He could be twisted: effeminate but attracted to women only. But in reality, he was a guy’s guy. Saw him decades ago in Phoenix. In the home of the Phoenix Suns, he had the audacity to proclaim Michael Jordan’s Chicago Bulls. It was hillarious.
As I pointed out - Prince was using “peacocking” technique to attract women. He could not do so being a Conan the Barbarian type because of his size so he adopted a persona of a peacock to attract women.