Dear Hot Stuff,
I was chatting with friends last night about some of the
most pervasive lesbian clichés. We have a long list! We would
really appreciate your input…
Stephanie from Stratton
Dear Stereotype from Stratton,
Thanks for bringing this up! Lesbians, perhaps even more so than
gay guys, do indeed seem to be associated with a plethora of
clichés; some nice, others not so nice. We seem to have a set of
unspoken rules almost - where did we learn them? How could we
dispel them? Do we even care? Here, just for you, is my list of top
lez clichés…
1. Once lesbians move in together, sex stops
immediately
Also known as lesbian bed death, this is the myth that the lesbian
libido dies when a happy domestic hearth is set up, which (if you
believe everything you hear) happens more quickly than one might
expect.
2. Second date plus U-haul… Ring any bells?
Ah yes, so not only do we stop having sex prematurely but we also
shack up in the first week. Let's hope the cats get on.
3. Lesbians live for break-ups
And then we break up. Bollocks! Well, this isn't going very well
now, is it? We've only been together a fortnight and she's going to
take six months of therapy to get over…
4. Every lesbian relationship has a butch and a
femme
But at least now I can cut all of my hair off and really assume my
sexuality. Because, you know, if I were to have long hair, I
obviously wouldn't be gay.
5. All lesbians use strap-ons
See, there I was thinking I was a lesbian and liked to have sex
with women, but I'm actually suffering from a very advanced form of
penis envy.
But in the end, Stereotype, it doesn't really matter if we are or
aren't adherents to some of the biggest lesbian clichés on the
planet. (Just make sure you've seen all six seasons of The L Word,
or god help you!)
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