Some People Really Might Have 'Gaydar'

[ravenstar]

Some people might but I sure as hell don't. I wouldn't know a gay guy from a pineapple unless he had a dick in his mouth.

 

[vulgar_newcomer]

Haha, funny.

I can recall 2 instances where I "turned" a straight guy. The first was a friend of a friend who was visiting her. The guy had a girl friend. After a few drinks, I jumped him. He didn't resist so I went further. The rest was history. The next day we parted ways. I found out later that he broke up with his girl friend when he got back to his home town and started dating a guy there. The last time I met him he was happily married and living with the same guy he started dating right after his encounter with me.

The second guy I also met through a mutual friend. This guy was dating a girl at the time. This was when I was still going from guy to guy and was pretty much sleeping with anything that was still breathing and warm. Well, apparently word got around or something and this guy started pursuing me after he and his girl friend broke up. He even started spamming my text inbox with words like "can I see you some time?", "I really like you", and "I don't mind that you see other guys". He also told our mutual friends to tell me that he wanted us to date. And yeah, he's also told me this in person. Keep in mind that I haven't even touched the guy. Well, the fervor died down when I started dating my boy friend. Why did I keep resisting what was essentially food on a silver platter? Because my gaydar kept telling me this was a confused straight guy, and I didn't want to be the one popping his cherry (if that makes any sense).

The point is there are a lot of gay guys out there confused and just need someone to hold their hands and show them the world. Human sexuality is a complicated thing.

Nah, the point is you come off as a gay slut predatory asshole. You are not the decider. Maybe you are not as I interpret, but save what you text here and read it back to yourself. You fucking look bad and douche bag.

Maybe you watch too many vampire movies "I turn them in the night, they want it, they just don't know, I am their God". Pfffffffft

Be careful that stand your ground law in Florida would be a perfect defense for some poor not so smart guy as you.. confused and you show them way... to blast your ass to hell and have a defense.,

 

[Scealle]

@ animalius
Thnx for the advice. I am so noob when it comes to relationships and such. I sure hope I will gain more confidence like you did as I mature in age.

 

[elGeniuoso1721]

Hm. Interesting.

I'd like to see more studies done on "gaydar." I honestly don't think it's anything more than applying stereotypes and reading body language but I am open to different ideas on the subject.

I agree. My friends who claim to have gaydar only guess it right for the obvious flamboyant ones. They didn't get me though People also tend to forget that just as there are masculine gay men, there are also feminine straight men, albeit much rarer to find. But it is mostly based on stereotypes, which of course hold some truth. However, I think that are people who may be more keen than others, so "gaydar" holds some weight.

 

[DigitalFudge]

Re: Gaydar's real (scientifically proven)

So...... where do we go from here?

 

[refujiunderground]

Re: Gaydar's real (scientifically proven)

yeah, i guess it is.

 

[csb999]

Re: Gaydar's real (scientifically proven)

so if 50 % is pure chance , 60 % doesn't sound like much to me , hardly proof .

 

[sandwich19]

Re: Gaydar's real (scientifically proven)

so if 50 % is pure chance , 60 % doesn't sound like much to me , hardly proof .

Pure chance would be 50% if 50% of people were gay. In reality it is more like 10% of people are gay, so picking them out 60% of the time is much better than chance.

 

[csb999]

Re: Gaydar's real (scientifically proven)

no 60% refers specifically to the statements made , the photos could be all or none . Moreover , if " hairstyles were digitally removed, and no faces had makeup, piercings, eyeglasses or tattoos " I doubt guessing gender would be 100% .

 

[Telstra]

Re: Gaydar's real (scientifically proven)

If those gay porn stars are gay,
no i can't tell they are gay unless they have abit of feminine manners.

 

[HunterM]

Re: Gaydar's real (scientifically proven)

I can tell who's not gay though. Men with uni-brow! No self respecting gay would allow himself to have a uni-brow!

 

[AlmondMilk]

Re: Gaydar's real (scientifically proven)

This is listed under participants

Twenty-four University of Washington students (19 women; age range = 18–22 years) participated in exchange for extra course credit. Data from seven additional participants were excluded from analyses due to failure to follow instructions (n = 4) or computer malfunction (n = 3).

I quickly skimmed the article, probably missing stuff, but did they repeat the experiment? If not, they probably should...and get a bigger sample size. I don't know. I don't think it's enough to prove gaydar, but I guess it's something that people can further research.

 

[oakpope]

Re: Gaydar's real (scientifically proven)

24 people ? Haha this is a joke right ? 'Scientifically proven' with a sample of 24 is as scientifically proven than I am the pope
And all from the same pool of people ie 18-22 students. Ridiculous.

 

[Butter My Biscuits]

Re: Gaydar's real (scientifically proven)

I know something that works better than gaydar. It's called facebook.

 

[elGeniuoso1721]

Think of it this way.....if you took a test and got a 60%...you'd get an F. And yea, sample size is WAY too small.

 

[Perspective]

The problem I have with this is the use of photos. When I flip on my gaydar, I watch a living man. I watch the way he moves. I listen to the way he speaks. I watch where he looks. I watch who he looks at.

I believe that some people do have gaydar, and I believe it works, but I also believe that a static face offers far-too-little information for someone to determine sexuality.

Oh, and that bit about turning the faces upside-down is ridiculous. Even a baby can't recognise his own mother if her face is upside down.

I am inclined to see things your way. But, I do recall when coming out, that I could not gaydar anyone. For years I have heard statistics that 10% of the population is exclusively gay or straight, and 80% are bisexual. That should really improve our chances of getting lucky.

I remember being in a straight bar, and saw this guy I could not take my eyes off of. He was staring back at me, and we went home. Later he said he thought we had been in a LGBTQ bar. Then I realized something, he was my type. I mean really my type, and I was his type. I think that was the reason for the hookup. Could it be that someone is your type, and strikes a cord in you rather than actually identifying one as LGBTQ?

My life partner and I discussed this. He thinks Patrick Warburton is the hottest guy going. While I think he is funny, and would not mind knowing him, I have no sexual interest in him. Now Ashton Kutcher could snap his fingers and have me, but my life partner has no sexual interest in him. Ironically my partner and I are both blond haired, blue eyed, athletic types who look nothing like Warburton or Kutcher. The more I know about sexual attraction, the less I know, but I think it is a very individual thing along the lines of "beauty is in the eye of the beholder"