Gay men skinny, lesbians fat? Doesn't that seem to be the case? Au contraire, says the GSS. I've calculated means and added bisexuals to homosexuals because sample sizes are so low. (Interviewers rated the respondent's weight, scoring them as 1 for below average, 2 for average, 3, for above average, 4 for considerably above average).
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Gay men are fatter, and lesbians are skinnier. Assuming this is correct, where would the stereotype come from?
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I'm pretty sure the pattern arises from unrepresentativeness of the homosexual samples, since larger, or more controlled, comparison samples clearly offer a pattern of slimmer gay men and plump lesbians.
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