Homophobia and misogyny are very strongly linked. The worst homophobes are usually misogynists as well. They believe that sexual desire is intractably imbued wi

Homophobia and misogyny are very strongly linked. The worst homophobes are usually misogynists as well. They believe that sexual desire is intractably imbued with domination and humiliation. On some level, they want to control and subjugate (and rape) women because of the immature and disturbing way they've processed their powerful sexual desires. The thought that a man might have such desire toward them terrifies them. Essentially, they're scared that a man might do to them (or want to do to them) what they want to be able to do to women. Obviously, this is ridiculous and irrational-- there's no epidemic of gay men raping other men, and straight men are overwhelmingly more likely to be raped by otherwise straight men than by gays-- but I think that's what is behind this rather absurd fear some men have of homosexuality.