The Science of “Gaydar”: How Well Can We Detect Other People’s Sexual Orientatn?

Contents:

• IT'S LIKE A REGULAR PART OF GAY LIFE: REPEAT HIV ANTIBODY TTG AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• IS MY FRIEND GAY? QUIZ
• KEV MAXEN, JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH, OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR U.S.-BASED PRO LEAGU

IT'S LIKE A REGULAR PART OF GAY LIFE: REPEAT HIV ANTIBODY TTG AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN

The Science of “Gaydar”:.

Gaydar has been the subject of a fair amount of scientific ntroversy as of late.

Is gaydar really a thg and, if so, how accurate is ? People talk about ‘gaydar’ as the abily to terme whether someone is gay based on their tun about the person.

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

Most scientific studi of gaydar suggt that there’s somethg to this ia.

The wi-rangg fdgs suggt that gaydar n potentially pick up on everythg om one’s looks to movements to speech patterns.

IS MY FRIEND GAY? QUIZ

In fact, when people are asked to thk refully before makg a sexualy judgment, gaydar actually be ls accurate.

In other words, the more people thk about , the worse their gaydar is! Some people seem to have more accurate gaydar than others. For stance, people who hold anti-gay views typilly perform worse gaydar studi; by ntrast, sexual mori and people who have more faiary.

KEV MAXEN, JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH, OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR U.S.-BASED PRO LEAGU

In a particularly fascatg study, rearchers found that women’s gaydar was more accurate when they were ovulatg than when they weren’t. Put another way, when women are at peak fertily, their abily to distguish men who are gay om those who are straight appears to improve. Most studi of gaydar volve askg people to make eher/or judgments: is this person gay or is this person straight?