Gaydar—Sendg Mixed Signals | Department of Lguistics | Universy of Colorado Boulr

Contents:

• WHY IS ANY GUY WH A LISP ASSUMED TO BE GAY?
• THE PREVALENCE OF LISPG GAY MEN
• GAYDAR—SENDG MIXED SIGNALS
• WHY DO GAY GUYS SPEAK WH A LISP??
• GAY PCH, LISP?
• GAY LISP
• OF LISPS AND LGUISTICS: THE POWER OF THE GAY VOICE
• WHAT MEANS TO ‘SOUND GAY’
• THE "GAY LISP."

WHY IS ANY GUY WH A LISP ASSUMED TO BE GAY?

I've always been very self-nsc about but ever sce I me out, I eased up on and I jt let myself talk whout rg if I "sound gay" or not (which I do, actually). I am a gay man and this is drivg me crazy bee other aspects of the stereotypil "gay voice" are intifiable (even though they are still homophobic, I at least know what people are referrg to when they talk about them). 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.

Based on the ratgs of the listeners of the prent study, lispg speakers were signifintly more often judged to be homosexual. This was te for the group as a whole as well as for the subgroup of homosexual and heterosexual men separately.

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. Grapplg wh the issue of homosexualy: perceptns, attus, and beliefs among high school stunts Kenya. When Richard Bright ttified before Congrs the other day, someone posted that he noticed Bright's lisp and qutned if he was gay.

THE PREVALENCE OF LISPG GAY MEN

I kd of agree wh R1's rponse, but I'd say 's more like 75% would be my, on a semi-related note, there's an tertg documentary about this topic DO I SOUND GAY?

That's part of the reason for the gay associatn, bee a lisp is nsired Anonymoreply 15May 19, 2020 4:04 PM. I didn't assume Bright was gay bee of the lisp, was his mannerisms that seemed really Anonymoreply 16May 19, 2020 4:30 PM. Bee anythg unattractive that a man do mak him appear "gay" to stupid people, Anonymoreply 39May 22, 2020 9:45 PM.

GAYDAR—SENDG MIXED SIGNALS

His sensibily as a gay artist has shaped and elevated the magaze’s athetic, but he has to keep his creativy check lt Mx be seen as a magaze for gay men. But fish strong, as the nflict over Richie’s bathhoe project grows and Mx has to nsir whether ’s too risky for the magaze to speak to gay men, or even gay moments like this, the historil fictn feels not entirely historil.

Accs through your stutn 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. No relatn was found between lispg and age of g-out or lispg and the probabily of beg gay as asssed by a qutnnaire about sexual orientatn. Learng out: The rears of this article will able (1) to discs articulatory behavur as a possible marker that may distguish gay om heterosexual men (2) to discs the prevalence of lispg gay by (0)1aspirant van het Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onrzoek full textCopyright © 2008 Elsevier Inc.

WHY DO GAY GUYS SPEAK WH A LISP??

Gaydar is a reified skill that nfirms the existence of a gay speech muny, but n terme a speaker's membership? However, as a gay man, I thk of gaydar not so much as a tool for intifyg one’s orientatn, but as a meang and discrimatory weapon ed to ntrast sexual and social differenc.

For my class project Language US Society, I wanted to qutn the nature of gaydar and trace s origs beyond jt the perceptn of the speaker. The key to unrstandg gaydar is the telemunitn ncept of “radar, ” which is fed as “a radtermatn system based on the parison of reference signals wh rad signals reflected or retransmted, om the posn to be termed” (ITU Rad Regulatns, 2013).

Gaydar borrows the functns of receivg and parg signals and reifi the skill of intifyg sexual orientatn to an operatnal tool. Hence, the technil fn of gaydar is a “system based on the parison of reference signals wh language reflected or retransmted, om the posn to be termed, ” where the posn to be termed ultimately translat to inty. Jt like a radar, an operatnal gaydar reli on the reference signals and the static background of the receiver.

GAY PCH, LISP?

A historil example of this is what lguists ll the onted “s” sound that is typilly characterized as a lisp, also known as the “gay lisp” (Mack and Munson 2012).

GAY LISP

Instead of intifyg the onted “s” as a lguistic variable, listeners equently thk of as an x of non-normative behavr such as a speech fect or homosexualy. This associatn between language and behavr puts speakers g this variable a double bd: they are perceived eher to have a speech fect or to be gay—wh both perceptns rryg negative nnotatns.

Moreover, gaydar self is not a reliable system bee the stereotypil featur of gay speech n be cross-xil wh other social tegori. Heteronormativy is the iology that driv many heterosexual men to be particularly aware of gay dory cu as they strive to protect their exprsns of masculy through their lguistic performanc. This iology is what prompted me to hi my “gay accent” as a child—I was tryg to f this ialized heteronormative mold, I was tryg to appear heterosexual, I was tryg to sound normal.

OF LISPS AND LGUISTICS: THE POWER OF THE GAY VOICE

Dpe beg an abstractn and an unreliable system, gaydar seems to be ditive of an sential distctn between speech muni. In particular, s existence emphasiz that gay speakers the Uned Stat share certa lguistic variabl as a part of their lguistic repertoir.

Ultimately, the lguistic repertoir that are symptomatic of a functng gaydar form the lguistic hab shared by members of the English-speakg gay speech muny. Bee some lguistic featur are so salient to the gay speech muny, many gay speakers e them everyday teractn. Even though some semtic tras are ed markers of belongg, gaydar is merely an abstractn created by the society that is not based on trsic factors and therefore do not guarantee accuracy.

WHAT MEANS TO ‘SOUND GAY’

Rather, gaydar is a reflectn of current societal attus that ntribute to the perceptn of a gay inty. You are young people, and I’m sure a lot of you are gay and progrsive, ” he said addrsg the dience. The gay lisp and what sounds like, as explored David Thorpe's film Do I Sound Gay?, is somewhat mon knowledge even for straight people.

THE "GAY LISP."

It's somethg I and many others who "sound gay" have stggled wh acceptg about voice has always been sort of an Achill' heel to my otherwise thick-skned persona.

It was much easier when matched up wh my sexual inty, and while surroundg myself wh other gay men.