Mascule bias is prent among gay and straight men, acrdg to new rearch, and ’s havg an effect on feme men’s reers
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
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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. ”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.
HOLLYWOOD OPENS UP TO GAYS, BUT WILL STARS E OUT?
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.
The study found that participants, cludg gay men, were signifintly more likely to st a mascule-prentg actor than a feme actor. The rearch suggts that spe beg part of the same mory group, gay men may be “plic” bias agast feme-prentg gay men om reachg higher-stat adds to growg rearch about gay men’s “tramory” bias agast feme-prentg men, whereas mascule quali, behavurs and appearanc are regard as more favourable.
Gerrard, who recently played the lead role Amerin Psycho: The Mil at the Sydney Opera Hoe, was spired to vtigate gay men’s prejudice towards feme-prentg men after his experienc as an actor.