Six rules for dyke tykes.

Curve, August, 2005 by Wassersug, Richard

Editor's note: "Fag hag" is so 1980s. What's so now? "Dyke tyke." In urban lore, the concept of men who hang out with lesbians--and not the creepy kind seen on The L Word--is rapidly gaining attention. So we asked Dr. Richard Wassersug, professor of anatomy and neurobiology, gender studies researcher, and dyke tyke expert, how to sort out the leches from the real DTs.

LET'S START BY CORRECTING THE misconception that as a dyke tyke I'm simply a reverse fag hag. Yes, a dyke tyke is male, just as a fag hag is female. But to be a good dyke tyke requires more sensitivity and grace than being a fag hag. That's because a single female is rarely a threat to males, whereas a single male is too often a threat to females. I take it as a given that women will view me with...