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what's the male equivalent of fag hag and why aren't they as common as fag hags?

And by male equivalent, I don't mean a straight guy who is all bestest buddies with a gay guy. I'm talking about lezzies having a really close guy friend. it seems a lot less common. why do you people here at questionland think this is?

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  • Gold-head_small
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    Women are not only used to being treated as third wheels, but are more comfortable suppressing their romantic desires. That's what fag hags are doing -- hanging out with men in situations where romantic pressure is missing, which can be a relief, or can be avoidance.

    Straight men who try the same with lesbians are pretty much guaranteed to want to get in there romantically anyways if they like them enough. And for most guys, hanging out with women -- just women -- without at least the theoretical possibility of a hookup just isn't going to be fun.

    I speak from experience, having been one of the rare ones. I destroyed some very valuable friendships in the process of finding out that it doesn't work.

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    I can't really speak for the lesbians, but there is a special confluence that creates the "fag hag" phenomenon (i.e. many gay men identify with or idolize women, and some straight women enjoy the non-threatening, but still a bit unconventional company of gay men), so perhaps that special confluence just doesn't translate to lesbians and straight men?

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    Just a guess:

    Women (in general) are not threatened by a man's femininity.

    Men (in general) -are- often threated by a female's masculinity. The patriarchy, keeping them barefoot in the kitchen, etc. In particular note the imagery after WW2 attempting to get women back into dresses and out of the factory overalls they had been wearing during the war effort.

    I'd love to hang with some cool masculine women who enjoy my company. I think I am in the minority however. I'm a bit of a femmy guy tho and realize that there is a masculine and feminine side to all of us.

    I grew up with a girl who acted like a tomboy and we did boyish things and had great fun. (She is a out lesbian firewoman nowadays)

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    "Dyke Tyke" is the term I've heard.

    I've only met one dude who claimed to be one, and he was really annoying, all asking really detailed questions about my lady's ladyparts and what I planned on doing with them the next time I saw her. This was weird because I'm not sure I've ever met a gayer man.

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    lez-bro.

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  • 41642_582794777_6431_n_small
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    We recently had a lesbian couple over for lunch, and it occurred to my wife that my lesbian friends outnumbered any other group of friends I had, grouped by their sex and sexual preference. Seriously, I (straight, married male) have more lesbian friends than straight male friends.

    So she asked me this question, and we haven't been able to come up with a good answer: the two phrases we like so far are "rug doctor" and "lesbro".

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    My ex-college roommate was a lesbian who hung out with guys all the time. All of her closest friends were men. However, she herself acted like a man, getting into fights, drinking, obsessively watching Tarantino movies, rating women on a scale of 1 to 10, ect. She also had this really odd anxiety about talking to women at all and she told me the only reason I talked to her and didn't hate her was because I had self esteem issues. So she's a nut.

    My point is I think most girls, lesbian or not, probably act like girls, and many guys don't know how to deal with that. Women are more likely to know how to survive in a male world than men are to learn how to survive in a female world. It's easier for guys to hang out with women if they are all doing guy stuff like playing call of duty, but not if they are doing girl stuff like having touchy-feely conversations.

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    Well i am a happily married man with a beautiful 2 year old daughter and i have 4 different lesbian friends and 1 sister in law. I find it very easy to be great friends to them all because i know i can be as kind and giving as i want and they will never want anything more from me than my undying devotion towards their friendship. I have been friend with these people for over 7 years now and met my wife through my sister in law.

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    It's complicated.

    I'd imagine that it's a combination of the things that other people have mentioned.

    But honestly, a lot of lesbians have been socialized to fear/hate men. That's not the PC answer, but I think it's a lot of the right answer.

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    Dyke Bike.

    And lezzies hate men, don't you know that?

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    straight men are walking hard-ons with no social skills.

    i see that coupling as a lose/ lose,

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