The 'gay glass ceilg' is slowly vanishg behd the scen and on the screen - but actors still fear that g out uld wreck their reer
Contents:
- ‘GAY GLASS CEILG’: WHY MORE FEME MEN GET PASSED OVER FOR LEARSHIP ROL
- HOLLYWOOD OPENS UP TO GAYS, BUT WILL STARS E OUT?
‘GAY GLASS CEILG’: WHY MORE FEME MEN GET PASSED OVER FOR LEARSHIP ROL
Mascule bias is prent among gay and straight men, acrdg to new rearch, and ’s havg an effect on feme men’s reers * guardian gay glass ceiling *
Gay and heterosexual men prefer mascule-prentg men learship posns over those emed more feme, acrdg to a Universy of Sydney study, suggtg that gay men themselv are “plic” penalisg “feme-prentg members of their own muny” Gerrard, the study’s lead thor, told Guardian Atralia: “In society there is a strong associatn between gayns and femy and many gay men grow up wh an unnsc ia that gayns is bad, so they may nscly or unnscly supprs feme tras.
HOLLYWOOD OPENS UP TO GAYS, BUT WILL STARS E OUT?
”In the study – published the journal Sex Rol – rearchers asked 256 Atralian men (half who are gay, and half who are heterosexual) to select a gay man to reprent Sydney a mock tourism mpaign. They were shown vios of six gay, whe male actors performg the same short script two ways: wh their body language and voice adjted to appear more feme and wh their performance livered a more tradnally mascule style.