Why do some guys sound feminine

Some gay men have feminine tendencies and therefore socialize with women more than men. The "gay voice" is usually a result of men adapting their speech patterns to be more socially compatible with women. It's a stereotype because only some gay men have the "gay voice". After identifying phonetic characteristics that seem to make a man’s voice sound gay, their best hunch is that some gay men may subconsciously adopt certain female speech patterns.

Research does not support the notion that gay speech entirely adopts mainstream feminine speech characteristics — rather, that it selectively adopts some of those features. [2] There are similarities between gay male speech and the speech of other members within the LGBTQ+ community. One of the explanations for why some men speak with gay speak is because, Radice said, some gay boys gravitate toward women and girls more.

Thus, they slowly pick up traditionally feminine speaking patterns. Results showed that homosexual men displayed significantly higher pitch modulation patterns and less breathy voices compared to heterosexual men, with values shifted toward those of heterosexual women. Lastly, testosterone levels did not influence any of the investigated acoustic features. After three years of research, linguistics professors Henry Rogers and Ron Smyth may be on the verge of answering that question.

They want to know how men acquire this manner of speaking, and why — especially when society so often stigmatizes those with gay-sounding voices. Rogers and Smyth are also exploring the stereotypes that gay men sound effeminate and are recognized by the way they speak. They asked people to listen 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 gay men sound gay, says Rogers. The straightest-sounding voice in the study was in fact a gay man, and the sixth gayest-sounding voice was a straight man. Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.

I believe that gay men use a female persona to be campy. It's a form of acting a part in a movie or a play, except that the audience is anyone within earshot! This article seems to be addressing a stereotype rather than looking at why this is a topic at all. Of the gay male friends I have or have had and the gay men I have met, they always tend to speak very quickly, compared with straight men. I wonder if it is a genetic attribute.

For example, some male singers who have higher ranges and more "feminine" sounding voices cannot be differentiated from a female; the majority have been gay. This could further back studies that argue sexuality is a genetic attribute. I have a family member who is gay. We are close in age and I've always known he was gay.

He's always had "the voice" - even as a small child. It wasn't a learned thing with him, he literally sprang from the womb knowing who and what he was, just not how to articulate it. But the voice he eventually articulated it in?

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That had always been there. I've always been self-conscious about my voice. My parents were extremely homophobic, especially my mother. Hiding my gayness, including my voice, was always a real struggle. I was terrified of my mother finding out, so I talked in a "normal" voice around my family. However, I was much more comfortable in my effeminate voice around my friends.

Now as an adult, It's hard to break that habit. I wish I could sound completely gay because then I would not have to come out to every person I meet, which gets annoying. Regarding the idea that men who sing in a higher range are gay, I'm a professional singer and by far most of the countertenors I've met are straight.

So much for that. As to the person above who said it was something he's had to hide since childhood - I find that really enlightening as I had often thought it was merely affected.