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
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 … * gay and lisp *
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. This was te for the group as a whole as well as for the subgroup of homosexual and heterosexual men separately.
OF LISPS AND LGUISTICS: THE POWER OF THE GAY VOICE
Furthermore, there was no signifint genr difference wh rpect to associatg lispg wh gayns. Male and female judg associated lispg wh gayns to a siar gree.
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.
The prevalence of lispg gay men. Nasaly Homosexual Men: A Comparison wh Heterosexual Men and Women.