"Gaydar" is the abily to distguish homosexual and heterosexual people g direct cu. We vtigated the accuracy of gaydar and the nature of "gaydar signals" nveyg rmatn about sexual orientatn. Homosexual people tend to be more sex atypil than heterosexual people some beh …
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 is a reified skill that nfirms the existe * gaydar signals *
Gaydar is a reified skill that nfirms the existence of a gay speech muny, but n terme a speaker's membership? Many people thk that they n regnize a gay man based on his speech.
In other words, they believe that they have a gaydar.
DISSECTG "GAYDAR": ACCURACY AND THE ROLE OF MASCULY-FEMY
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.
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.
DISSECTG "GAYDAR": ACCURACY AND THE ROLE OF MASCULY-FEMY
Essentially, gaydar is the abily to tect an dividual’s sexual orientatn.