# Why would it appear that hetrosexual men are discriminated **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 15, 2013, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-it-appear-that-hetrosexual-men-are-discriminated/658397 "2013-05-15T12:57:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![NarmSayin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c0e974/32.png) [@NarmSayin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NarmSayin)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-it-appear-that-hetrosexual-men-are-discriminated/658397/61 "2013-05-15T16:22:45Z")
> [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](#): > > I won’t be. But why do you care? Were you passed over for a flight attendant job that went to a gay dude? Nope, just way too much time on my hands to mull this inane shit over. ---
**Author:** ![NarmSayin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c0e974/32.png) [@NarmSayin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NarmSayin)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-it-appear-that-hetrosexual-men-are-discriminated/658397/62 "2013-05-15T16:30:11Z")
> [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](#): > > I won’t be. But why do you care? Were you passed over for a flight attendant job that went to a gay dude? I have many inane questions like this for example, Why do black people blame white people for slavery when after all who was selling the white man their own people as slaves? You got it, the black man Why is Africa still starving when surely all the black celebrities that claim Africa as their motherland could easily bail the african people out… Obviously not to be answered in this thread, but yes this shit goes through my head daily… No failed job interview, wish it was as simple as that. ---
**Author:** ![Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-it-appear-that-hetrosexual-men-are-discriminated/658397/63 "2013-05-15T16:34:31Z")
> [@NarmSayin](#): > > Obviously not to be answered in this thread, but yes this shit goes through my head daily… Shit indeed. ---
**Author:** ![NarmSayin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c0e974/32.png) [@NarmSayin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NarmSayin)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-it-appear-that-hetrosexual-men-are-discriminated/658397/64 "2013-05-15T16:35:56Z")
> [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](#): > > Shit indeed. You really are a COCK aren’t you! ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-it-appear-that-hetrosexual-men-are-discriminated/658397/65 "2013-05-15T16:38:15Z")
> [@NarmSayin](#): > > WOW, when did I say it was proof? > > If I had proof I wouldnt have been here garnering opinion! So in future I should completely ignore my own experience, dismiss it as bias as its mine? Bizarre! Here, in post 1 > [@](#): > > Why are hetrosexual men discriminated against in the recruitment of airline cabin crew Your question wasn’t “are hetrosexual [sic] men discriminated against,” but stated they were and asked why. ---
**Author:** ![NarmSayin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c0e974/32.png) [@NarmSayin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NarmSayin)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-it-appear-that-hetrosexual-men-are-discriminated/658397/66 "2013-05-15T16:40:08Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > Here, in post 1 > > Your question wasn’t “are hetrosexual [sic] men discriminated against,” but stated they were and asked why. LOL, I thought I had way too much time on my hands you pedantic twat. You clearly knew what I meant. ---
**Author:** ![Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-it-appear-that-hetrosexual-men-are-discriminated/658397/67 "2013-05-15T16:40:14Z")
> [@NarmSayin](#): > > You really are a COCK aren’t you! And, scene. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-it-appear-that-hetrosexual-men-are-discriminated/658397/68 "2013-05-15T16:43:55Z")
> [@NarmSayin](#): > > LOL, I thought I had way too much time on my hands you pedantic twat. You clearly knew what I meant. Since you’re new I’ll recommend you read the board rules, attached as sticky threads in each forum. ---
**Author:** ![NarmSayin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c0e974/32.png) [@NarmSayin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NarmSayin)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-it-appear-that-hetrosexual-men-are-discriminated/658397/69 "2013-05-15T16:47:20Z")
Quote: Originally Posted by NarmSayin View Post LOL, I thought I had way too much time on my hands you pedantic twat. You clearly knew what I meant. Since you’re new I’ll recommend you read the board rules, attached as sticky threads in each forum. Was it “pedantic”? ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-it-appear-that-hetrosexual-men-are-discriminated/658397/70 "2013-05-15T16:48:18Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Y’know, my gaydar isn’t all that great, but even I can tell that when a guy has scantily-clad women crawling all over him at a party, and he’s not doing anything to stop them, it usually means that he’s straight. I don’t have scantily-clad women crawling all over me. Am I gay? ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-it-appear-that-hetrosexual-men-are-discriminated/658397/71 "2013-05-15T16:48:19Z")
> [@NarmSayin](#): > > You really are a COCK aren’t you! Welcome to the SDMB. Just so you know, insults are not allowed in this forum (IMHO). If you want to call names, use the BBQ Pit, last forum on the main forum index. So don’t call names again, thanks. Just a note. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-it-appear-that-hetrosexual-men-are-discriminated/658397/72 "2013-05-15T16:49:10Z")
