Reply to: Gaydar test

[mudskipper]

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

Ah, gotcha.

[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]

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]

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

[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.

[Dark Black]

73.3%.

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

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[OwlHoot]

Everyone gets 66.7%?

65%

I reckon a few of the guys and women were slightly easier to spot, and that raised the score slightly from an average of 50%

[AtW]

Let's wait until Fat Male (MF) sings...

[vetran]

Your score was 53.3%.

I'm obviously out of touch.

[kingcook]

I got pissed off with clicking after a bit, and just kept clicking the one on the right to get it over with.

45% score.

[mudskipper]

Seriously who can be bothered to click through that lot? Got fed up and gave up.

That's a shame. The lady in the last picture had an enormous bottom.