Gaydar:Is it real?

[Radiatia]

The gaydar is fictional.

I know that my more "fabulous" friends like to think of themselves as being able to spot a gay person without really knowing them but.... no. Sorry.

Besides, the number of gay people who have tried it on with me counts as proof that their gaydars are either faulty or nonexistant.

[Alternate Universe 912]

How does one define "gaydar"?

Are some people better than others at determining the sexual orientation of others? Yes, I would imagine so.

Can some people do it with a total stranger and near - 100% accuracy? I would very be surprised if this were true.

[Ethel mermania]

How does one define "gaydar"?

Are some people better than others at determining the sexual orientation of others? Yes, I would imagine so.

Can some people do it with a total stranger and near - 100% accuracy? I would very be surprised if this were true.

near 100% prolly not, but give me about 10 minutes of conversation time and i think 70% is possible. Sometimes you can tell by the way someone walks or just talks they are gay.

[Olthar]

How does one define "gaydar"?

Are some people better than others at determining the sexual orientation of others? Yes, I would imagine so.

Can some people do it with a total stranger and near - 100% accuracy? I would very be surprised if this were true.

near 100% prolly not, but give me about 10 minutes of conversation time and i think 70% is possible. Sometimes you can tell by the way someone walks or just talks they are gay.

Isn't stereotyping such a great and wonderful thing?

[Volhynia (Ancient)]

near 100% prolly not, but give me about 10 minutes of conversation time and i think 70% is possible. Sometimes you can tell by the way someone walks or just talks they are gay.

Isn't stereotyping such a great and wonderful thing?

Makes the world so much simpler.

[Olthar]

Isn't stereotyping such a great and wonderful thing?

Makes the world so much simpler.

Indeed it does.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm having some friends over later, so I'm going to go to the store to stock up on watermelon and fried chicken.

[Ethel mermania]

near 100% prolly not, but give me about 10 minutes of conversation time and i think 70% is possible. Sometimes you can tell by the way someone walks or just talks they are gay.

Isn't stereotyping such a great and wonderful thing?

Sterotyping or not, it is still factual, if I see a bar in the west village called "flaming saddles". I think its a fairly safe assumption it is a gay bar.

[Olthar]

Isn't stereotyping such a great and wonderful thing?

Sterotyping or not, it is still factual, if I see a bar in the west village called "flaming saddles". I think its a fairly safe assumption it is a gay bar.

What does the name of a hypothetical bar have to do with profiling people based on stereotypes?

[Fnordgasm 5]

Isn't stereotyping such a great and wonderful thing?

Sterotyping or not, it is still factual, if I see a bar in the west village called "flaming saddles". I think its a fairly safe assumption it is a gay bar.

But it could also be a bar exclusively for fire-eaters and cowboys. I hear those are all the rage these days..

[Arkinesia]

Eh, sometimes you can pick it out but it's not like I can point to any given fellow and say “yep, he likes dudes.”

[Ethel mermania]

Sterotyping or not, it is still factual, if I see a bar in the west village called "flaming saddles". I think its a fairly safe assumption it is a gay bar.

What does the name of a hypothetical bar have to do with profiling people based on stereotypes?

Hypthetical bar ?
(sigh)
http://flamingsaddlessaloon.com/

if i see a person in that bar, i think its safe to think they are probably gay. ANd that makes me a bad person.

[Olthar]

What does the name of a hypothetical bar have to do with profiling people based on stereotypes?

Hypthetical bar ?
(sigh)
http://flamingsaddlessaloon.com/

if i see a person in that bar, i think its safe to think they are probably gay. ANd that makes me a bad person.

My mistake. Let me correct myself.

What does the name of a bar have to do with profiling people based on stereotypes?

[Ethel mermania]

Hypthetical bar ?
(sigh)
http://flamingsaddlessaloon.com/

if i see a person in that bar, i think its safe to think they are probably gay. ANd that makes me a bad person.

My mistake. Let me correct myself.

What does the name of a bar have to do with profiling people based on stereotypes?

THat was not the point i was trying to make but in short
sterotyping works.

If i see a person on the colorado range, in blue jeans, boots and chaps, and a stentson i think i can assume he is some ranch hand.

If I is see a guy dressed as a fireman, standing next to a firehouse, i assume he is a fireman.

consequently if i talk to a guy in a black shirt, black vest, black jeans and chaps on christopher street i can safely say he is gay.

I dont see me saying gay people are bad, i am saying that based on certain visual and auditory cues, i can usually tell if a person is gay or not with more accuracy than simply flipping a coin, or using probabilty theory. That is the defininiton of "gaydar". Having lived in new york city, (including 5 years the west village), most of my life, i have Gaydar.