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- GAY MEN DISCRIMATE AGAST FEME GAY MEN, NEW STUDY FDS
- JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS' KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE COACH TO COME OUT AS GAY MAJOR U.S. SPORTS
GAY MEN DISCRIMATE AGAST FEME GAY MEN, NEW STUDY FDS
I remember growg up, my sister always thkg I was gay bee I’ve always had a feme speech and posture; the “limp wrist” as people ll , I always cross my legs right when I s and re very much about my fashn choic, etc. I do thk that sometim s my chanc wh women bee lookg at me, most people do assume that I am gay. There was a time once when I had wonred to myself if I was gay but thkg of beg wh another man do nothg for me at all.
If this off as homophobic, I do not mean that way at all. Both gay men and heterosexual men prefer mascule-prentg men for high-stat rol, acrdg to a new study om the Universy of Sydney, leavg more feme-prentg gay men disadvantaged and facg ternal bias, prejudice and potential discrimatn the workplace, cludg hirg practic and promotn opportuni. The rearch published the peer-reviewed journal Sex Rol is believed to be the first experimental study to monstrate stat sts for gay men who prent wh more feme than mascule quali across workplace hierarchi.
It also monstrat implic bias among gay men as a muny. Gerrard says the fdg that gay men prefer a more "straight-actg" gay man for high-stat rol is disappotg and potentially creatg a gay glass ceilg workplac. "Gay men are potentially blockg each other om posns of power and learship due to this implic bias, " he said.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS' KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE COACH TO COME OUT AS GAY MAJOR U.S. SPORTS
This is an example of ternalized homophobia among the gay muny and impacts opportuni for the gay men.
Gerrard said while gay men appear to enjoy creasg equaly and reprentatn Wtern cultur, they are still disadvantaged pursug high-stat opportuni, pared to heterosexual men.
"The fdgs pot to the need for advocy and trag to unter apparent bias agast feme-prentg gay men a range of profsnal ntexts and populatns, " he said. Gerrard, (himself a profsnal actor) created vios of six shortlisted "ndidat" g profsnal actors, all gay men real-life, who acted the same script both a feme-gay and mascule-gay manner (manipulatg their voice, mannerisms, and posture but otherwise everythg else was kept intil). A survey of 256 gay and heterosexual men were ved to watch the vios and to look for an actor who uld be seen as a "lear" who uld reprent Atralia.