FFXII Vaan Gay or Straight?

When the hype of Final Fantasy XII started to hit gamers, many were excited for the revolutionary battle system, but just as many complained about Vaan and how "gay" he looked. But he isn't gay, and in the game, he acts just like any other typical teenage boy. So what if he "looks gay?" Do we in the West suddenly have the say on what constitutes manliness? As is often expected when cultures clash, people have a difficult time understanding that different societies have different standards. This becomes especially true when societies in general tend to assign normative values to absolutely subjective realities, i.e. there's something wrong with you as a man if you don't look a certain way. I know I don't care if he was ment to look gay. He is damn sex and I hope they keep making more video game toons like him.