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Title: Study: gaydar is real
Post by: Natasha on August 22, 2008, 09:49:05 AM
Study: gaydar is real

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Pam Spaulding
8/22/2008

For the study, 15 undergraduate students, both male and female, were shown photos of faces of 90 men, evenly divided between gay and straight. The photos were taken from Internet personal ads and from Facebook. The study's lead author, graduate student Nicholas Rule, says men were used in this study for convenience, because they have a greater presence on the Internet than women.
Title: Re: Study: gaydar is real
Post by: tekla on August 22, 2008, 09:56:01 AM
Its not only real, its fabulous
Title: Re: Study: gaydar is real
Post by: androgynetg on August 22, 2008, 03:02:33 PM
flawed science ..

The study showed that 15 students correctly identified self-identified gays on average of 62% of the time, excluding false-positives and the the ones that had incorrectly reported their gay/bisexual tendencies.

"Rule says all the subjects were accurate 55 percent to 70 percent of the time."
Title: Re: Study: gaydar is real
Post by: Pica Pica on August 22, 2008, 03:09:46 PM
it's easy.
gay men all have the same haircut.
Title: Re: Study: gaydar is real
Post by: Nero on August 22, 2008, 03:18:30 PM
No, it's in the expression.
Title: Re: Study: gaydar is real
Post by: tekla on August 22, 2008, 03:27:31 PM
The haircut is a warning sign, the wardrobe is the giveaway. 
Title: Re: Study: gaydar is real
Post by: Nero on August 22, 2008, 03:28:55 PM
Quote from: tekla on August 22, 2008, 03:27:31 PM
The haircut is a warning sign, the wardrobe is the giveaway. 

lol
Title: Re: Study: gaydar is real
Post by: icontact on August 22, 2008, 03:37:39 PM
It's how they hold themselves IRL. ;D
Title: Re: Study: gaydar is real
Post by: Constance on August 22, 2008, 04:14:19 PM
Quote from: tekla on August 22, 2008, 03:27:31 PM
The haircut is a warning sign, the wardrobe is the giveaway. 
Priceless.
Title: Re: Study: gaydar is real
Post by: soldierjane on August 22, 2008, 04:18:22 PM
It's the little details...

Thank you, scientists, for confirming what we already knew!
Title: Re: Study: gaydar is real
Post by: mickie88 on August 22, 2008, 08:50:59 PM
they should have used all females, it's much harder i think, because we don't all look the same, and some identify as bi-curious. gaydar is real, but i still think their test is flawed scientifically. like Pica said most gay guys do have the same hair cut.  :D



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