Is Effemacy Gay Men a Functn of Nature or Nurture? | HuffPost Life

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Why do so many effemate gay men prefer their partners the very masculy they've bleached out of themselv?

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THE GAY VOICE

Why do some gay men “sound” gay? After intifyg phoic characteristics that seem to make a man’s voice sound gay, their bt hunch is that some gay men may subnscly adopt certa female speech patterns. They want to know how men acquire this manner of speakg, and why – pecially when society so often stigmatiz those wh gay-soundg voic.

Rogers and Smyth are also explorg the stereotyp that gay men sound effemate and are regnized by the way they speak.

They asked people to listen to rerdgs of 25 men, 17 of them gay.

IS EFFEMACY GAY MEN A FUNCTN OF NATURE OR NURTURE?

Perhaps fewer than half of gay men sound gay, says Rogers. The straightt-soundg voice the study was fact a gay man, and the sixth gayt-soundg voice was a straight man.

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Why do so many effemate gay men prefer their partners the very masculy they've bleached out of themselv? Is bee like beg gay, beg effemate isn't a choice?

Nobody knows what fuels the gay flame -- nature or nurture. Some believe gay guys turn sissy bee they're naturally nelly and some thk 's bee they're nformg to a culture that expects .

There's an unniable Pansy Vortex gay life. After all, gay culture enurag effemacy -- we venerate drag, often ll each other "girl, " love bchy humor and nsir mp an art form.

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