# Why do gay men tend to predominate in certain esthetically-oriented pursuits? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [September 18, 2010, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-gay-men-tend-to-predominate-in-certain-esthetically-oriented-pursuits/554155 "2010-09-18T00:51:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-gay-men-tend-to-predominate-in-certain-esthetically-oriented-pursuits/554155/21 "2010-09-29T05:29:44Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > > [@suranyi](#): > > > > I think there’s a lot of truth to this post. > > > > I’m straight, but I love broadway musicals. I have from the time I was a child. But for a large part of my youth I didn’t dare mention it because of the ridicule. > > > > It was only much later when I became a married man, with a wife who also likes musicals, that I could openly go to shows, etc. > > Straight also, love Broadway also (I can tell you who was in the original cast for _Stop the World – I Want to Get Off_ in 1961) and also had a few “Must be gay,” assumptions leveled at me for this, which continues to amuse me. > > But I never felt I had to hide my interest or not “openly” go to shows. What did you do - wear a trenchcoat or travel to a neighboring city? No, no. When I said “in my youth” I meant in my high school years mainly. By the time I graduated from college I did as I pleased. ---
**Author:** ![Sevastopol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Sevastopol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sevastopol)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-gay-men-tend-to-predominate-in-certain-esthetically-oriented-pursuits/554155/22 "2010-09-29T09:55:05Z")
Mostly there’s no money or security in the arts = no hetero-sex. ---
**Author:** ![scamartistry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@scamartistry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scamartistry)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-gay-men-tend-to-predominate-in-certain-esthetically-oriented-pursuits/554155/23 "2010-09-29T13:31:58Z")
No doubt that homosexuals are over represented in forementioned occupations. My guess is that the very same brain damage/insult that caused them to be gay in the first place also warps their brain into developing interests in typical “gay stuff”. What this insult actually consists of is still an open question, testosterone levels in utero has been proposed. btw,I dare anyone to find a **heterosexual** man interested in 3 or more of the following: Hairdressing Musicals Skin care Interior design Pink cocktails ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-gay-men-tend-to-predominate-in-certain-esthetically-oriented-pursuits/554155/24 "2010-09-29T14:01:43Z")
> [@scamartistry](#): > > btw,I dare anyone to find a **heterosexual** man interested in 3 or more of the following: > > Hairdressing > Musicals > Skin care > Interior design > Pink cocktails Damn, only two; guess I’m still straight. Actually, are only pink cocktails gay? Because I had a Bananas Foster martini last week that was pretty fabulous so if that count I’ve got three. Just checked again; still straight. ---
**Author:** ![Sevastopol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Sevastopol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sevastopol)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-gay-men-tend-to-predominate-in-certain-esthetically-oriented-pursuits/554155/25 "2010-09-29T14:47:39Z")
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