> [@NarmSayin](#): > > LOL, I thought I had way too much time on my hands you pedantic twat. You clearly knew what I meant. Actually, I thought you were complaining about discrimination against heterosexual men in the flight attendant industry. Where did I get\* that\* idea? Some of the reactions you are getting flow from the assumptions underlying your question. It came off as anti-gay, even if you didn’t mean it that way. If you posed a more reasonable question about cultural and/or historical reasons leading to more gay men seeking careers as flight attendants, you might have provoked a more interesting discussion. ---
**Author:** ![NarmSayin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c0e974/32.png) [@NarmSayin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NarmSayin)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-it-appear-that-hetrosexual-men-are-discriminated/658397/73 "2013-05-15T16:51:31Z")
Permission to edit my OP to “why would it appear that hetrosexual…” Just to clear up any confusion…My bad. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-it-appear-that-hetrosexual-men-are-discriminated/658397/74 "2013-05-15T16:57:32Z")
> [@NarmSayin](#): > > The captain, male or female, may have zip to do with recruitment, but like all people in a leadership role, must have some say in their team members. Surely? Nothing at all, and in many companies it isn’t even necessarily “their” team; some teams are pretty much fixed, others rotate constantly. I’m not in the air industry, but most of my direct managers weren’t involved either in recruiting me, or in picking me for their teams. While my own teams are of the fixed variety, now that I’m in consulting it’s common for the boss to be the last person recruited; in other jobs, often the team was already in place and at some point (restructuring or promotion of the old boss) we got a new boss - none of which tried to get the team shuffled to their tastes. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-it-appear-that-hetrosexual-men-are-discriminated/658397/75 "2013-05-15T16:57:41Z")
> [@NarmSayin](#): > > Permission to edit my OP to “why would it appear that hetrosexual…” Just to clear up any confusion…My bad. I’ve edited it as you requested. ---
**Author:** ![NarmSayin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c0e974/32.png) [@NarmSayin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NarmSayin)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-it-appear-that-hetrosexual-men-are-discriminated/658397/76 "2013-05-15T16:59:19Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > Welcome to the SDMB. Just so you know, insults are not allowed in this forum (IMHO). If you want to call names, use the BBQ Pit, last forum on the main forum index. > So don’t call names again, thanks. Just a note. Thats fair enough with regard to name calling, but if you actually read through, you will see that the person I had called a “COCK” actually threw the insult first, I see no warning for them and after all you did say no insults. Why is that? ---
**Author:** ![NarmSayin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c0e974/32.png) [@NarmSayin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NarmSayin)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-it-appear-that-hetrosexual-men-are-discriminated/658397/77 "2013-05-15T17:00:28Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > I’ve edited it as you requested. Ty. ---
**Author:** ![Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-it-appear-that-hetrosexual-men-are-discriminated/658397/78 "2013-05-15T17:01:30Z")
> [@NarmSayin](#): > > Thats fair enough with regard to name calling, but if you actually read through, you will see that the person I had called a “COCK” actually threw the insult first, I see no warning for them and after all you did say no insults. Why is that? Well I called your racist “thoughts” shit, yes. If I get a warning for that, so be it. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-it-appear-that-hetrosexual-men-are-discriminated/658397/79 "2013-05-15T17:02:19Z")
> [@NarmSayin](#): > > Thats fair enough with regard to name calling, but if you actually read through, you will see that the person I had called a “COCK” actually threw the insult first, I see no warning for them and after all you did say no insults. Why is that? If you think a post is out of line, you can report it by clicking the red exclamation point at the top, right of the post. As for the post you replied to, it didn’t have any name-calling that I saw, unlike yours. If you have any further questions about any rules, feel free to PM me, another staff member, or make a topic in the forum “About This Message Board” so this topic is not hijacked by conversations about the rules. Idle Thoughts SDMB Mod ---
**Author:** ![NarmSayin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c0e974/32.png) [@NarmSayin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NarmSayin)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-it-appear-that-hetrosexual-men-are-discriminated/658397/80 "2013-05-15T17:05:43Z")
> [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](#): > > Well I called your racist “thoughts” shit, yes. If I get a warning for that, so be it. I dont understand how they are racist, but like I said, for another thread elsewhere. Im a black englishman myself, but I understand history. We the black man were selling our own people to the white man, they were already slaves before the white man got hold of them. Perhaps read a little history. But like I say its another topic. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-it-appear-that-hetrosexual-men-are-discriminated/658397.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-it-appear-that-hetrosexual-men-are-discriminated/658397.md?page=5)