Sounds more like his story is
"I went to drama school. Many men there are gay. Many women are not gay. Many non-gay women get fighty and bitchy over many things, including the not gay men. Learning how to deal with this is important."

I agree that just by not looking at a woman's chest while talking to her, you gain some sort of implicit trustworthiness. It's a good thing to learn, if only as the OP says, because you can play as many manipulative games as _some_ women do.
( sanityclause is waiting until, Wed 12 May 2010, 11:58, Reply)