# Inner Stickler, expletive pronoun **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 13, 2011, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inner-stickler-expletive-pronoun/592537 "2011-08-13T02:22:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 17
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inner-stickler-expletive-pronoun/592537/17 "2011-08-13T19:07:24Z")
In the interest of clarity, so that sides can form up properly… 😉 > [@How Does One Go About Getting A Gay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-go-about-getting-a-gay/592426/69): > > If other gay men want to reinforce the idea of the fag hag, that’s their business. I have no time for people who only want to be my friend because I like men. > [@How Does One Go About Getting A Gay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-go-about-getting-a-gay/592426/84): > > …annoying and frustrating stereotypes about a demographic I belong to. > [@How Does One Go About Getting A Gay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-go-about-getting-a-gay/592426/89): > > There’s a chunk of the female population who seem to delight in the idea of being friends with lots and lots of gay men, for no other reason than the fact that they are gay. **Inner Stickler** , do you categorically object to the concept of gay culture? Are you annoyed when “gay” is used to refer to non-sexual characteristics? Is it different when gay men themselves use the word this way? Is it not acceptable for someone to have friends on the basis of cultural characteristics that appear to _correlate_ with gayness? --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inner-stickler-expletive-pronoun/592537)._