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Message: <blockquote data-quote="anndra w" data-source="post: 393950" data-attributes="member: 57092">I always take the Karen insult personally because how dare they accuse Karen McKenzie of being a Karen! <img src="http://yoursmiles.org/ssmile/fun/s0208.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="lol    :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" />In the UK young males from a working class background are often portrayed as violent and sexist - there's a class aspect to that. It's not just the white boys but also black and asian lads too. It's frustrating - I worked as a teacher and some of these stereotypes are true but they are not true of all boys. I really dislike the suggestion that because a boy is heterosexual he is automatically toxic - I look at my nephews for instance, they are open, tolerant, intelligent and heterosexual. It angers me when some people who are obsessed with identity dismiss them - it's so divisive and so harmful - equally the boys who are violent and sexist do make life miserable for people - we should be able to challenge the thugs and bullies without dismissing all boys. With regard to stereotypes - I would say there are stereotypes about gay people as well with regard to being bitchy, and effeminate etc. I'm in my 30s now and I feel like I'm kind of alienated by the LGBT+ community because I'm not effeminate, I'm not into the music or the fashion and I'm not into drag - so it doesn't really offer me much. I do like soaps though so that's pretty gay I guess. <img src="http://yoursmiles.org/ssmile/fun/s0208.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="lol    :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" /> However I've noticed that some LGBT+ activists are quite scathing of folk like myself because we don't conform to this very narrow view of what gay people should be.</blockquote>

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