send in the clowns

[rkt]

i went out last night and had my phone number solicited by a clown. clown, as in the person came in wearing big shoes < insert joke here > , clown suit, make up, etc. after changing into street clothes, said clown gave me a blue balloon poodle.

after the clown left, this led to a discussion regarding the gender and sexuality of all clowns, in general.

so i take the questions to you, dear readers:

[Poll #525595]

by HONEST i don't mean what you think is the best / most proper answer - but what is your knee-jerk image that comes to your mind.

this poll is also, in lesser part, inspired by ggdsbuckeye's post regarding stereotypical americans.

Comments

[hardvice.livejournal.com]

I think I make the same stereotype-based assumptions about a clown's gender as I do about anyone's gender. There are enough "male" or "female" characteristics that show through the outfit for me to prejudge the clown's gender, and if there aren't, I probably default to "male" since there seem to be fewer female clowns.

As for their sexuality, I refuse to even imagine clown sex, because it's feckin' creepy. There was a guy in high school I really, really wanted to sleep with who wanted to go to clown college, but I can't even imagine doing him as Jojo or what have you.

[xmorningxrosex.livejournal.com]

Ditto. I rarely see female-looking clowns, so I think the ones that are to look female stand out, and I just default the rest as male. Most of the clowns I've seen are male (or at least have male voices if the rest is unidentifiable/neutral) - Bozo the Clown, Krusty, Ronald McDonald, Pennywise, etc.

I think of clowns as childlike really, so it's hard for me to think of what their sexualities are. There was some kinky CSI episode (I think that was the show) involving clown suit fetishes, but I don't wanna think about it! :[

[rkt.livejournal.com]

As for their sexuality, I refuse to even imagine clown sex,

how is this different from asexuality? just curious

[hardvice.livejournal.com]

I recognise that they probably are sexual. I just don't want to imagine it.

[rkt.livejournal.com]

gotchya'.