This battle is about sex, but make no mistake, the war is about bullying. The people who are doing the "shaming" are almost certainly exploring their sexuality

This battle is about sex, but make no mistake, the war is about bullying. The people who are doing the "shaming" are almost certainly exploring their sexuality as well (and probably see nothing wrong with it), but that's not the point. The point is that they are bullies and they will use anything they can to help them bully others. It is just convenient in this case to use society's taboos around sex as a tool to bully this particular person. The bullies are smart. They know what buttons to push. If we lived in a society where everyone was comfortable with sex, bullying would still be going on, but it would just look a little differently.