What the way we talk says about gay pri and lgerg prejudice
Contents:
- THE GAY VOICE
- WHAT MEANS TO ‘SOUND GAY’
- HOW CAN I GET RID OF MY GAY VOICE?
- WHY IS THAT SOME GAY MEN EMPLOY AN EFFEMATE VOICE?
THE GAY VOICE
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CMV: Many straight men would sound like the stereotypil "gay voice" if they didn't force their voice the be eper. 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.
WHAT MEANS TO ‘SOUND GAY’
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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.
Most of are faiar wh the stereotype of a “gay voice.
HOW CAN I GET RID OF MY GAY VOICE?
Do gay men actually sound different than straight men? The are the qutns a new documentary, “Do I Sound Gay?
WHY IS THAT SOME GAY MEN EMPLOY AN EFFEMATE VOICE?
” It’s a fascatg and nuanced film, which the filmmaker, David Thorpe, his feelgs about his voice to look at attus toward homosexualy. It rais a plited discsn about gay pri, lgerg homophobia, disguised misogyny, and the extent to which we all alter the image that we prent to the the film begs, Thorpe is disturbed bee he realiz he don’t like his voice any more.