Why gay guys say masc
Why do some gay men “sound” gay? After three years of research, linguistics professors Henry Rogers and Ron Smyth may be on the verge of answering that question. After identifying phonetic characteristics that seem to make a man’s voice sound lgbtq+, their best hunch is that some gay men may subconsciously adopt certain female speech patterns. They want to know how men acquire this style of speaking, and why – especially when culture so often stigmatizes those with gay-sounding voices.
Rogers and Smyth are also exploring the stereotypes that lgbtq+ men sound effeminate and are recognized by the way they speak. They asked people to obey to recordings of 25 men, 17 of them gay. In 62 per cent of the cases the listeners identified the sexual orientation of the speakers correctly. Perhaps fewer than half of lgbtq+ men sound gay, says Rogers.
The straightest-sounding voice in the study was in fact a gay guy, and the sixth gayest-sounding voice was a unbent man.
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Taking off the ‘Masc’: How Gay-Identifying Men Perceive and Navigate Hyper-Masculinity and “Mascing” Culture Online
INTRODUCTION
The proliferation of gay online spaces and the opportunity they offer to experiment and explore one’s control sexual identity have made online platforms increasingly significant in the social, romantic, and heartfelt lives of queer men.[1] For many queer men, online spaces serve as sanctuaries to meet other gay men, experiment with their personal identity construction, and cultivate gay communities. Some scholars hold researched how the internet, specifically social media platforms, contain helped to normalize queer identities.[2] The anonymous and disembodied character of online engagement has created fresh opportunities for individuals who are questioning their sexual identities to explore and experiment with their own identities.[3],[4] Online platforms that provide social networking opportunities for gay men own transformed from uncomplicated forums and websites into sophisticated and highly popular apps like Grindr, Scruff, and Jack’d.[5] These latest apps have been called “hybrid media” because they mix the offline and online experience of
by Jonathan Hoffman, PhD
According to Derek (not his real name), an extremely fit-looking 30-year-old corporate manager whose interview follows below, Muscle Dysmorphia (MD) is “perhaps the most earnest problem facing queer men aside from HIV/AIDS.” He is not only ardent regarding sharing his own experiences to help others, but also about raising awareness regarding this significant issue for his community.*
A wonderful deal of communication about MD and BDD may be found throughout this website. The tracking interview focuses on MD, as experienced through the eyes of one member of the queer community.
Interview
JH: Why do you consider MD is such a major difficulty in the same-sex attracted community?
D: MD, in my opinion, is the most widespread, under-diagnosed, and misunderstood disease to smash the gay collective since AIDS. We are body obsessed. Walk into my gym, or others like it, and you can observe the sharp amplify in the amount of people taking steroids and other growth hormones. It can affect personal and professional expansion and act as a roadblock if you let it consume you. Because being gay can be so focused on looks, it’s often hard to concentrate on other parts of your li
LGBTQIA+ Slurs and Slang
bog queen
Synonyms: Bathsheba (composition between bathroom and Sheba to create a name reminiscent of the Queen of Sheba), Ghost (50s, ghost, because they wander the corridors of the bathroom).
Many gay men grew up feeling ashamed of not conforming to cultural expectations about “real boys” or “real men.” Especially during middle and high university, they may have been bullied or publicly humiliated because of their difference—made to feel like outsiders and not “one of the boys.” They may have found it easier relating to women than men, though they didn’t fully belong to the girl group, either.
Every queer man I’ve seen in my practice over the years has had a conflicted, troubled relationship with his own masculinity, often shaping his behavior in destructive ways. Writing for Vice, Jeff Leavell captures the dynamic nicely: “Queer people, especially gay men, are known for dealing with a slew of self-doubts and anxieties in noxious ways. Gay men are liable to sense incredibly insecure over their masculinity, a kind of internalized homophobia that leads them to idolize 'masc 4 masc', 'gaybros' and [to] shame and oppress femme men.”
Here we notice one of the most common defenses against shame: getting rid of it by offloading or projecting it onto somebody else; in this case, one of those “femme men.” In effect, “masc” men who humiliate “femmes” duplicate the shame trauma of their