I'm really interested in this idea of sounding like a male or female. The way we talk, or the way we write, can give us away. I've heard a guy say that another guy "sounded gay" because he talked too much. I've heard the idea of more dynamic or musical speech being associated that way, but for this guy, even talking much at all was considered feminine.
It does make a certain amount of sense when you compare it to what's considered masculine in physical movement. "Real men" don't move much. They don't swing their arms when they walk. They don't turn their body one way and their head another.
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Date: 2010-08-17 12:08 am (UTC)I'm really interested in this idea of sounding like a male or female. The way we talk, or the way we write, can give us away. I've heard a guy say that another guy "sounded gay" because he talked too much. I've heard the idea of more dynamic or musical speech being associated that way, but for this guy, even talking much at all was considered feminine.
It does make a certain amount of sense when you compare it to what's considered masculine in physical movement. "Real men" don't move much. They don't swing their arms when they walk. They don't turn their body one way and their head another.