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Fear of rape, fear of loss of power
Date: Friday, 4 May 2007 08:47 am (UTC)I'd always thought it was based on fear of rape, and fear of coercion into gay sex against your will; and because rape is an expression of power, rather than of sexual desire, that the raw core of that fear is fear of being powerless.
But it's a powerlessness that has an explicitly sexual tone, that's tied to very vulnerable parts of us, that makes rape (of any kind) such a devastating experience.
The ranter's own repressed gay urges is also a likely source for that fearful hate, though a bit of a stereotype. But I think there's some truth in there. Think of the all-army fag-hating neighbour in 'American Beauty'.