Dumping friends over politics or religion

[Thal]

Ah the old gender is a "social construct" argument, I guess taste is also a social construct then? What about gravity? You're defending a loosing point if you're going to argue men and women are identical but feel free to make a thread about it. 

I remember the first time I met an openly gay person and I was legitimately scared to sleep in the same room with him because I was fearful of being taken advantage of

(emphasis on "the first time")

Although I love how you jumped at it as if "See?!! Women live in fear of men all their lives!!!". It's natural to feel anxious in new unfamiliar situations, however if a woman lives in fear of men her whole life she is as mentally ill as a cuckoo on a popsicle.

1) Yes, taste is influenced by social construct (assuming you by "taste" mean people's preferences in colours, clothes, films, music, etc). What we like is individual (with nothing to do with gender), but what we as individuals tend to prefer is deeply rooted in what our surroundings have been feedings us since we're babies. There is nothing that connects a vagina and uterus to the preferance pastel colours, for example, and we tend to prefer things that are familiar (so if you've grown up with pink clothes and toys, you're more likely to keep liking those colours). 

2) Could it be that you emphasize "the first time" because nothing bad happened, and not half of your friends have stories about being sexually harassed or assaulted by gay men? 

3) You're paraphrasing and exaggerating with your sarcasm. If that's how you interpreted what I wrote, I guess you didn't take enough time to reflect on it.  

4) If a woman lives in fear (btw what level of fear are we talking about here?) of men her whole life she probably has some experiences from her past that's given her a good reason for it.