Originally posted by Woof
I'm not too sure about the 'present' part, because we're a few years away now from the famous right back pocket welcome flag. I assume by speech you mean the context of which you talk about certain topics and the pronouns you use? If so, I agree.
I think what you mean is that they do not persist on flirting or 'hitting' on somebody they know are straight. I flirt with anyone openly not knowing their sexual orientation, but we need to clear up this conception that flirting is a one level instant. As the nature of flirting goes it does need involvement from all involved, or it's just not flirting in the first place. Sure I may throw a flirtatious sentence at somebody, but if I get a non-flirtatious reply I will not persist.
Look, I can't say this any other way but bluntly. Flip this around and imagine what it's like for homosexuals having mostly the opposite-sex making moves on them. You can hardly complain.
By that I meant your swagger. The way you dress, talk, move, your hand gestures, etc give off more about an individuals self than one might be led on to believe. Now this isn't always necessarily the case because it's just a generalization, but gay males act and dress differently from their straight counterparts, making it fairly easy, with a high degree of accuracy, to determine a sexual orientation.