My theory (which is not terribly PC) of the modeling industry is that because it’s based on the stereotypical premise of high employment of homosexual men designing clothing, that the clothes being designed are either for homosexual men, or women who they want to look like homosexual men (i.e. thin and lacking feminine curves).
Granted my search was likely a big factor in the image results.
I was trying to find a penguin print pattern shirt to replace one my dad had bought for himself about 30 years ago in New Zealand, which had finally worn out. Personally, I found the shirt funny and eccentric (perfect to suit my father), but not particularly gay. The internet, it seems, disagrees:
Only one of the above results even sports penguins, so maybe “penguin” has another meaning.
And don’t blame me. This isn’t being offensive. It’s extrapolating objective observational data from search engine algorithms that I didn’t design.
Maybe Dad needs to choose a different power animal.
–Simon