Graeme Posted September 8, 2015 Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 Not according to this study. Personally, I think it's more than just stereotyping or a static visual image. It's noticing, maybe subconsciously, who the other person finds interesting, and whether they're male or female. It's how people react to different stimuli. I don't assume a guy who is effeminate, who lisps, who likes shopping, who dresses smartly, or who sashays is gay. It's a possibility, but none of those are indicators for being gay. Yes, a large percentage of effeminate guys are gay, but not all of them. That's a factor in making a judgement call, but it's not the only one. Gaydar, to me, is adding up all of those things and then making a judgement call. And even then, I realise that it's only an educated guess and I'm almost certainly missing a lot of people. But it's all I've got Link to comment
Bruin Fisher Posted September 8, 2015 Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 My gaydar seems to work quite well... for identifying lesbians. It's not so good at men, more's the pity. Link to comment
Lugnutz Posted September 8, 2015 Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 And you get nothing going by me. Link to comment
colinian Posted September 8, 2015 Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 Sometimes my gaydar works, sometimes it doesn't. But that's based on the few times I've followed up on a gaydar ping. Or when a guy or girl caused my gaydar to ping and he or she approached me. Doug doesn't believe in gaydar because he says he's never right. I pointed out that's because what he thinks is a "yes" is always a "no" and vice-versa. Colin Link to comment
Merkin Posted September 8, 2015 Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 Seems to me that it is a two stage process:--Recognition--ReciprocationWithout the second stage there is no way of determining if your first stage of recognition is working. Link to comment
Nick Deverill Posted September 8, 2015 Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 As a sense, no it does not exist. But some folk are very skilled at reading and separating the smallest bits of body language, and they are said to have gaydar. Mine sometimes works - and sometimes doesn't in that statistically, far more folk than I identify as gay, must actually be so. I did once have a gay boss who wasn't out, when colleagues later found out he was, they were both surprised he was, and that I wasn't in the slightest surprised as I'd worked out he was long ago. Link to comment
JamesSavik Posted September 8, 2015 Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 If only it was this easy... Link to comment
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