In 'Do I Sound Gay?', David Thorpe exam the myster orig of the "gay voice" while tryg—and failg—to rid himself of his own gayish flectn
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THE PREVALENCE OF LISPG GAY MEN
* origin of the gay lisp *
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OF LISPS AND LGUISTICS: THE POWER OF THE GAY VOICE
Accs through your stutnPatient Accs rights and ntentAbstractThis study evaluated the stereotype that gay men lisp. Two clicians who were unaware of the specific purpose of the study and the populatns volved judged randomized d-rerdgs of 175 gay mal, 100 heterosexual mal and 100 heterosexual femal for the prence of lispg durg readg of a standardized text.
In the gay mal a signifintly higher prevalence of lispg was found than the heterosexual mal and femal. Breakdown of the rults of the gay participants two different age groups showed a higher prevalence of lispg the younger age group than the olr age group.