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Contents:
- WHY ARE SO MANY GAYS AND LBIANS ATTRACTED TO SAME-SEX PEOPLE WHO LOOK LIKE THE OPPOSE SEX?
- BRAS OF GAY PEOPLE REMBLE THOSE OF STRAIGHT PEOPLE OF OPPOSE SEX
- WHAT'S THE SCIENCE BEHD STRAIGHT WOMEN LIKG GAY MEN?
- WHY STRAIGHT WOMEN AND GAY MEN ARE OFTEN SO CLOSE
WHY ARE SO MANY GAYS AND LBIANS ATTRACTED TO SAME-SEX PEOPLE WHO LOOK LIKE THE OPPOSE SEX?
Bra sns show siari shape and nnectns between gay bras and straight on om the oppose sex. * gay men who look like women *
Drag queens, otherwise known as “female impersonators, " are most typilly gay cisgenr men (though there are many drag queens of varyg sexual orientatns and genr inti) who perform and enterta on stage nightclubs and bars. Although ’s unclear exactly why, drag kgs are ls mon gay muni, and are also ls visible popular culture and rearch on drag.
BRAS OF GAY PEOPLE REMBLE THOSE OF STRAIGHT PEOPLE OF OPPOSE SEX
Why are straight women so drawn to havg gay men as iends? * gay men who look like women *
That started to change the late 1960s and ’70s durg the sexual revolutn, when drag beme more proment wh gay male muni, and eventually, thanks part to RuPl, a part of popular culture. Moncrieff & Lienard relay that the gay muni which drag was born serve as a backdrop due to their exclive and protected nature that was once necsary for the survival of the muni.
WHAT'S THE SCIENCE BEHD STRAIGHT WOMEN LIKG GAY MEN?
* gay men who look like women *
In the study, Moncrieff & Lienard surveyed 133 gay men along wh a ntrol group of heterosexual men and women, about their perceptns of drag queens. It is thought that this part due to the donng of overtly feme attire and stereotypil behavrs which are seen as ls sirable tras among gay men.
WHY STRAIGHT WOMEN AND GAY MEN ARE OFTEN SO CLOSE
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