Why do gay people have a gay voice
Same reason why people develop accents, exposure to that voice, beleive it originated in a gay context as a way to signal other gay men. But it existed before that and there's still straight people about who sounds like it naturally (tho they often actively lower their voice to avoid bullying in high school).
By JOHN ELY, DEPUTY HEALTH EDITOR. Published: BST, 16 October Updated: BST, 16 October High pitched, extended vowels and incredibly articulated: so-called 'gay voice' is a real phenomenon, researchers say.
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 gay, their best hunch is that some gay men may subconsciously adopt certain female speech patterns.
We might think we know what a gay person sounds like. This is something American film-maker David Thorpe knows. His quest to understand why he talks the way he does is the subject of a new documentary, Do I Sound Gay?
Same reason why people develop accents, exposure to that voice, beleive it originated in a gay context as a way to signal other gay men. But it existed before that and there's still straight people about who sounds like it naturally (tho they often actively lower their voice to avoid bullying in high school).
They might speak in higher pitches and a more melodious groove to their speech. But is the gay accent even real? And if it is, why does it even exist?
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 gay, their best hunch is that some gay men may subconsciously adopt certain female speech patterns.
On the Friday-night train journey he found himself surrounded by loud chattering gay men. He felt repelled. As soon as I started speaking to my peers, I discovered that our voice was something that most, if not all, of us had thought about at some point and had anxiety about.