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Playing with dolls (piefed.cdn.blahaj.zone)
submitted 6 days ago by Secret_Music@piefed.blahaj.zone to c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world
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[–] Secret_Music@piefed.blahaj.zone 105 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Pretty sure it's homophobia. Or just general conformist bigotry because it's not like heterosexual couples couldn't use the word too if they wanted.

[–] FishFace@piefed.social 21 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Well, they do.

I realised it could also be a sex before marriage thing

[–] Ethalis@jlai.lu 21 points 6 days ago

I think it's both, or rather that the word "partner" doesn't fit in their very narrow view of acceptable relationships (heterosexual marriage)

[–] prettybunnys@piefed.social 4 points 6 days ago

I like the term buddy, because it’s all about the buddy system