Subject: Re: there was a poll on Holden's sexuality
From: Jim Rovira (jrovira@drew.edu)
Date: Tue Nov 13 2001 - 21:07:36 GMT
It'd be interesting to examine this question to see how it's reflective
of readers' expectations for the behavior of a straight male.
I suppose being straight means jumping at sex whenever it's offered, and
half the time when it's not?
Jim
Suzanne Morine wrote:
>
> At 10:02 PM 11/9/2001 -0500, allison wrote:
> >Okay, I just finished reading Catcher again, in prep for my thesis, and I
> >couldn't help thinking over and over that Holden may be gay. I was just
> >wondering if anyone might have had those feelings too.
>
> The thought has occurred to me fleetingly in the past.
>
> Regarding other readers' impressions of him, I did a poll on his sexuality
> about a year ago. The results: 56% said straight, 12% bi, 12% gay, 5% not
> sure, 13% don't speculate teen sexuality. There were 441 votes and 36
> comments (mostly not very illuminating).
> <http://www.geocities.com/exploring_citr/polls/sexy.htm>
>
> Hope that helps,
> Suzanne
>
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