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MikeWaters · 04-21-2009, 07:44 PM

What is up with people equating mustaches with homosexuality?

Of all the bizarre things....why do homophones have an ever increasing list of things that cannot be used, bought, or associated with. Mazda Rx3? Gay. Ipod? Gay. Mustache? Gay.

The mustache is really the new beard/goatee. What was a symbol of rebellion (beard) in the 60s and 70s, is now boringly common. What was considered tasteful and classy (mustache) in years prior is now a scandalous thing.

Society is so strange.

Mormon Red Death · 04-21-2009, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

What is up with people equating mustaches with homosexuality?

Of all the bizarre things....why do homophones have an ever increasing list of things that cannot be used, bought, or associated with. Mazda Rx3? Gay. Ipod? Gay. Mustache? Gay.

The mustache is really the new beard/goatee. What was a symbol of rebellion (beard) in the 60s and 70s, is now boringly common. What was considered tasteful and classy (mustache) in years prior is now a scandalous thing.

Society is so strange.

I thought there was a law that you had to be a porn star or a police officer to have a mustache.

RedHeadGal · 04-23-2009, 03:28 PM

I hate myself just a little for contribution to another mention of the stache, but really, think of Napeoleon Dynamite, for example. Would Kip have been the same without the moustache?

It's a Village People concept and a largely a false stereotype. I have to say MANY of the gay men I know acutally have goatees. My brother does, as does his partner. They went on a cruise with some gay friends, and we were laughing for a while looking at the photos of all these men with goatees.

04-21-2009, 07:44 PM	#1
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	Mustache homophobia What is up with people equating mustaches with homosexuality? Of all the bizarre things....why do homophones have an ever increasing list of things that cannot be used, bought, or associated with. Mazda Rx3? Gay. Ipod? Gay. Mustache? Gay. The mustache is really the new beard/goatee. What was a symbol of rebellion (beard) in the 60s and 70s, is now boringly common. What was considered tasteful and classy (mustache) in years prior is now a scandalous thing. Society is so strange.

04-23-2009, 03:28 PM	#3
RedHeadGal Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: DC Posts: 995	I hate myself just a little for contribution to another mention of the stache, but really, think of Napeoleon Dynamite, for example. Would Kip have been the same without the moustache? It's a Village People concept and a largely a false stereotype. I have to say MANY of the gay men I know acutally have goatees. My brother does, as does his partner. They went on a cruise with some gay friends, and we were laughing for a while looking at the photos of all these men with goatees.