Wednesday, October 01, 2008

The Cost of Being GAY

Are you one of these? Yes, I am...I'm not gonna lie. New issue of Advocate explain how much it costs to be gay and why we love designers clothes and accessories.
"According to Yeshiva University psychology professor John Pachankis, because of social stigma, gay people often feel they must work very hard to manage others’ impressions of them. We monitor our behavior more than those who don’t face stigma; gays and lesbians often carefully calibrate their social interactions so as not to seem weak. Expending that self-regulatory effort makes it harder, in turn, to exert self-control in other aspects of life, like spending."

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