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Jumpin said: Blaming religious culture is short-changing the issue, and not even close to accurate; it is mostly the accepted answer because it is fashionable to blame things on religion. Homophobia also exists, perhaps even more strongly, in non-religious culture; and in nations who never had a homophobic religious culture. I grew up in a culture where the vast majority of people were non-religious. When I was a kid and a teenager, what was considered the most offensive insult was to be called gay. It was the synonymous with being called unmanly, wimpy, queer/weird, and effeminiate, wrapped all in one. Ironically, it was usually the few religious kids who were often the target of being called gay. It is largely about how most cultures of masculinity shape people, and because homosexuality is comparitively rare to heterosexuality. |
The patriarchal hierarchy seems to sum up what you are attempting to describe here.
