Salon Critiques New York Times Opinion Piece on Heterosexuality During Pride Month
Salon published a critical essay responding to a New York Times opinion piece about heterosexuality, originally titled "Being straight is great, actually." The piece argues that concerns about heterosexuality's decline are exaggerated, with same-sex couples representing less than 0.25% of the U.S. population. The article critiques what it calls the "contrarian-industrial complex" for manufacturing outrage over a non-issue during Pride Month.
Salon published a lengthy critique of a New York Times opinion piece by Playboy senior editor Magdalene J. Taylor about heterosexuality and dating. The Salon piece uses demographic data from the Williams Institute at UCLA Law School showing approximately 820,000 same-sex couples in a U.S. population of 340 million to argue that heterosexuality remains the dominant norm and faces no existential threat. The author criticizes Taylor's piece for suggesting that heterosexual relationships need defending and for attributing declining interest in heterosexual partnership to women's awareness of its downsides rather than to structural issues. The Salon article frames the debate as an example of internet contrarianism that has become "lukewarm" and relies on strawman arguments rather than substantive policy discussion.
What's missing
The article does not provide the full text or complete context of Taylor's original New York Times piece, making it difficult to independently verify whether Salon's characterization of its argument is fully accurate. Additionally, the article references but does not detail the specific concerns about reproductive autonomy and employment rights it mentions.
What different sources said
- SalonLeft
This Pride Month, will no one think of the straight people?
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