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Except mental health issues are more prevalent in the LGBT community, and in fact is a major reason for increased substance use within that subgroup [1]. If de
by ProfessorLayton 3y ago
Except mental health issues are more prevalent in the LGBT community, and in fact is a major reason for increased substance use within that subgroup [1].
If declining mental health was the reason straight men weren’t having sex, we’d expect to see the same/worse declines for gay/bi men too.
[1] https://www.samhsa.gov/newsroom/press-announcements/20230613/samhsa-releases-new-data-lesbian-gay-bisexual-behavioral-health https://www.samhsa.gov/newsroom/press-announcements/20230613...
- ssnri 3y agoI’m not saying I am confident in my own hypothesis, but regarding your second paragraph, I don’t think that’s valid reasoning. I think the social dynamics are different between het/hom groups
- 4gotunameagain 3y agoOR, becoming a member of the LGBT community is more likely if you suffer from mental health issues. The faux unconditional acceptance offers solace, often to marginalised people that haven't received it from anywhere else.
- ssnri 3y agoyeah, I love the community. Way better to seek emotional support from the queer community than other cishet men.
- chownie 3y agoYou cannot become part of the LGBT community outside of being an ally by choice. You either are gay, are lesbian, are bi, are trans etc or you're not and opting in to all the social bullying outside of the sub-10% LGBT (who themselves are not that united) who will now supportive on principle makes very little sense. These issues among LGBT people map pretty much exactly to the pattern of mental illness and substance abuse that exist in every minority out-group. Far more likely that this very obvious explanation is the true one.
- 4gotunameagain 3y agoSure. There is totally no porn induced autogynephilia in solitary people with untreated mental issues that makes them believe that they are transexual, and the faux acceptance of the LGBT community totally does not lure them in.
- ssnri 3y agoI want to be an ally. You’re edging toward doing the very thing: claiming. If you want cis-het men to be cool and accepting, just accept the ones who are cool and accepting. Don’t get paranoid about why they’re hanging out. I just hate bullies.
- chownie 3y agoI think you've misread my comment.