Male Gay Characteristics

[Estro Felino]

I'm confused. Are men who sleep with each other considered to be women?

Unfortunately, yes. I am speaking of Southern Italy's popular culture.

What if a man is bisexual?

It depends on whether the man in question is the active part while having sex with men.

Is he a man when he sleeps with women and a woman when he sleeps with men?

Yes.

 

[crossfire]

Nice.
I didn't say that approve of that culture.
In Sicily if you are a muscular man, with a deep voice, you're still considered a female if you sleep with a man.

Manhood has nothing to do with being tough or powerful: it depends on whom you sleep with.
You can be effeminate, but if you sleep with a pretty woman, you're considered a man. A real man.

I'm confused. Are men who sleep with each other considered to be women?
What if a man is bisexual? Is he a man when he sleeps with women and a woman when he sleeps with men?

Unfortunately, yes. I am speaking of Southern Italy's popular culture.


It depends on whether the man in question is the active part while having sex with men.

Yes.

Alright, so are women who sleep together considered men? (Or is being a man all about having a penis and using it? If this is the case, then Southern Italian men consider themselves to be dicks and go out of their way to act like dicks. They must not know that brains are sexier than dicks.)

 

[Estro Felino]

Alright, so are women who sleep together considered men?

(Or is being a man all about having a penis and using it? If this is the case, then Southern Italian men consider themselves to be dicks and go out of their way to act like dicks. They must not know that brains are sexier than dicks.)

I am really condemning that way of thinking. I am not defending it.
It's a gynocentric vision : that is, it revolves all around women, not around men.

If you sleep with pretty women, you're a real man.
If you don't like women and you like men, you can hardly be considered manly in the provincial towns of Italy.

 

[PureX]

My experience is that there are no traits that are particular to homosexuality. There are some steriotypes, but in reality, these are not common, and are often inaccurate.

 

[crossfire]

I am really condemning that way of thinking. I am not defending it.
It's a gynocentric vision : that is, it revolves all around women, not around men.

If you sleep with pretty women, you're a real man.
If you don't like women and you like men, you can hardly be considered manly in the provincial towns of Italy.

So is a woman who sleeps with pretty women a real man?

 

[Nakosis]

This was unexpected...
A woman that I have worked with for about a year somehow managed to mention in conversation that she had assumed I was gay. Have you not heard me mention the word "wife" I asked. She had, but it didn't seem crucial in her assessment. I was bemused. She became embarrassed so I didn't ask how she had come to this apparently obvious conclusion.
(It's not that long ago that a woman was seriously hitting on me so I don't think I'm the most camp man on the planet).
So.... what could she have been making this assessment on? Aside from the obvious (whatever that might be) what would make you assume a man is gay?

I made the same mistake once. There are I suppose feminine traits. For example women tend to wear their emotions on their sleeves whereas a male trait would be to be more stoic. Men tend to be more physical in their relations and women tend to be more emotionally expressive.

 

[Estro Felino]

So is a woman who sleeps with pretty women a real man?

Unfortunately homophobia impregnates the culture.

 

[Secret Chief]

So is a woman who sleeps with pretty women a real man?

That would be the logical conclusion

 

[Secret Chief]

Rampant speculation is fun.

Its probably the apron that did it.

Or the nail varnish. Or what about the rolling pin?

 

[crossfire]

That would be the logical conclusion

Like I said, brains are sexy. (No, I'm not flirting)

 

[Secret Chief]

No, I'm not flirting

I know; you used the word "brains"

 

[Tomef]

This was unexpected...
A woman that I have worked with for about a year somehow managed to mention in conversation that she had assumed I was gay. Have you not heard me mention the word "wife" I asked. She had, but it didn't seem crucial in her assessment. I was bemused. She became embarrassed so I didn't ask how she had come to this apparently obvious conclusion.
(It's not that long ago that a woman was seriously hitting on me so I don't think I'm the most camp man on the planet).
So.... what could she have been making this assessment on? Aside from the obvious (whatever that might be) what would make you assume a man is gay?

Regular attendance at Kylie Minogue concerts?

 

[Secret Chief]

Regular attendance at Kylie Minogue concerts?

Nah, Jason Donovan!

 

[JustGeorge]

Or the nail varnish. Or what about the rolling pin?

Hey, that's where my rolling pin went...

 

[PureX]

Unfortunately homophobia impregnates the culture.

What a weird choice of words!

 

[Secret Chief]

Hey, that's where my rolling pin went...

Hey relax, here - it's fine. Just make sure you give it a good wash.

 

[JustGeorge]

Hey relax, here - it's fine. Just make sure you give it a good wash.

.... keep it. I'll get a new one.

 

[Secret Chief]

.... keep it. I'll get a new one.

Sheesh. You'd hardly notice the stains.

 

[JustGeorge]

Sheesh. You'd hardly notice the stains.

Just picky like that, I suppose.

 

[crossfire]

Unfortunately homophobia impregnates the culture.

[satire] I thought you said the birth rate was dropping in Italy. [/satire]