Umm, I think it's pretty self explanatory.

Is the self-explanatory answer that they can work around beautiful women without being overly distracted? It may not be that simple. There are some straight male designers, but they are clearly not the norm. It would be interesting to compare the ration of gay designers in interior design or other fields involving much taste and aesthetic sense as opposed design that is more technology-heavy such as architecture and graphic design.

Anyway, Yves Saint Laurent was a genius - even a revolutionary - and a very stylish fellow himself. May he rest in peace.

it's because of gender roles in society. when boys are growing up, they play with trucks and guns, and girls play with barbies and sometimes pedophiles' private parts.

there is nothing inherently feminine about a gay guy's flamboyant social behavior, he is just mimicking what he perceives to be the standard of "feminine" behavior. since fashion conceptually revolves around beauty and self-maintenance, and caring about these traits is generally expressed more in the feminine role in society, gay men and fashion go hand in hand.

besides, men are basically better than women at everything, except child-bearing and seduction. let me rephrase that... men are better at almost everything that requires skill. this probably explains why gay men excel in the fashion industry.

With respect to getting tail, fashion has to be a niche market. I'm sure there are some genius straight guys out there who recognised that they could work in an industry that can not only pay well, but will mean that they are surrounded by beutiful women 24/7, and there only competition against getting action are lesbians or homosexuals. Damn you hindsight!

Tommy Hilfiger and Ralph Lauren are straight

It's not a case of political correctness so much as inaccuracy I think. Whilst it is true men still dominate many fields of employment, that is often because there is still an issue with women being able to get into these fields. Also, there are fields that some women may not be interested to get into. The fact is though, in somewhere like the UK, girls have been outperforming boys in almost every subject area at school for the last decade at least, and the gap is widening. As a guy myself I have no problem acknowledging that women can certainly be as skilled in almost every aspect of work and study, sometimes more skilled.

so, kkpc2206, you mean to say that there is a global male conspiracy to keep women out of the important fields of science?

i can attest that in my engineering, math and science classes in university, we always outnumbered women. sometimes in a class of 60 there would be but 3 women. my uni is known as top research and engineering school in the states, and the overall ratio of women enrolled to men enrolled was 4 to 6 i believe. and i'm sure that in math, sciences, and engineering majors the gap was much bigger.

and, your statistic is interesting, because i just read an article yesterday that stated that in western countries where opportunity for women is the closest to being equal, that these countries have the largest gender gaps in the work force. i'll try to dig it up in the mean time...

obviously women are capable, but here we are seeing no drive and no output from women in the societies where they are given the freedom to do what they want. that desire is half of the recipe of what makes someone good at what they do. conversely, it is also hard to like doing something you are not good at. so, in the end, is it appropriate to blame external forces for the fact that women don't excel as men do in these areas?

so, if they're not interested in these fields... then why do women always complain that they can't excel in these fields??

i mean, it's easy for a feminist author to tear apart our patriarchal society, but when do you see a woman complaining that she, herself, wanted to be a scientist but couldn't because the hill was too high to climb.

I guess maybe they need some excuse.

why do women always complain?
Well, they just complain, God knows why. get up in the morning and start complaining until they sleep. not sure if they complain in their dreams as well. but I'm pretty much get used to it.

I disagree. I don't think it has anything to do with gay men understanding women's feelings better than straight men.

It does have to do with gay men being non-threatening to women, not trying to get in their pants (even potentially), and the fact that romance doesn't get involved between gay men and straight women to complicate matters and confuse things.

Straight men are quite capable of understanding womens' feelings, they just usually choose not to.

Nice and true

rofl!

I'm desperately hoping to take advantage of this 'role-reversal' thing and get myself a rich wife who will let me stay home, clean the house, watch the pups, and play GTA4.

I'm not ashamed to say that, yes, I will f**k for soup.

:cry:

Is Tom Ford gay?

Why aren't female designers lesbians?

You better ask women have gay friends first.
Gays like at least half woman, so they definitely understand women better than men.
Women and gay always can get along better than women & women because there is no jealousy between them, better than men & women because there is no sex involved.

If your GF tell you that you understand her batter than a gay it’s just because she loves you and doesn’t want to hurt your feelings, that’s all.

Duly slapped. Back to normal.

f*** the universe!