Why I get accused of being gay

I’ve been accused of being gay a few times in my life, and I’ve begun to realise that this is a part of life and it happens from time to time. There is nothing wrong with being gay, but I hate the accusations as a straight man because of where they come from.

My most recent accusation was from my manager and it was because I wasn’t interested in giving her any attention (the entire reason she hired me). She embarrassed me in front of the entire team with her accusations.

I don’t get accused a lot nowadays but I do see a clear theme within the accusations. It normally comes down to bitterness from women who want my attention or men who are jealous of me. There are some other factors too, I am a handsome man and some people probably want it to be true.

The jealousy of men

When a man doesn’t like or understand another man they may start to accuse him of being sus. Why might a guy not like another man? It’s usually due to intimidation and jealousy in my experience, and when I say this I mean outside of the other person's personality and not getting along.

Some guys will look at me and I see the hate in their eyes. They’re jealous because women actually like me and I’m not invisible to them. So in order to tear me down they’ll throw out that I must be gay.