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That won't be a case of upbringing, so why are gay men more likely to like the colour pink than straight men? Are they? I haven't seen any studies on that, an

That won't be a case of upbringing, so why are gay men more likely to like the colour pink than straight men? Are they? I haven't seen any studies on that, and my anecdotal evidence certainly doesn't corroborate that idea.

corin_ 16y ago
You're right, I worded it wrong, I meant to say that they are thought to be more likely to like pink (have edited previous comment to be more clear). I also haven't seen any studies proving it one way or another, but certainly (in England, at least, and quite a few other countries from my personal experience) it is an extremely well-spread belief. If, for example, a 14 year old boy went to school wearing pink gloves, there would be extremely likely that he would hear someone call him gay, either as a friendly joke or as an insult. But that's why I wrote my comment, hoping something can enlighten me - and, as I said at the end, for all I know my liking the colour pink could well be a coincidence, nothing to do with my sexuality.
- jmtulloss 16y ago
  This doesn't address the pink vs blue thing, but I found this article on the preferences of homosexuals vs heterosexuals to be fascinating: http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/gay-sex-vs-straight-sex/ http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/gay-sex-vs-straight-sex/ My favorite quote, once it was shown that ethnicity tends to differentiate you as much as sexuality: The people of Louisiana even elected Bobby Jindal, an openly Indian man, as their governor!
  - corin_ 16y ago
    While it's interesting as food for thought, that data on that page is pretty fluffy, as it's gathered from a dating site. A couple of example reasons: - The majority of their users are presumably single and and finding it hard to find relationships - Some/many of their users may be inclined to put a spin on themselves to appear how they want to appear, rather than actually showing who they are. So, for example, this statement: "the statistical reality is that gay people as a group aren't any more slutty than straights." I'm not saying that their data came to the wrong conclusion, I have no idea if it's right or wrong, but it is possible that on average gay men do have a lot more sexual partners, it's just that the ones raising the average don't need dating sites, it's also possible that a lot of the straight men are lying to make it appear as if they have had more sexual experience than they actually have.
jules 16y ago
Today not anymore, but a couple of years ago this was definitely the case.

corin_ 16y ago

You're right, I worded it wrong, I meant to say that they are thought to be more likely to like pink (have edited previous comment to be more clear). I also haven't seen any studies proving it one way or another, but certainly (in England, at least, and quite a few other countries from my personal experience) it is an extremely well-spread belief. If, for example, a 14 year old boy went to school wearing pink gloves, there would be extremely likely that he would hear someone call him gay, either as a friendly joke or as an insult. But that's why I wrote my comment, hoping something can enlighten me - and, as I said at the end, for all I know my liking the colour pink could well be a coincidence, nothing to do with my sexuality.

jmtulloss 16y ago
This doesn't address the pink vs blue thing, but I found this article on the preferences of homosexuals vs heterosexuals to be fascinating: http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/gay-sex-vs-straight-sex/ http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/gay-sex-vs-straight-sex/ My favorite quote, once it was shown that ethnicity tends to differentiate you as much as sexuality: The people of Louisiana even elected Bobby Jindal, an openly Indian man, as their governor!
- corin_ 16y ago
  While it's interesting as food for thought, that data on that page is pretty fluffy, as it's gathered from a dating site. A couple of example reasons: - The majority of their users are presumably single and and finding it hard to find relationships - Some/many of their users may be inclined to put a spin on themselves to appear how they want to appear, rather than actually showing who they are. So, for example, this statement: "the statistical reality is that gay people as a group aren't any more slutty than straights." I'm not saying that their data came to the wrong conclusion, I have no idea if it's right or wrong, but it is possible that on average gay men do have a lot more sexual partners, it's just that the ones raising the average don't need dating sites, it's also possible that a lot of the straight men are lying to make it appear as if they have had more sexual experience than they actually have.

jules 16y ago

Today not anymore, but a couple of years ago this was definitely the case.