Some mentary on Pedro Almodóvar’s new edy I’m So Exced has noted that rerc gay stereotyp, particularly the characters of s...
Contents:
- ARE MOST MALE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS GAY?
- HOW THE GAY AIRLE STEWARD BEME A STEREOTYPE
- THERE MAY BE SOME TTH TO THE ‘GAY JOBS’ STEREOTYPE
- WHAT A GAY FLIGHT ATTENDANT’S LOST DISCRIMATN CASE SAYS ABOUT LGBTQ RIGHTS CHA
ARE MOST MALE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS GAY?
Are Most Male Flight Attendants Gay? We all know that there’s a stereotype about male flight attendants beg gay. While there are no official numbers, the fact is that there is a statistilly higher number of gay men workg as flight attendants pared to other jobs.
It is timated that 50% of male flight attendants are gay. Anecdotal evince (see other rpons) shows that at least 50% of male flight attendants are gay and possibly a majory of them are. One menter says 95% of the male flight attendants he knew were gay, and another says that 50% of the on she knew were gay.
It’s jt one of those jobs that attracts a lot of gay men.
HOW THE GAY AIRLE STEWARD BEME A STEREOTYPE
And for that same reason, the fact that is a job associated wh gay men, probably sr a lot of straight men away om . That said, one of my bt iends went off to be a flight attendant a few years after high school, and he was straight as Hell and que homophobic too, I might add. That beg said, out of all the female-majory occupatns, flight attendants have the hight number of gay men among male workers.
THERE MAY BE SOME TTH TO THE ‘GAY JOBS’ STEREOTYPE
Why are the majory of male flight attendants gay?
I'm cur, why do you thk this profsn seems to attract a signifint number of gay men? Some mentary on Pedro Almodóvar’s new edy I’m So Exced has noted that rerc gay stereotyp, particularly the characters of s sassy male flight attendants, who are all gay. When did the gay steward bee such a mon stereotype?
Some stewards were hired back after returng om World War II—often out of a sense of loyalty or patrtic duty—but bee they performed what was nsired “women’s work, ” they were thought to be effemate and were therefore spected of beg homosexual, acrdg to the bias of the time.
WHAT A GAY FLIGHT ATTENDANT’S LOST DISCRIMATN CASE SAYS ABOUT LGBTQ RIGHTS CHA
This perceptn was further rerced when the killg of a gay male flight attendant a “lover’s lane” Miami brought the stereotype to the headl of sensatnal stori the Miami Daily News. In the macho, homophobic years of the 1950s, this provoked a crackdown on the cy’s unrground gay muny, and stori like the were seen as evince that gay people were “perverts.
” Many airl (some of which traed their stewards Miami) turn quietly did away wh hirg stewards, both gay and straight.