Homophobia in Woman

Typically it is thought that men are more homophobic then woman. I believe this is not entirely true but instead I feel that the rate of homophobic woman and men is about the same. It is believed that men are more homophobic then woman because they are more verbal with their negative slurs. Men can often be found talking about how much they hate being around gay people or they directly bully a fellow classmate that is openly gay. Where as woman are more quiet about there homophobic feelings. Woman tend to keep their thoughts and comments to their selves. With my experiences I have never heard of a woman who openly verbally or physically abused a Homosexual person. Though I have met girls who have said things in private like, "I have to share a change room with a lesbian. I'm terrified to change in from of her" or "One of my roommates is a lesbian, what if she tries hitting on me". I feel that this is how woman express their homophobic feelings; they do it in private where not many people can hear them or they keep it to their selves. I feel woman are like this because they are stereotypically supposed to be accepting and loving of everyone. Also you see lesbians portrayed in the media more often and more positively then gay men. This makes lesbians more accepted then gay men therefore we hear less homophobic slurs about them.

Personally I am not homophobic in any way and I accept everyone for who they are and hope that one day homosexual people will be treated the same as heterosexual people.