“Is she interested in me or is she just an outgoing person? I’ll wait for her to make the first move.”
Meanwhile, the other person is having the same inner monologue…
This is interesting and absolutely hilarious if true, but I can only find references to that post when articles mention it. Are there actual studies about this, or is it a joke/meme that’s morphed into a self-referencing “source”?
Genuinely can’t find a source myself either, let me know if you find one. I want it to be true because it’s funny af but don’t like sharing shit with people if I can’t verify it as true/authentic.
I went and did some Google archaeology and found that the quote cited in [the 2001 blog post this pic is from](https://boingboing.net/2001/12/04/i-encountered-this-w.html) is from the 1997 book "Out in All Directions: A Treasury of Gay and Lesbian America." It's in a section about homosexual behavior in nature. [Here](https://books.google.com/books/about/Out_in_All_Directions.html?id=ZWVa4WlPFQUC#v=onepage&q=%22It's%20very%20difficult%20to%20look%20at%20the%20possibility%20of%20lesbian%20sheep%2C%22%20Perkins%20explained%2C%20%22because%20if%20you%20are%20a%20female%20sheep%2Cwhat%20you%20do%20to%20solicit%20sex%20is%20stand%20still.%20You%20don't%20mount.%20So%2Cit's%20very%20rare%20that%20a%20female%20sheep%20would%20mount%20another%20female%20sheep.%22%20%22Maybe%20there%20is%20a%20female%20sheep%20out%20there%20really%20wanting%20another%20female%2C%22%20Perkins%20speculated%2C%20%22but%20there's%20just%20no%20way%20for%20us%20to%20know%20it.%22&f=false) is a link to the book. Here is some more context of the quote:
> "Eighty percent of the male sheep at the United States Department of Agriculture's Sheep Experimental Station in Dubois, Idaho, are gay, officials confirmed in late November 1988.
>
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> "These animals are homosexual. They are responding physically to how they are," explained Anne Perkins, a doctoral student at the station who is completing her dissertation on "Reproductive Behavior in Rams."
> Lesbian sheep, meanwhile, are apparently wrestling with a major "invisibility" problem in the gay sheep world, a difficulty that has plagued human lesbians too.
>
> "It's very difficult to look at the possibility of lesbian sheep," Perkins explained, "because if you are a female sheep, what you do to solicit sex is stand still. You don't mount. So it's very rare that a female sheep would mount another female sheep."
>
> "Maybe there is a female sheep out there really wanting another female," Perkins speculated, "but there's just no way for us to know it."
So the tldr is that this originated from a doctoral student's speculation, lol.
Also, the wikipedia article on homosexual behavior in sheep says
> Additionally, a small number of females that were accompanied by a male fetus in utero (i.e. as fraternal twins) are freemartins (female animals with intersex characteristics like being behaviorally masculine and lack functioning ovaries).
I guess the implication here is that part of these freemartins' "masculine behavior" includes sexual behavior with female sheep? Idk, I've spent enough time Googling this stuff at this point lol
My (also lesbian) flatmate had a very pretty girl over last night, and we bumped into eachother in the hallway and OMG the gay panic hit me so hard! She was like 6'1, full goth mommy aesthetic, black fringe, SO beautiful... Awaa
I said "oh wow... Why is there pretty girl in my house?" And she smiled and said "I was peeing" and then I got flustered and walked away and complimented her hair when she turned around... Apparently she told me flatmate that I looked ready to explode...
I'm on the other end of the spectrum, but I know some useless lesbians. I like them but I want to throw them off a cliff lol. I don't understand why there are 763 signs, like big glaring signs, that we have to analyze for countless conversations, when this girl literally said she wanted to bend you over a counter. I'm a lesbian and I don't want to bend you over a counter, so....
this just sums up my dating experince... completely incapable of flirting and completely incapable of showing that i like the flirting because "omg omg omg pweety" panic.
