Why straight women and gay men are often so close

WHY ARE SO MANY GAYS AND LBIANS ATTRACTED TO SAME-SEX PEOPLE WHO LOOK LIKE THE OPPOSE SEX?

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Drag queens, otherwise known as “female impersonators, " are most typilly gay cisgenr men (though there are many drag queens of varyg sexual orientatns and genr inti) who perform and enterta on stage nightclubs and bars. Although ’s unclear exactly why, drag kgs are ls mon gay muni, and are also ls visible popular culture and rearch on drag. That started to change the late 1960s and ’70s durg the sexual revolutn, when drag beme more proment wh gay male muni, and eventually, thanks part to RuPl, a part of popular culture.

Moncrieff & Lienard relay that the gay muni which drag was born serve as a backdrop due to their exclive and protected nature that was once necsary for the survival of the muni. In the study, Moncrieff & Lienard surveyed 133 gay men along wh a ntrol group of heterosexual men and women, about their perceptns of drag queens. It is thought that this part due to the donng of overtly feme attire and stereotypil behavrs which are seen as ls sirable tras among gay men.

BRAS OF GAY PEOPLE REMBLE THOSE OF STRAIGHT PEOPLE OF OPPOSE SEX

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The ma takeaway om the study is the hypothis that drag performers are motivated, spe the many sts, by how signalg, or performg wh the gay muny, promot “upward mobily” and stat wh a small, protected muny.

The rearch fdgs scribed here shed some light on potential motivatg factors of those who perform drag, at least through the ey of some the gay muny. Why is so many gay people are attracted to those of the same sex who look like the oppose sex?

If you are a gay man and prumably do not fancy women, why are you nohels attracted to other men who py feme quali? Gays’ and lbians’ appearance and behavr don’t le up pecially well wh stereotyp based on atypil exampl.

WHAT'S THE SCIENCE BEHD STRAIGHT WOMEN LIKG GAY MEN?

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The scholarly lerature on what homosexuals fd attractive isn’t as robt as we might like, and for some reason has foced more on lbians than gay men. In a 2010 survey, both lbians and gay men reported that what they’d ially been most attracted to their partners were personaly tras: “fun, ” “sense of humor, ” and “telligent” were at the top of the list for both groups. The same study of personal ads found more than 96 percent of the tras gay men sought their partners were characteristilly mascule, and all of the unsirable tras were feme.

What exactly those terms mean is batable, though—gay men have been found to exhib a wir spectm of stereotypilly mascule and feme mannerisms and speech patterns than straight men. Surveys notwhstandg, gay men’s appreciatn of a well-toned male body surely is at least the equal of straight men’s tenncy to drool over a shapely woman. A perennial ntroversy the gay muny ps “gay-actg” typ agast gay mal who terms of manner and appearance are distguishable om straights.

A related qutn is whether a gay or lbian relatnship one of the partners habually assum the mascule role while the other plays the female. A study of gay Lato men found their adoptn of domant or submissive rol was suatnal and pend upon the perceived masculy of their partners. Ville Hermanni Valo is a Fnish sger-songwrer and multi-stmentalist, bt known as the lead volist and ma songwrer of the Fnish gothic rock band looks like gay.