Exactly. But otherwise honestly who knows.

Society says: being a man > being a woman, so it's okay for a woman to pursue a masculine sexuality. The opposite, however, leaves the public stumped. Why would any MAN want to be like a WOMAN??

It's because man are supposed to be manly, not because its "okay" to be a boy and not to be a girl, like really? Man have it harder in this aspect because there is more pressure on them. Stop looking for sexism where it doesn't exist. My life as a straight woman has been much easier and comfortable than lives of many of my guy friends.

Women are more affectionate or "closer to each other" than men typically are. So kissing, or hugging, or holding hands, or going into the dressing room together, or that scene in "The Sweetest Thing" where all the girls are in the bathroom touching Christina Applegate's breasts to check if they're real, all of these type of things women can "get away with" because of that X chromosome, they're genetically-wired to be instinctively more nurturing (straight or gay) -- it's a female trait.

I agree with this as well. It's a bit of a myth that "straight dudes love lesbians." Straight men love girls kissing, and girls that are playful with one another. But I promise you that straight guys aren't out there watching full-on lesbian adult films in bulk. Real lesbians do still have that "taboo" aura around them more than gay men do. And at this present time, I think most can sense that it's still an uphill battle for lesbians, moreso than it is for gay men.

This is a huge lie.

Of course if you ask a straight men.. what's better to the sight two women holding hands or two men... they're goint to say 2 women.

But in reality it's easier for straight people to understand and accept gays than lesbians. That is a fact!

Huh? This doesn't make any sense. And don't be pulling facts out of thin air.

Also to respond to the ones that said that guys only accept feminine lesbians; that's really not true. They except all lesbians. The feminine ones they found hot, and the masculine they found cool and actually hang out with.

Because straight men like lesbians.

This.
The society is still very patriarchal, the only reason girl on girl action may be seem more acceptable than man on man, is simply because straight men are turned on by it. You don't see them going around supporting lesbianism outside their bedrooms. Even though they'll say stuff like, "Gay **** is just gross, but I don't mind lesbians", they are only sexual objects, which is still not a good but they've been seeing women as sexual objects all these centuries.

Honestly
straight men prefer lesbians to gays because being guys they know how horny they are so they feel threatened that a guy looks at them like that.
whereas girls often do all those hugging and kissing things anyways so they are harder to detect, plus most lesbians that aren't girly pass off as tomboys (although girls aren't as welcoming to lesbians as you might think, they can get pretty badly treated as well think regina in mean girls)

why would you use two straight popstars kissing as a publicity stunt as an example of a REAL lesbian kiss.

a lot of straight females will find girl on girl action disgusting, but love their gay boys. straight men are the cause of most of this world's problems so using attractive lesbians for their own enjoyment while degrading gay men is just another thing on their list.

In a male chauvinist society where it always asserts manliness, which consequentially is always associated with aggression, promiscuity and dominion, it naturally falls in order that men is superior than women. And in light of that observation, Sapphic interaction between females is widely accepted because it reinforces that male macho attitude. Being gay/effeminate is the complete negation. It wouldn't be a HUGE deal IF there's a healthy balance in the equilibrium of gender equality but men are always on the advantage whether we admit it or not. Thus it loops back to the consideration of male dominion (i.e. patriarchal culture) where a male point of view influences the universal "norm".