Gaydar test

[xoggoth]

Don't think I have a clue. Two most effeminate blokes I can remember, and one was drag artist, weren't gay at all. Did well with women.

[Zero Liability]

Yeah, I think it's tricky to discern. I remember reading that some homosexuals have brain chemistry closer to that of the opposite gender, but then you still get many who are either "normal" for their gender, or go to the opposite extreme, e.g. if male being hyper-masculine. Throw in the fact that you get many "camp" straight guys or butch straight women, and it's more guesswork than anything else. Obviously you'll probably get a higher prevalence of camp/effeminate men amongst gays but doubt it's high enough to help making any guesses.

[mudskipper]

Yeah, I think it's tricky to discern. I remember reading that some homosexuals have brain chemistry closer to that of the opposite gender, but then you still get many who are either "normal" for their gender, or go to the opposite extreme, e.g. if male being hyper-masculine. Throw in the fact that you get many "camp" straight guys or butch straight women, and it's more guesswork than anything else. Obviously you'll probably get a higher prevalence of camp/effeminate men amongst gays but doubt it's high enough to help making any guesses.

Agree - the "quiz" was slightly easier in that you knew one was gay and one not. Identifying any of them as individuals as straight or gay would be nigh on impossible.

[xoggoth]

Think this either gay or straight is a bit of a nonsense anyway. The level of gay sex in prisons suggests many will consider the #2 option if they can't get the #1. I call it the Mobile syndrome, after the rugby song.

[Dark Black]

73.3%.

Just got lucky I guess... i was starting to get bored towards the end and was randomly clicking

[Zero Liability]

Agree - the "quiz" was slightly easier in that you knew one was gay and one not. Identifying any of them as individuals as straight or gay would be nigh on impossible.

There were some were you'd probably have good reason to guess that way, but I bet they threw in a few confounders as well.

[d000hg]

52%. I think breaking down results by gender would've been useful.

[mudskipper]

52%. I think breaking down results by gender would've been useful.

IIRC the summary at the end said that gender and age made no statistical difference.

[d000hg]

IIRC the summary at the end said that gender and age made no statistical difference.

I meant how good my gaydar was based on subjects' gender.

[mudskipper]

I meant how good my gaydar was based on subjects' gender.

Ah, gotcha.