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From:  Naomi Gurt Lind <omigurt@s...>
Date:  Mon Jun 5, 2000  3:02 pm
Subject:  real men DO sing countertenor! ; )


Dre deMan wrote:

> I think that also this is more simple, and has to do with
> identification: most men want to be man, and identify themselves with
> operatic and other roles and voices that are male. There is nothing
> wrong with that.

Yes, that's just it! That's the cultural construct. Male=deep voice. But
we humans come in all kinds of interesting varieties, and authenticity of
gender has nothing to do with timbre of voice.



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