Are gay men percieved as being rich or spoiled?

Is she those people who never got out of her city/town/country? lol.

I can't compute that.. lol

Hopefully she realized what she said and um... feel embarassed lol

 

That is a perception of that because of television, although I am not sure how widely held it is. However, my guess is that sexuality and wealth are independent characteristics, and therefore most gay or multisexual folks are poor or middle class. The distribution should be roughly the same.

 

Well since gay men usually don't have kids and the relationship consists of 2 working(usually) professional men, gays can sometimes be seen as "well off" for the most part, however nothing close to what your friend is describing, lol. As for single gay men, no most of us aren't rich, don't consume martini's every night, and don't have multiple sexual partners or orgies in a given week..... unfortunately. Lol

 

Maybe it's in part because some of the ones that are very well-to-do have the "luxury" of being more flamboyantly/visibly out because they're not scared their landlord will evict them, their employer will fire them, etc... She has the cause and effect backwards methinks.

She had one thing right tho, gay men usually have sex with men :icon_wink

(There is however a common thought in the marketing community that gay men as a general demographic have more disposable income, spend more on travel culture entertainment fashion restaurants etc - again, might be only coincidentally true for the more "visible" ones).

 

i believe that we are because we seem to have a lot of nice things a lot of the time. we are intelligent people and know what we want. we are not afraid to be bright and expensive!!!! GO LGBT!!!!!!!!!!!!! PEACE LOVE AND RAINBO[/COLOR]WS

 

Like she said, these are the types of men she sees. She probably doesn't know any gay guys in real life apart from you. She only sees celebs and its fair to say they're well off. Sounds like her opinion is just due to being sheltered from normal, everyday gay guys.

 

Because the portrayal of gay men on TV is usually that of being very affluent and very successful.

Two of the biggest name gay couples on TV right now are pairs of responsible dads that are family oriented. Another is a teenager who, while still in high school, seems to have a bottomless pit of designer clothes.

Or leaving work and hitting the clubs to find their next one night stand. Clearly, they don't have to spend time worrying about a second job or even just fitting in time to go to the laundromat. Any time not spent at work or the club is probably spent at the gym.

Or Olympic atheletes. Or famous news anchormen.

Probably sells better than a story about a closet gay kid living in a poor neighborhood and getting a bloody nose at school every other day. That would be just too grim.

 

Yeah, I think it's a television/pop culture trope that she's taking too literally. Rich, fabulous gay men who wear designer gym socks and have nothing better to do all day than booze and engage in constant casual sex are the minority in my circle. I do know gay men of all walks of life. Some do pretty well for themselves, but none are fabulously wealthy on the order that she's thinking. More than a fair share are struggling in fact.

 

OBVIOUSLY!!!! Archer and I are the only true gays in here.

Everyone knows that you arent gay unless you have a Louis Vuitton. So of course all of us are rich. The only reason men are straight is because they obviously cant afford them. DUH!!!

And I am so tired of these guys trying to dance up on me with Loui's Kusama Spring Clutch Collections. Like its FALL, Batch!!!!!!!!!!!! No gay would make that mistake. You're Not Gay, You're bisexual.
OBVIOUSLY!!!!!!!!

 

Uh-uh! Miss thing went in!

 

You are my hero.

 

well, if EC starts a fundrasing drive, I could be percieved as rich.

 

This thread got me thinking. The only gay stereotype which fits me is that I like to travel. Except I don't like to travel to Paris, or New York, or Miami. While I wouldn't mind visiting those places, I like to visit the mountains, or small towns.

 

I'm gay and do above average financially, but you'd be hard pressed to see me name-whoring a $300 Louis Vuitton wallet when that same money could go into new businesses.