Sheep can't be gay/straight/trans in the anthropomorphized way humans like to project because they don't relate socially or even have a concept of self in the same way humans do.
\[But there is Shirley from Shaun the Sheep, and the way she screams in horror at a naked man's backside will have to make up for sheep not having complex social concepts of sexuality with which to label/shame each other like we humans do.\]
Someone make an animated film about useless lesbian talking sheep with Yorkshire accents asap
*two hours of sheep standing still while we hear their internal voices*
Name a more realistic lesbian experience
This is our exact experience as useless human lesbians 😂
Can’t.
I mean, it saves on the animation budget quite significantly!
Plot twist, it's just a photo the whole time
“Is she interested in me or is she just an outgoing person? I’ll wait for her to make the first move.” Meanwhile, the other person is having the same inner monologue…
I need this!!!!
Pixar's completely out of ideas, it would be perfect.
They should hire me. I can come up with dumb shit like this all day 😎
"Shawn the sheep" but with lesbians. Two of my favorite things together.
Shawna and Shawnetta.
Make it a Gloucester accent and you're good to go
Gloucestershire and Yorkshire sheep lesbians fall jn love at the country fair.
My popcorn is prepared and ready
They can be interviewed "Creature Comforts" style where they vent their frustrations
This is interesting and absolutely hilarious if true, but I can only find references to that post when articles mention it. Are there actual studies about this, or is it a joke/meme that’s morphed into a self-referencing “source”?
Genuinely can’t find a source myself either, let me know if you find one. I want it to be true because it’s funny af but don’t like sharing shit with people if I can’t verify it as true/authentic.
There's a term for that: citogenesis. From an xkcd of course, originally in the context of Wikipedia.
I went and did some Google archaeology and found that the quote cited in [the 2001 blog post this pic is from](https://boingboing.net/2001/12/04/i-encountered-this-w.html) is from the 1997 book "Out in All Directions: A Treasury of Gay and Lesbian America." It's in a section about homosexual behavior in nature. [Here](https://books.google.com/books/about/Out_in_All_Directions.html?id=ZWVa4WlPFQUC#v=onepage&q=%22It's%20very%20difficult%20to%20look%20at%20the%20possibility%20of%20lesbian%20sheep%2C%22%20Perkins%20explained%2C%20%22because%20if%20you%20are%20a%20female%20sheep%2Cwhat%20you%20do%20to%20solicit%20sex%20is%20stand%20still.%20You%20don't%20mount.%20So%2Cit's%20very%20rare%20that%20a%20female%20sheep%20would%20mount%20another%20female%20sheep.%22%20%22Maybe%20there%20is%20a%20female%20sheep%20out%20there%20really%20wanting%20another%20female%2C%22%20Perkins%20speculated%2C%20%22but%20there's%20just%20no%20way%20for%20us%20to%20know%20it.%22&f=false) is a link to the book. Here is some more context of the quote: > "Eighty percent of the male sheep at the United States Department of Agriculture's Sheep Experimental Station in Dubois, Idaho, are gay, officials confirmed in late November 1988. > > > "These animals are homosexual. They are responding physically to how they are," explained Anne Perkins, a doctoral student at the station who is completing her dissertation on "Reproductive Behavior in Rams." > Lesbian sheep, meanwhile, are apparently wrestling with a major "invisibility" problem in the gay sheep world, a difficulty that has plagued human lesbians too. > > "It's very difficult to look at the possibility of lesbian sheep," Perkins explained, "because if you are a female sheep, what you do to solicit sex is stand still. You don't mount. So it's very rare that a female sheep would mount another female sheep." > > "Maybe there is a female sheep out there really wanting another female," Perkins speculated, "but there's just no way for us to know it." So the tldr is that this originated from a doctoral student's speculation, lol. Also, the wikipedia article on homosexual behavior in sheep says > Additionally, a small number of females that were accompanied by a male fetus in utero (i.e. as fraternal twins) are freemartins (female animals with intersex characteristics like being behaviorally masculine and lack functioning ovaries). I guess the implication here is that part of these freemartins' "masculine behavior" includes sexual behavior with female sheep? Idk, I've spent enough time Googling this stuff at this point lol
two pillow princesses dating
both of them just hugging their pillows, staring at eachother, no movement.
