# How much are gays and lesbians protected from drama?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-are-gays-and-lesbians-protected-from-drama/627901>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 11, 2012, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-are-gays-and-lesbians-protected-from-drama/627901 "2012-07-11T16:44:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-are-gays-and-lesbians-protected-from-drama/627901/61 "2012-07-12T17:36:18Z")

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> [@tapu](#):
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> I think a lesbian whose lover slept in the same bed with a straight woman could be jealous, too. (Not all, but you seem to be basing your assumptions on the evidence of one instance.)
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> That’s why they _have_ cots.

HA! I read this as:  
_That’s why they have **cats**._

I was all like, man, that \*\*tapu \*\*is trotting out all the lesbian stereotypes! Next she’ll be telling us about softball teams and u-hauls on the second date.

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**Author:** ![tapu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@tapu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapu)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-are-gays-and-lesbians-protected-from-drama/627901/62 "2012-07-12T17:44:18Z")

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ROFL!  
Wait though, I thought we left the cat scene to middle-aged, single, straight women and started getting all those big dogs to wear our kerchiefs.

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**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-are-gays-and-lesbians-protected-from-drama/627901/63 "2012-07-12T17:56:15Z")

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> [@tapu](#):
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> ROFL!  
> Wait though, I thought we left the cat scene to middle-aged, single, straight women and started getting all those big dogs to wear our kerchiefs.

:smack:

See, this is what I get for not keeping up with my token lesbian.

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