associated with low status, and men can use accusations of gayness as means of intrasexual competition and reputation denigration to get ahead in the dominance game of impressing women. Omega males are of no use for betas, so betas exclude and bully them to foil any competitive threat that may arise. Receiving gay sex (the "bottom" rather than the "top") is also widely regarded as submissive and feminine, i.e. weak.<ref>Schippers M. 2007. ''Recovering the feminine other: masculinity, femininity, and gender hegemony.'' Theory and Society. Vol. 36.1, pp. 85–102. [[http://doi.org/10.1007/s11186-007-9022-4 Abstract]]</ref><ref name="NYC">Wegesin DJ, Meyer-Bahlburg HFL. 2000. ''Top/Bottom Self-Label, Anal Sex Practices, HIV Risk and Gender Role Identity in Gay Men in New York City.'' [[https://doi.org/10.1300/J056v12n03_03 Abstract]] Journal of Psychology & Human Sexuality. Vol 12.3, pp. 43–62.</ref><ref>Hoppe T. 2011. ''Circuits of power, circuits of pleasure: Sexual scripting in gay men's bottom narratives'' Sexualities. Vol. 14.2, pp. 193–217. [[http://doi.org/10.1177/1363460711399033 Abstract]]</ref> | Therefore, gayness is associated with low status, and men can use accusations of gayness as means of intrasexual competition and reputation denigration to get ahead in the dominance game of impressing women. Omega males are of no use for betas, so betas exclude and bully them to foil any competitive threat that may arise. Receiving gay sex (the "bottom" rather than the "top") is also widely regarded as submissive and feminine, i.e. weak.<ref>Schippers M. 2007. ''Recovering the feminine other: masculinity, femininity, and gender hegemony.'' Theory and Society. Vol. 36.1, pp. 85–102. [[http://doi.org/10.1007/s11186-007-9022-4 Abstract]]</ref><ref name="NYC">Wegesin DJ, Meyer-Bahlburg HFL. 2000. ''Top/Bottom Self-Label, Anal Sex Practices, HIV Risk and Gender Role Identity in Gay Men in New York City.'' [[https://doi.org/10.1300/J056v12n03_03 Abstract]] Journal of Psychology & Human Sexuality. Vol 12.3, pp. 43–62.</ref><ref>Hoppe T. 2011. ''Circuits of power, circuits of pleasure: Sexual scripting in gay men's bottom narratives'' Sexualities. Vol. 14.2, pp. 193–217. [[http://doi.org/10.1177/1363460711399033 Abstract]]</ref> | ||
This explains why accusation of being a receptive homosexual was historically one of the worst insults you could level at a man. | |||
== Penetrative gay sex is high status == | == Penetrative gay sex is high status == | ||