What is "straight-looking?"

[ariadne1880]

We see "straight-acting" in escort profiles all the time and we all, sort of, know what that means. But today I saw "straight-looking." What exactly is that? What does "straight-looking" look like?

 

Does that mean you don't look like Rip Taylor? Who do you look like if you're "straight-looking?" Al Gore?

 

Thoughts?

[Rick Munroe]

"Straight-looking" in 2008 means excessively styled hair, womanly shaped eyebrows, body hair removed, diamond earrings and strands of gold, color-coordinated outfits (baseball cap matches the T-shirt which matches the sneakers), etc. Straight men in 2008 have definitely discovered their inner queen and they are reveling in it.

 

And, it's only going to get worse: http://www.newser.com/article/D91K45GG0.html

[pegasian]

STRAIGHT LOOKING is a RIGID lack of IMAGINATION and a FEAR of not being MASCULINE to the point that you seek constant

self-affirmation. PLUS the term echoes a certain level of SELF-HATE. IS NOT the OPPOSITE "CROOKED LOOKING?!?!?" I appreciate a guy with some INTERESTING TWISTS incorporated into his being. You might want to check out this string:

 

Do you KNOW any FLAMING HUNKS?!?!?

 

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[ariadne1880]

Well, exactly. I thought it was such an odd phrase to use in an escort ad or any place for that matter.

[lookin4hotties]

Hopefully it means no sequined gown,

fairy wand, or beehive hairdo ...

 

IMO, these days it seems like it's

harder to tell who's NOT gay.

 

Lookin4hotties

[Guest ncm2169]

I don't find the term "straight-looking" to be strange or off-putting at all. Many (most?) people, male and female, young and old, straight and gay, have a "look," natural or contrived, which is reflected by their attire and their hair in particular and often in their facial expression. As an example, I give you Rachel Maddow who, by her dress and her hairstyle, is "butch-looking" (in the Lesbian sense). For many, I would assume that "straight-looking" has as much to do with the absence of gay identifiers such as a limp wrist, lipstick and rouge, 3 inch earrings and a Prada hip length shoulder bag.

 

But apart from sexual identity there are all sorts of "looks," prosperous, disorganized/disheveled, arrogant, religious, etc. etc. etc. It's part of the human condition. }(

[Rick Munroe]

>As an example, I give you Rachel Maddow

>who, by her dress and her hairstyle, is

>"butch-looking" (in the Lesbian sense).

 

Calling her look "butch" makes sense; saying she looks "gay" would be wrong.

 

>For many, I

>would assume that "straight-looking" has as much to

>do with the absence of gay identifiers such as a limp

>wrist, lipstick and rouge, 3 inch earrings and a Prada hip

>length shoulder bag.

 

You didn't see my post above or maybe you haven't been getting out too much. Straight guys today love getting all dolled up, wearing big Paris Hilton-esque sunglasses, flashy jewelry, getting their hair colored and styled, dousing themselves with perfume, displaying designer names across their chests or butts... (And limp wrists are also part of the look, too; hip-hop is a big influence and those rappers love to use fey mannerisms.) Times have changed, and gay men are the ones who are usually more masculine today in appearance than straight men. It's just a fact.

[Steven_Draker]

> Straight guys today love getting all dolled up, wearing big Paris Hilton-esque sunglasses, flashy jewelry, getting their hair colored and styled, dousing themselves with perfume ...

 

This is the funniest generalization I have seen in a while and repeating it over and over again won't make it true.

It just means that you and I don't know the same "straight" people.

 

Steven Draker ~

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[Guest ncm2169]

< You didn't see my post above or maybe you haven't been getting out too much.

 

I did read your post and I DO get out a lot. I don't want to start a back and forth here, but my impression is, you get out a lot - so long as "getting out" means being confined to the Greater NYC area. I, on the other hand, travel the country and I frankly see rare signs of what you describe. And FWIW, when I travel I make a point of looking for "trendy" Metrosexual venues.

 

Finally, don't you know that all trends which sweep America start in California and move east? ;-)

 

I can say that because I'm confined by neither coast. }( }(

[+ glutes]

Here is one of Father John Corapi's catches. Straight looking-enough for the confessional booth?

 

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[Rick Munroe]

>I don't want to

>start a back and forth here, but my impression is, you get out

>a lot - so long as "getting out" means being

>confined to the Greater NYC area. I, on the other hand,

>travel the country and I frankly see rare signs of what you

>describe.

 

Actually, Derek and I spend as much time traveling as we do in NYC. We've seen these overly styled straight guys in Minneapolis, Grand Rapids, Jacksonville, Indianapolis, Cleveland, Phoenix, Philadelphia and every other place we visit, including this afternoon at Clearwater beach in Florida. It's a phenomenon that I don't particularly appreciate visually, but at the same time, I think it's great that these guys can feel free to explore their feminine side without disparagement. More power to them. And their girlfriends seem to like it, too.

[Guest ncm2169]

< Calling her look "butch" makes sense; saying she looks "gay" would be wrong

 

< with tongue firmly in cheek > Thank you so much for your clarification of what is politically correct in these instances. :*

 

Are we to look forward to Miss Smart-Ass Manners?" }( I can't wait. You could support Derek well into his 60's with that career. }( }(

[Guest ncm2169]

Steven, I am so glad you rescued me. I was distraught when I couldn't find Sam's men's cologne.

[Guest ncm2169]

The Rectory might be more comfortable, especially after everyone is gone from the Church Complex. I can safely say that there is at least one Priest who has had his ass plugged by a Male Escort.

 

Anyone else here care to disclose a similar situation?

[ariadne1880]

I think you're totally wrong here. I don't know a single gay man who is "limp-wristed." But I know plenty of straight men who when they talk a purse flies out of their mouth.

 

Does that mean they are "straight-looking?"

 

Stereotyping. That's all this is.

[Rick Munroe]

Presented for your consideration, Jose Canseco, heterosexual baseball player. My Aunt Estelle wore almost the exact same blouse and necklace to my Bar Mitzvah. I'm just sayin'...

 

http://sportswrap.berecruited.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/jose.jpg

[+ purplekow]

Your Aunt Estelle may have worn it, but I doubt she worked it like our man Jose.

 

I have never seen a purplekow;

I never hope to see one;

I can tell you anyhow;

I'd rather see than be one

 

Help there is a purplekow in my mirror

[Rick Munroe]

Same tits!

[JT Brooklyn]

Jose Baby can wear Anything or Nothing! Actually being Latin alot of Men do dress this way! The only thing I never liked was the Over the Top with the Cologne! LOL

 

The MAN will be a Hunk til he's 90! :9 :9 :9 :9

[pegasian]

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LIBERACE

 

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[+ glutes]

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