Posted on 09/04/2015 2:40:20 AM PDT by Libloather
Gaydar ISN'T real: Scientists slam the phrase as ‘stereotyping’ and say its use could lead to aggression
We've all heard people say they have a 'gaydar'.
It is the alleged ability to know whether someone is gay or straight based on their appearance.
The phrase Gaydar got a scientific boost from a 2008 study that concluded people could accurately guess someone's sexual orientation based on photographs of their faces.
But a new study challenges what it calls the 'the gaydar myth', saying it isn't accurate and is actually a harmful form of stereotyping.
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remember the line in Jersey Boys about Liberace? soemthing like, this was the 50s. We thought Liberace was just theatrical....or something like that.
10=Boy George and Liberace.
Calibrate from there.
What does that mean?
It sounds like a homo talking point.
What "scientists"?
Queer "scientists"? Packer "scientists"? Rump Ranger "scientists"? Scatology "scientists"? Smug, snarky, demanding, limp-wristed NAZI faggot "scientists"?
I, just-about IMAGINE!
It may be stereotyping, but it’s been accurate for me.
OH Really!
It sure is reliable though.
A “new study” doesn’t impress me much. Was it done by real scientists or Michael Mann “scientists”? Do real scientists even exist anymore?
As for me, my gaydar is pretty good, at least where queer men are concerned. One little lisp affectation is all I need to hear.
Scientists, eh? Wonder if they go by the name Mann and are famous for a hockey stick?
Amazing..no way they could put that on TV today..
Walter Pigeon for one.
It means what it says. How do these “sexperts” know so much about who is gay and who isn’t? Some God-given talent or just a need to feel like you can make wild assumptions? Yeah sure, sometimes it is obvious but to think you can size up an individual’s sexual preference(s) out of the blue then you’re probably giving yourself too much credit for having a well-rounded knowledge of human sexuality.
Hah,...pun intended!
I don’t need gay-dar anymore. Sodomites shove their disgusting behavior in our faces and force us to celebrate it. Responses coming. Time to offend.
Nope, there haven't been any false positives, only false negatives.
Rock Hudson was the one who fooled me the most. When I was a kid I wanted to grow up to be him.
One less talked about aspect of homophobia is when men over-assert their masculinity out of the fear of being perceived as gay by their peers. They sometimes do this by diverting attention away from themselves and towards somebody they think they can say is gay. They really don’t care if the person is gay or not because what really matters to them is that their peers don’t perceive them as being gay.
Well he was a good actor, so it was easier for him to play the role of being straight.
Ellie Zolfagharifard last name pronounced So fag harry fart
Today’s colleges and universities seem to “breed” that foppish, floppy manner and NPR-Speak tone of effeminate semi-uber-class speech deliberately.
I agree with you: It isn’t the foppish posture or limp-wristed hand-waving, nor the tone or lisp nor non-purposed, vacillation and wavering speech tones, nor the chin beard and mustache (WHAT? Can’t a homosexual receive oral sex without simulating a woman’s vaginal hair??) and either uber-macho muscles or uber-feminine Euro-model nothingness.
It is some combination of all of those factors. It’s long been said about animals: “Don’t let them smell your fear. Stand up to them as an aggressor.”
Well, in today’s world, the homo’s ARE the aggressor - only they are hiding behind a woman reporter’s skirts.
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