And McCain would oppose any research or development into the jamming of it... (new window)

FABULOUSSSSSSS!

Diogenes: For a ghey, my gaydar is ridiculously weak.

Same. I can never tell.. and I hate this whole metrosexual trend, because I have an even harder time these days...

I remember watching a news story about a woman pitching a new book about the difference between men and woman or something of that nature, and she dressed up as a man and acted as a man for 30 days as part of her research. She said she learned the primary difference between the two was that men "are the captains of their own ships."

So is he a captain, or swabbing the poop deck?

/and so it is...

xtex: and I hate this whole metrosexual trend, because I have an even harder time these days...



Everything is proceeding according to plan!!!!!

That's not glitter you are seeing, that's chaff.

Diogenes: For a ghey, my gaydar is ridiculously weak.

Most likely it's you mistaking hot straight guys for gay? Personal desire often overrides any other factor. Hence why none of the Women I thought were into me, actually were.

So are gaydar jammers.

/my last boss was one

60 percent of the time?
That's basically 50/50, plus getting the really obvious ones.

Study uses photos-- definitely tougher than seeing someone walk, or hearing (and seeing) them talk.

/my gaydar is pretty good
//been in operation for 20+ years now
///personally not teh ghey

/fabulously hotlinked

GoldDude: 60 percent of the time?
That's basically 50/50, plus getting the really obvious ones.

Exactly. More junk "science", yay.

I have a fairly solid method of telling - if he is choking on another man's junk, he's most likely gay.

//That, or he's REALLY thirsty.

Ghastly: Does this ass make my pants look gay?

Not really no :) Well kinda, maybe a bit, sorta. At least a little....

My son says ya, and he is not gay. But he was well trained by his Moms, so I guess the answer is yes.

Same. I can never tell.. and I hate this whole metrosexual trend, because I have an even harder time these days...


Metrosexual = closet ghey


/No, it's not cool to wear a pink polo shirt and pop the collar

Again?

Link (new window)

I'm a guy so I couldn't care less about my gaydar as far as men go. It's my gaydar as far as women go that concerns me. Is a mullet, a wife-beater, and a chain attached to her wallet a sign that a womans gay?

Perhaps this study has nothing do do with 70% of us having gaydar rather it has to do with 70% of gays being completely OBVIOUS!!

My gaydar isn't as good as my Trannydar. I'm really great at spotting them, like even when other guys where gonna fall for it and get an unpleasent surprise.

Its a MAN baby.

wrists and ankles are the key. they are far more reliable than Adam's apple

Mine must be broken. I swear Daniel Craig (the new Bond) had a bad case of the ghey... but I am mistaken.

My gaydar is pretty good. If some guy is hitting on me, he's gay.


Knock it off, rice queens.

I'll volunteer for the study about lesbians.

RenegadJew: No, it's not cool to wear a pink polo shirt and pop the collar

That's just a form of "peacocking," which does work. Men who wear ridiculous articles of clothing out to bars and clubs make themselves the center of attention and display confidence, to which easily led women with poor taste (99%) are magnetically drawn.

/Hates cocky bar douches
//Not bitter
///Accepts the world as it is for the sake of getting laid

The researchers found that subjects could accurately determine in 50 milliseconds - one-twentieth of a second - whether men were gay or straight about 60 percent of the time.



60 percent of the time, my gaydar works every time.

I wonder when the Gaydar website URL was snapped up.

Ghastly: Does this ass make my pants look gay?

no, but that backwards green belt helps.

But how come "gaydar"-equipped people aren't always gay? Even if I'm straight, I've got a better gaydar than a few homosexual friends. Boggles the mind.

coralfixation: /fabulously hotlinked

Came for the Dwight pic.

I always thought Robin Williams was the ghey. Then he marries women and has babies. WTF!

Actually, this is because us gays are developing "Breedar" in order to figure out who we are taking to our utopian island paradise (when it's built), and who we are leaving behind to argue over who can have abortions, who can marry each other, and what might be the fastest, most effective way to destroy the environment, children and the economy in one feld swoop.

