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Re:Show HN: I'm starting a social club to solve the male lon... by PaulDavisThe1st on Friday May 30, 2025 @02:28AM (#44133485)
Precisely. So a group of men, some or all of whom are gay, will react differently to the arrival of a woman than one in which all are straight.
Re:Show HN: I'm starting a social club to solve the male lon... by y-curious on Friday May 30, 2025 @03:07AM (#44133714)
Sigh. Perhaps it's sometimes ok to discount <6% of the male population for the sake of conversational brevity? Are you implying that homosexual men are suffering by not having women at the clubs? They have other reasons to not have women in their spaces. What does your little snarky comment add to the conversation?
Re:Show HN: I'm starting a social club to solve the male lon... by kelnos on Friday May 30, 2025 @03:17AM (#44133773)
Yes, that's true. But I don't know that you're actually scoring a point here, because I do believe that if you take a group of all gay men, and introduce a woman, the group dynamic will change. Not the same change as when you have a group of straight men, or a group of mixed straight and gay men, but it'll change.

And on top of that, I've heard some gay men complain about straight women in their spaces. That's just another example of this phenomenon.