Same way hearing gay used as an insult would feel to a gay person, I would imagine. Only in this case there’s the added layer of the straight person incurring cognitive dissonance. People respond to that in different ways, denial being one of them.
At least, that’s what I came to the conclusion of when I was made aware of my behavior as a straight person. Instead of living in denial, though, I changed and banished using gay as an insult. Now I just dislike both.
Same way hearing gay used as an insult would feel to a gay person, I would imagine. Only in this case there’s the added layer of the straight person incurring cognitive dissonance. People respond to that in different ways, denial being one of them.
At least, that’s what I came to the conclusion of when I was made aware of my behavior as a straight person. Instead of living in denial, though, I changed and banished using gay as an insult. Now I just dislike both.