Forty years ago, public views about homosexuality were extremely negative in many rich countries. As the chart shows, back in 1984, one in three Dutch people believed homosexuality was “never or rarely justified”. In Spain and Great Britain, that view was held by the majority. Perhaps most strikingly, three-quarters of Americans thought the same.
How could you believe that homosexuality is “rarely” justified? Being gay is a sin but it’s ok if he’s like SUPER hot
It’s the “hot lesbians in my area” exception.
Yea I thought that was funny.
In reality, I guess it’s some bigoted view on homosexuality. Like “it can be OK if they are monogamous, secretive, don’t flount it, respect gender norms, stay far from children, and tried to not be gay for long time before giving in”. Probably.
As a gay I totally feel this is a valid thing. I’ll translate to 2025 speak:
I guess we’ll never know, since those numbers were combined for the answer (“never or rarely”) or the person writing this article combined the results of those two answers, idk, didn’t read the whole thing