So screams the latest cover page of my local weekly magazine the Wentworth Courier.
Four categories of answer are provided;
Pretty in Pink defined as suburbs that are pretty gay.
The Usual Suspects defined as suburbs that are a little bit gay.
Ordinary People defined as suburbs that are mainly 'straight'.
Minority Report defined as suburbs that are overwhelmingly 'straight'.
So how did they reach their findings? By identifying the proportion of people aged over 15 in each suburb who have never married according to the 2006 national census. Not exactly a scientific study, I would think.
So where does my little suburb (Edgecliff) fare? With 47.5% of our population aged over 15 having never married we are ordinary people; ie, a suburb that is mainly 'straight'. If it is any consolation to this gay man Edgecliff sits on the cusp of the usual suspects.
The adjoining suburb of Rushcutters Bay with 61.3% having never married is pretty in pink.
Sheeesh!
Hmmm, nothing beats a good old scientific investitation. What about the people who have married but still enjoy a homo-erotic tryst from time to time, what about divorce rates?
ReplyDeletenext week: "How anally retentive is your suburb?" based on the amount of people who put their hard rubbish collections out before pick-up day.
Feckers - feck off the lot of you.
That's not a very good measure of gayness. Surely they cold look at small dog ownership or perhaps the number of injuries casued to the rectum from over zalous brazlilian waxers?
ReplyDeleteOr am I just being stereotyping us?
Mutant - yes, I used to have ward off 'bi-curious' married men with an axe in my more desirable years.
ReplyDeleteBen - I would be stunningly straight by that measure having never owned a pet nor had a Brazilian wax. I must have been dreaming my sexual orientation, lol.