2007-02-01 18:58:10 · 19 answers · asked by Felix 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
I don't know very many homosexual relationships where that is true.
2007-02-01 19:01:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
This is all just a kind of perceptual illusion. One could easily make the same generalization about straight couples - any given person of a set of two people might seem more or less 'real' than than the other person, by comparison. This will almost inevitably be the impression given because no two individual people are likely to have the same balance of traits and characteristics. The illusion is created because you are viewing two individuals and comparing them -- The question that comes to my mind when I read a question such as yours is this - who defines 'normal' or standard behavior for gender - we the individuals who are the real instances of gender or some fictional stereotype created out of means and averages bereft of human experience.
2007-02-02 03:21:58 · answer #2 · answered by Michael Darnell 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ie, why do many gay men seem like 'men' ?
and lesbians often seem like women?
I would have thought that natural, whether gay or straight.
Remember, people are not straight-jacketted into behaving 1 way, we're mostly capable of doing alot more than we do. Eg. men can be nurturing, or any of the characteristics that are often given for women. And vice-versa for women.
I've worked with some tough women in my time, who showed what would have been viewed in the past as masculine traits. They were all straight, but in a tough job, which I guess attracted people with their characteristics. They were also surrounded by tons of 'macho' guys and, sadly, their behaviour was influenced to conform. Many did.
Remember the 'Fit in or F* Off' saying, FIFO was a common saying at many places in the UK. Sad losers who didn't like people to be themselves and do their jobs in their own natural way.
2007-02-02 03:23:19 · answer #3 · answered by Rob E 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very often straight relationships are stereotyped too. Btw, define "caricature of his/her own gender" first and you will see that your idea of gender is a stereotype too.
2007-02-02 03:12:41 · answer #4 · answered by sabm11 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Haven't encountered it, but gay people are still succeptible to socially assigned gender behavior. Less so than straight people, I think, but it still happens. Why do MORE straight people act like caricatures of their gender? It's because society enforces it; rewarding conformity, punishing variation.
2007-02-02 05:06:50 · answer #5 · answered by Atropis 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't you also find this particularly true in staright relationships? Think of the typical guy, watches sports, talks about sex and what a stud he is with the girls etc Females who claim to be liberated yet for who they hope is the right guy fall onto their backs as soon as the game is over.
2007-02-02 04:34:38 · answer #6 · answered by older, not wiser 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
straight people are caricatures of their own genders... i've never seen what you are talking about.
2007-02-02 03:01:49 · answer #7 · answered by scruffy 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
False.
2007-02-02 03:51:49 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i know a lot of homosexual couples and from what ive seen that isn't true
2007-02-02 03:01:41 · answer #9 · answered by Russell 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
i dont know, im bi, i like slightly femanine men, and i like feminine women, so um, i think your question is sumwhat vague.
maybe they like the qualities in that person that has nothing to do with their looks. that probably doesnt answer your q sorry
2007-02-02 04:19:42 · answer #10 · answered by blakorkid 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