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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You sound homophobic, OP.[/quote]

How is it homophobic?[/quote]
[b]It embraces a specific (and problematic) view of masculinity and then assumes anything that doesn’t fit that view must be “gay.”[/b]  Never mind that those uniforms might be better for performance, “real” men don’t wear skin tight clothes so it must be to appeal to gay men.  And “real” men would be too uncomfortable to see other men in tight clothes, so “real” men would prefer lower-quality gameplay in order to not see men in tight pants.  “Real” men avoid all physical contact, so a chest bump must mean they’re gay.[/quote]

Huh? No. That's not what I meant at all. It has nothing to do with rejecting or assigning a certain type of masculinity to anyone. Where did that come from? I was talking about WATCHING football, not being a football player. And I don't think there's anything wrong with being gay either. (I guess I forgot to add "Not that there's anything wrong with it" to my post so of course you must assume I'm homophobic  :roll: ) [/quote]
Oh, I think it’s exactly what you meant.  You assumed that only gay men would be comfortable watching a sport where the male players wear skin tight clothes and come into physical contact with each other, presumably because watching the sport otherwise wouldn’t appeal to heterosexual men.[/quote]

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