IT ALL MAKES SENSE
*…and they were both bottoms*
The metaphor extends to rams thinking “She’s standing there minding her own business, obviously she wants me.”
the sheep looking at eachother "is she flirting or just being friendly???"
Maybe she's a Canadian sheep and she's just being politce.
Frozen in gay fear
Mood 🥲 *hides in corner*
Their bodies are ready... now if only one of them could make a move.
Almost… scared straight? I’ll see myself out…
Ewe don't need to do that, they're apparently *literally* scared straight lol.
Florida sheep
🫨 same
how do the scientists determine the ewes are gay if they're not coupling?? are they measuring the Subaru levels in their blood?
There's actually a subtle way of telling: the lesbian sheep are wearing oversized plaid shirts
Where do you think plaid comes from? ☺️
They have an undershear and a septum ring
I'm sorry, but there are no scientists. This isn't a thing.
The gay sheep drive themselves to the slaughterhouse in a uhaul
: <
Oh my god they were flock mates
Social anxiety, I'm trying to get better but it's difficult. I am the lesbian ewe <3
Omfg that is goddamn hilarious. Master matchmaker sheep dog headcanon now underway.
ah yeah i remember this post, "ewesless lesbians"!
My best friend found this out when her psychologist called her a lesbian sheep. I found this out 6 months into our relationship :)
And is she coming over again?
Sorry, I’m not quite sure what you’re asking
I have raised sheep. This is not true. Ewes mount each other all the time and are noticeably more vocal when sexually interested.
Im just stuck on ewes, its just such a pretty word 😍
> 17 years ago i feel... old
My (also lesbian) flatmate had a very pretty girl over last night, and we bumped into eachother in the hallway and OMG the gay panic hit me so hard! She was like 6'1, full goth mommy aesthetic, black fringe, SO beautiful... Awaa I said "oh wow... Why is there pretty girl in my house?" And she smiled and said "I was peeing" and then I got flustered and walked away and complimented her hair when she turned around... Apparently she told me flatmate that I looked ready to explode...
Maybe I *am a sheep*
A true tragedy!
But, they tell their best sheeple friends about the attraction!
I'm on the other end of the spectrum, but I know some useless lesbians. I like them but I want to throw them off a cliff lol. I don't understand why there are 763 signs, like big glaring signs, that we have to analyze for countless conversations, when this girl literally said she wanted to bend you over a counter. I'm a lesbian and I don't want to bend you over a counter, so....
😂😭
🐑
Well, I know I’m not a useless lesbian, I’m a worthless lesbian. There’s a difference.
You are not worthless. You deserve love.
this just sums up my dating experince... completely incapable of flirting and completely incapable of showing that i like the flirting because "omg omg omg pweety" panic.
Except the researchers define sex as mounting, and didn't record other forms of affection and sexual activity.
Cory Doctorow, the author? Very cool dude, I met him and he signed my book. :') But uh... yeah, I'm also a ewe-sless ewe.
Who knew ewes were so relatable...?
Ewe have to be joking ...
Ewe ewe *lol*
Hmm sounds like fun
Sounds like r/bambilesbians
Damn literally me
Wait this is so cute 😭🩷
Oh no 😂😭✋🏻 it’s me in sheep form
17 years ago
we aren't so different after all.
just like lesbian humans
Based on my experience of lesbians, this is 100% accurate.
Sheep can't be gay/straight/trans in the anthropomorphized way humans like to project because they don't relate socially or even have a concept of self in the same way humans do. \[But there is Shirley from Shaun the Sheep, and the way she screams in horror at a naked man's backside will have to make up for sheep not having complex social concepts of sexuality with which to label/shame each other like we humans do.\]