When Richard Bright ttified before Congrs the other day, someone posted that he noticed Bright's lisp and qutned if he was gay. The same type of ment has been posted about H&HS ttg ...
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WHY IS ANY GUY WH A LISP ASSUMED TO BE GAY?
The prent study examed the popular stereotype that gay men lisp by evaluatg to what extent listeners associated ntal or ontal articulatn/lispg wh gayns. Fifteen heterosexual mal and 15 heterosexual femal listened to 275 sampl of read speech and judged the sexual orientatn o … * lisp and homosexuality *
Lispg and male homosexualy.
The prent study examed the popular stereotype that gay men lisp by evaluatg to what extent listeners associated ntal or ontal articulatn/lispg wh gayns. A total of 175 of the sampl were of homosexual men, 74 (42.
Based on the ratgs of the listeners of the prent study, lispg speakers were signifintly more often judged to be homosexual.
4 - “GAYS FLNT THEIR SEXUALY”: THE MYTH OF HYPERSEXUALY
This was te for the group as a whole as well as for the subgroup of homosexual and heterosexual men separately. Furthermore, there was no signifint genr difference wh rpect to associatg lispg wh gayns. Male and female judg associated lispg wh gayns to a siar gree.
The rults of this study nfirmed prev prelimary fdgs that suggted that ontal or ntal articulatn/lispg is a feature that listeners associate wh gayns. The prevalence of lispg gay men.
Nasaly Homosexual Men: A Comparison wh Heterosexual Men and Women. Pch characteristics of homosexual mal. [Homosexual parenthood and child velopment: prent data].