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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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.  [b]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,[/b] presumably because watching the sport otherwise wouldn’t appeal to heterosexual men.[/quote]

Well I'm enjoying it.  :D

Men are in charge of football. Men are in charge of the uniforms. Men watch the football....

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You really can’t see any advantage to form-fitting rather than loose clothing?  If not, you clearly don’t understand anything about the game.[/quote]

Pretending straight men are oblivious to skintight clothing and ass-patting is absurd.[/quote]
Because you can only see it through your own gay-hating lens.  You’re a bigot, OP.[/quote]

How is it gay-hating to think so-called straight men are having gay feelings? Where is the gay-hating in that? I see the 'gay' but not the 'hating.' Seems way more 'gay-hating' to assume it's BAD for straight men see football as homoerotic, which is how you are reacting. "How DARE you suspect that of straight men? How dare you suggest such a thing???" seems to make being gay implicitly bad, which is your reaction, not mine. So I put those gay-hating lenses right back on you, PP.

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+1. The denial is strong with this one.[/quote]

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