Ganesh
*sigh*
I think it was you who once said (on c+f) that gay men and straight women were sociolinguistically closer to each other than any other sexual demographic.
Did I? Hmm, either I misquoted or you're misremembering me; if I'm recalling The Man Who Would Be Queen correctly (and I talked about it here too), gay men tested on a variety of linguistic and behavioural dimensions, scored closest to straight men, but displayed almost twice as much variation across their scores (ie. there's more of a range of gay male behaviours than straight male behaviours - some of us are more 'feminine' than others).
I wondered if his ability to connect more adeptly than any of the other contestants to everyone - male and female - was connected to his sexuality. I don't mean on a sexual level, but in terms of self-confidence.
Possibly, although I think it's a bit of a stretch even if James is gay (and he seems straight-but-posh to me). If the sort of 'gay' interpersonal skills you're talking about were a survival trait for the business/management environment of The Apprentice, then it might be reasonable to expect more gay males to be attracted to business/management careers than is in fact the case.
So... it's a fair suggestion but I don't think that's got a great deal to do with James's success.
I'm quite open to any objections you might have to my thinking in this way, but I'd rather you tell me why.
I'd rather not. It's personal, and I'd hope you'd respect that.
*smirk*
No, really, I have no objection at all to your thinking in this way. It's even more helpful when you actually type in this way, because it generally makes for meatier discussion than "Do you think James is gay?" |
