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Contents:
- FACIAL HTS SHARPEN PEOPLE'S 'GAYDAR'
- DEMOGRAPHIC AND GEOGRAPHIC DIFFERENC FACIAL MASCULY PREFERENC AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN CHA
- A HANDY GUI TO ALL GAY MEN
FACIAL HTS SHARPEN PEOPLE'S 'GAYDAR'
* facial features of gay men *
Whout beg aware of , most people n accurately intify gay men by face aloneAlthough I've always wanted this particular superhuman power, I've never been very good at tectg other men's sexual orientatn. Fdgs om a recent study published the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, however, suggt I may be unrtimatg my gaydar abili.
DEMOGRAPHIC AND GEOGRAPHIC DIFFERENC FACIAL MASCULY PREFERENC AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN CHA
The January 2008 study vtigated people's abily to intify homosexual men om pictur of their fac alone.
A HANDY GUI TO ALL GAY MEN
In an ial experiment, rearchers Nicholas Rule and Nali Ambady om Tufts Universy pesed onle datg s and refully selected 45 straight male fac and 45 gay male fac. The 90 fac were then shown to 90 participants random orr, who were asked simply to judge the target's "probable sexual orientatn" (gay or straight) by prsg a button. Surprisgly, all participants (both men and women) sred above chance on this gaydar task, rrectly intifyg the gay fac.