And some aren't. I've known some otherwise perfectly fine and normal gay dudes. It's hardly unknown in other species, too. Some portion are not mentally ill, aren'tinto grooming, public displays of sex, and so on. But, they're also not loud, proud, and terminally on social media.
I've also known a few that I think were a bit out there, and almost certainly had some abuse history. Like, you're a good neighbor, and generally decent person, but no right-mineed person is this promiscuous, and you deserve the STDs for that. The ones I've known didn't exhibit any common groomer red flags themselves, but it's not a stretch to go from them to that, I'm not in a very blue area, and my sample size is small. They seemed to universally like excessive colorful stimulation, like a little kid, have simplified views of inter human relationships, and use some set of interests to superficially hide being hypersexual (it's hard to concisely describe, but something I have begun to notice more recently). If they didn't have likeminded adults around them, or if they were to fetishize their own stuntedness, I could see things going that way, as we so often find.
I also know one that had some serious shit in his childhood (like being pimped out for his mom's drug money). He dealt with it, and then ended up going straight.
The question then becomes, how do you differentiate them? Well, if they are into gay pride, or all-ages drag shows, here's your sign. Likewise, if they're big on social media, here's your sign. When an adult does kids- or adolescent-oriented content on the web, you should be wary of their true motives. Some are OK, but an awful lot, maybe most, are there for access to that audience.
And some aren't. I've known some otherwise perfectly fine and normal gay dudes. It's hardly unknown in other species, too. Some portion are not mentally ill, aren'tinto grooming, public displays of sex, and so on. But, they're also not loud, proud, and terminally on social media.
I've also known a few that I think were a bit out there, and almost certainly had some abuse history. Like, you're a good neighbor, and generally decent person, but no right-mineed person is this promiscuous, and you deserve the STDs for that. The ones I've known didn't exhibit any common groomer red flags themselves, but it's not a stretch to go from them to that, I'm not in a very blue area, and my sample size is small. They seemed to universally like excessive colorful stimulation, like a little kid, have simplified views of inter human relationships, and use some set of interests to superficially hide being hypersexual (it's hard to concisely describe, but something I have begun to notice more recently). If they didn't have likeminded adults around them, or if they were to fetishize their own stuntedness, I could see things going that way, as we so often find.
I also know one that had some serious shit in his childhood (like being pimped out for his mom's drug money). He dealt with it, and then ended up going straight.
The question then becomes, how do you differentiate them? Well, if they are into gay pride, or all-ages drag shows, here's your sign. Likewise, if they're big on social media, here's your sign. When an adult does kids- or adolescent-oriented content on the web, you should be wary of their true motives. Some are OK, but an awful lot, maybe most, are there for access to that audience.