Gaydar is a reified skill that nfirms the existe
Contents:
- GAYDAR—SENDG MIXED SIGNALS
- DISSECTG "GAYDAR": ACCURACY AND THE ROLE OF MASCULY-FEMY
- DISSECTG "GAYDAR": ACCURACY AND THE ROLE OF MASCULY-FEMY
GAYDAR—SENDG MIXED SIGNALS
* gaydar signals *
Gaydar is a reified skill that nfirms the existence of a gay speech muny, but n terme a speaker's membership?
DISSECTG "GAYDAR": ACCURACY AND THE ROLE OF MASCULY-FEMY
Many people thk that they n regnize a gay man based on his speech. In other words, they believe that they have a gaydar. However, as a gay man, I thk of gaydar not so much as a tool for intifyg one’s orientatn, but as a meang and discrimatory weapon ed to ntrast sexual and social differenc.
DISSECTG "GAYDAR": ACCURACY AND THE ROLE OF MASCULY-FEMY
For my class project Language US Society, I wanted to qutn the nature of gaydar and trace s origs beyond jt the perceptn of the speaker.