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. Fifteen heterosexual mal and 15 heterosexual femal listened to 275 sampl of read speech and judged the sexual orientatn o …
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THE "GAY" LISP, IS REAL OR IS FORCED?
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THE PREVALENCE OF LISPG GAY MEN
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Lispg and male homosexualy. 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.
A total of 175 of the sampl were of homosexual men, 74 (42. Based on the ratgs of the listeners of the prent study, lispg speakers were signifintly more often judged to be homosexual.