How ‘Gay’ Came to Mean ‘Homosexual’

where did the gay hand come from

After enuragg fathers to “punch” sons who exhib stereotypilly gay behavr, North Carola pastor Sean Harris said on Tuday that he should...

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WHAT DO LIMP WRISTS HAVE TO DO WH GAY MEN?

After enuragg fathers to “punch” sons who exhib stereotypilly gay behavr, North Carola pastor Sean Harris said on Tuday that he should have chosen different words. ” Why do we associate a limp wrist wh male homosexualy? This had nothg to do wh homosexualy—the Romans didn’t nsir gay sex, per se, unmanly.

In the 18th century, however, Europeans me to thk of homosexualy as a character tra rather than an ocsnal behavr, and gay sex beme the anthis of manls.

Durg this time, limp wrists me to signify not jt ill disciple, but var other supposed failur of manhood, such as homosexualy, exhibnism, and foppery. ) As the ornamentatn and leisure of urtly life fell out of favor wh men, a limp wrist—often wh the other hand placed on the hip an “I’m a Ltle Teapot” pose—me to symbolize the unmanly homosexual stereotype. Whatever s origs, the associatn of limp wrists wh male homosexualy was very well-tablished the Uned Stat by the begng of the 20th century.

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* WHERE DID THE GAY HAND COME FROM

Sean Harris on gay men: What do limp wrists have to do wh homosexualy? .

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