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while i don't think they are kicking down many doors and searching for porn they also literally stone people to death in those countries and it is codified as illegal
could you imagine your sexuality being illegal? this core immutable and foundational aspect of yourself is banned by law
anyone who knows you are gay which people always sniff out suddenly has huge leverage over you
this is a hugely hyperbolic example but the fact you somehow equate it to california is mindblowing to me
i live in a homophobic area and even i would never pretend that i have it half as bad as someone in parts of africa or the middle east
maybe if i lived in california i wouldn't hate being gay but here i very much do and it is so deeply internalized i will never get over it now
moreover i denied myself any sexuality until my mid 20s when i finally travelled and met confident gay people but even now the prohibition is hopelessly ingrained