Re: OT: WAY OT: Re: OT: Re: What? the clean-shaven outnumber the bearded?

Andreas Johansson wrote:

> Quoting daniel andreasson <danielandreasson@...>:
>
>> > This leads me to the question, though. Do gay men fancy men who
> > look like their fathers?
Personally, I doubt that, since many of us have/have had rather strained
relationships with our fathers.
>
> Or, perhaps men who look like their mothers?
Again, doubtful IMO, and for similar reasons...

>It may be nothing more than prejustice on my part, but I've got the
impression many gay men fancy rather androgyneously looking men.

Indeed, some do.  In the old, very closety days, it was sometimes annoying
to see that the androgynous or outright effeminate men had better luck
hooking up than the more "normal"-acting types.  Sort of, "it pays to
advertise", I think.  This was certainly true here in the US; whether it
held for Europe, where attitudes were thought to be more relaxed, I don't
know.  Or whether it's still true here, now that people are more willing to
out themselves, even at an early age.  (I realized I was gay by 12 or so,
but didn't manage to do anything about it until 25.  Damn!)

>Having said that, I'm probably going to get a pile
> of mail from gay conlangers who'll tell me how they love
uber-masculine-looking men ...
>
And yes, some do. But generalization is very difficult.  My own ongoing
(almost 50-yr.) Independent & Very Informal Survey has not produced any
significant conclusions.