Why are certain activities connected with being gay?

Please do not bombared this questions with a bunch of PC comments about how offended you are.





I know this question is not PC and so what, I want some thoughts, so please save your sermons.





Anyway,





Why do such activities as beauty salons, broadway/musicals, dancing/ ballet, interrior designing, fashion design, and gardening have such a high percentage of gay men?





And why do sports like basketball, golf, softball, and other things like military, and bikers have a high percentage of gay women?

Why are certain activities connected with being gay?
Do they? Evidence? Really it is because straight people are only capable of detecting the gay guys and girls who act in a gender-bending way, so they confuse variation in gender roles with being gay, when in fact there is no relation. Straight people simply have chosen to rely on stereotypes, so they see a correlation where none exists.





In general straight men can only detect one in nine gay men. See Gaydar: visual detection of sexual orientation among gay and straight men. J Homosex. 2002;44(1):1-14





Yes, someone actually did study this and straight people are quite lost when it comes to detecting sexual orientation. Poor things.
Reply:Well, let's call a spade a spade, shall we? Most folks in society base everything on stereotypes. Do you like fried chicken and watermelon? Do you like white women? Do you listen to hip hop, wear a "grill" and other bling, and do you call women bitches and hos? Do you like basketball, football, and other sports? I think you really need to get out more and make some informed decisions instead of rattling off stereotypes. You have no idea what it is to be PC, AC, DC, IC or any other C. Get your head out of the clouds, son, and come back down to Earth with the rest of us. I bet you got beaten by a girl in MANY areas of your life, eh?
Reply:It is just perception. There are straight people in all those professions you mention, too.





It's stereotype.
Reply:Stereotyping is a form of marginalizing a group,and maybe you should look at why in 2006 your still wanting to do this babe.





There is a study that says 80% of the people who attack gays and lesbians have had homosexual feelings themselves.





A component considered to play into homophobia, as considered by some theorists, such as Calvin Thomas and Judith Butler, is an individuals fear of being identified as homosexual him or herself.





This notion suggests that when expressing homophobic viewpoints and emotions, the individual who does so is not only expressing his thoughts as to homosexuals, but also actively attempting to distance himself from this category and attributed social status. Therefore, by distancing him or herself from the people in question, he/she is reaffirming his/her role as a heterosexual, within heteronormativity, and contributing to the avoidance of his/her potential labeling and consequent treatment as a homosexual.





This interpretation plays into notions of violent opposition to "the Other" as a means of establishing one's identity as part of the majority and therefore, validated by society. This concept is also recurrent in interpretations of racism and xenophobia.





How would we ever know how many gays do what and in what field ...apart from who they love and who they go to bed with there just like heterosexuals,most you could not pick unless they told ya babe.
Reply:Maybe because these people prefer light weight and job that exercise creativity.
Reply:There may not be as many of us in those roles as you think, but I agree there are a lot of gay men in the professions and with the hobbies you suggest. Perhaps, this is due to some degree to the fact that as a sexual minority, already discriminated against and made fun of, gay men see no additional stigma attached to taking a job which might be thought of as being predominately a female role.
Reply:I can't answer for anyone else. I am an electronic tech and work on high dollar computer systems. I was in the US Army infantry for a six year enlistment. I don't have a feminine bone in my body and I'm not attracted to fems. I'm 100% gay so I don't know.
Reply:It has been found that gay men have more of a connection between the right and left hemispheres of their brains which can lead to more artistic ability. I'm not sure how it works in lesbians.
Reply:I think we are drawn to certain things. I have always liked sports, not watching so much, but playing. But when I became gay about 3 years ago, I gave myself permission to enjoy the arts, and music more freely, and discovered how it all validated who I was. It was much like finding out I was adopted and then finding my real family. I was so much like other gay men, creative, expressive, and caring, I may be wrong for saying so, but Ido find similarities in gay men and women. but that makes sense, after all, we are family.
Reply:I believe we are everywhere. But yes we are grouped in these areas too. It has to do with femininity of men and strength of womyn. But I know a few very strong construction workers that are also gay/Men. Just a stereo type!!!!





Although my stylist is a very married str8 man from Italy.





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Reply:I play basketball, golf and softball. I also ride a bike. And I compete in kickboxing tournaments -- you left that one off!





But I am not in any way, shape, or form, a lesbian (I'm not bi either).
Reply:Maybe it's the estrogen/testosterone issue. Gay men and women have been studied and tend to have higher levels of estrogen and testosterone, respectively; and perhaps it is also a desire to identify with the opposite sex (physically) by participating in activities that are deemed gender-specific by society.
Reply:well, that's mostly stereotyping. yes, you may see that in some cases, but not all.


I am lesbian but I am not at all athletic, or work on cars, nor am I a biker or in the military.