Meanwhile we'll all be sipping Mojitos (coz Cosmo's are SOOOO 2005) in our skimpy Cavalli bathing suits and enjoying the ubiquitous gay butt lovin' in our new nation's glorious capital: Garlandia!

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.

Poor methodology.

First, 15 students does not make a sample group. Maybe 15 students tested once a week for 6 weeks with the same photoset would teach us more.

Second, the photo you put up on a personal ad or social site will be self selected to reflect your taste.

Third, this is relying on self description and won't catch closet cases.

Fourth, 60% accuracy in a 50% pool is roughly on par with what parapsychologists want us to take as proof of ESP.

I think I've beaten this study as hard as any peer review should... "Journal of Experimental Social Psychology" good elsevier profile. Maybe it's a slow story for summertime. Filler.

/I was hoping it had been well done
//Dammit

BackAssward: Hence why none of the Women I thought were into me, actually were.

This. I've come to figure out that girls are attracted to me in an inverse ratio to the level I'm attracted to them. Thank God for beer goggles.

Clean, stylishly dressed, "product in hair" with that lame little "Ross Geller" flip, nice nails, expensive Italian shoes, matched accessories ... yep as Gay as the Clay Aiken World Tour.

GungFu: I always thought Robin Williams was the ghey

I thought he was Jewish ... or part Alaskan Brown Bear.

I really hope by 2009 the whole attention-whore gay thing dies out.

But I am sure it will be replaced by bi-sexuals that want the ability to marry both sexes, and it only be considered married once, but still get an additional tax break from it.

/that made my head hurt like eating too much ice cream real fast

J. Michael Bailey called and would like to point out to these researchers that this finding is nothing new and that their methodology kind of sucks (based on the selection of the to-be-rated pictures).

First, 15 students does not make a sample group

Uh, yes it does. In fact that IS the sample group. Representative sample? Depends on the selection criteria and the population. Small sample size is one of the quickest critiques of people who don't understand research design.

Also, as someone who has had journal articles butchered by some moran of a journalist, there probably was more to the actual study and journal article.

GungFu: I always thought Robin Williams was the ghey. Then he marries women and has babies. WTF!


Probably is. Didn't he recently divorce? A lot of those hollywood types are or at least bi.In the old hollywood days they would marry (sometimes several times) and even have kids just to keep the paparazzi off of their butts. Look at rock hudson. He had millions of women around the world fooled drooling over him thinking he was the biggest stud in history. They were right about one thing. He really was a man's man!
Now the more i hear about him im guessing that Michael Phelps is? Hearing what amanda beard said about him. Shes a good friend of his and saying that guys will be lining up to kiss him?
whut say ye?

I can tell 90% of the time.

Not gay, have tons of friends and a few relatives who are, usually they ask me: "How come you have a gaydar so refined?".

Dunno, I've set them up with people they didn't know they were gay till they told them they were.

Also, even though I'm not gay, men hit me up all the time so I probably have some sort of gayish aura and maybe because of that I've learned who is and who isn't.

/random slashies!

KentuckyBob: I really hope by 2009 the whole attention-whore gay thing dies out.

THIS. I'm pretty sick of it too. Shut up about it already, nobody cares.

I have a sixth sense for gayatude, I can ever tell whether a remarkable flamboyant person is really gay or not: closeted gays can through you off though.

Another thing to note is the 50 milliseconds. So 60% is actually pretty farking awesome. It's an automatic judgment at that level. Overall, the critiques of the article in this thread suck like a Republican in a men's room.

Jeez, gaydar is simply the fast evaluation of hairstyle according to the following formula:

G = P*T*C / F

Where G is the level of gayness, and P represents the apparent price of the haircut, and T represents the apparent time it takes each day to style it. C represents the complexity of any artificial coloration applied to the hair itself. F represents the total percentage of flannel incorporated into the wardrobe.

For females, the equation is reversed:

G= F /P*T*C

Worthless study. They need to redo the study with some non self selected, non self promotional image like a driver's license or something.