The Lavander Scare was a fear among the United States people that there were homosexual people within our government. This is connected to the Red Scare during the Cold War because many people during the Red Scare were scared there were communists within our government and within the people of the United States. The connection between anticommunists and homophobia is that more liberal the person was more likely to pursue their own ends and people who were anticommunists showed more masculine features (Friedman). I think sexual innuendos are some what still used in politics because there are more people who are homosexual and don’t feel included or have the same views as a certain candidate. I think politics use those sexual innuendos to gain more popularity.