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The Science of Gaydar
New York Magazine ^
| July? 2007
| David France
Posted on 06/19/2007 12:18:57 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: TexasCajun
21
posted on
06/19/2007 9:28:01 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Time heals all wounds, particularly when they're not yours. Profile updated June 15, 2007.)
To: SIDENET
dammit, you know I can’t resist a dare.
22
posted on
06/19/2007 9:28:23 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Time heals all wounds, particularly when they're not yours. Profile updated June 15, 2007.)
To: martin_fierro
[rimshot!]
:’D
Of course, that was a wig...
23
posted on
06/19/2007 9:29:15 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Time heals all wounds, particularly when they're not yours. Profile updated June 15, 2007.)
To: Sax
Great! At last a scientific approach to the problem.
24
posted on
06/19/2007 9:30:09 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Time heals all wounds, particularly when they're not yours. Profile updated June 15, 2007.)
To: Slings and Arrows
Completely untrue. I just found the story while...
...yes, you guessed it...
combing the web.
25
posted on
06/19/2007 9:31:22 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Time heals all wounds, particularly when they're not yours. Profile updated June 15, 2007.)
To: Yaelle
I just figured his stagename was based on his real name, perhaps Ryan C. Crest, heir to a huge toothpaste fortune.
26
posted on
06/19/2007 9:32:14 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Time heals all wounds, particularly when they're not yours. Profile updated June 15, 2007.)
To: doorgunner69
Well, don't read the rest of it, because it also has...
EXAMPLE B: Thumbprint Density (Male)
Gay men and straight women have an increased density of fingerprint ridges on the thumb and pinkie of the left hand.
Photographs by Mark Mahaney
27
posted on
06/19/2007 9:35:21 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Time heals all wounds, particularly when they're not yours. Profile updated June 15, 2007.)
EXAMPLE C: Digit Proportions (Female)
The index fingers of most straight men are shorter than their ring fingers, and for most women they are the same length or longer. Gay men and lesbians tend to have reversed ratios.
Photographs by Mark Mahaney
28
posted on
06/19/2007 9:38:07 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Time heals all wounds, particularly when they're not yours. Profile updated June 15, 2007.)
EXAMPLE D: Hand Dexterity (Male)
Gay men and lesbians have a 50 percent greater chance of being left-handed or ambidextrous than their straight counterparts.
Photographs by Mark Mahaney
29
posted on
06/19/2007 9:38:26 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Time heals all wounds, particularly when they're not yours. Profile updated June 15, 2007.)
To: martin_fierro
RE: post #10
Have her blood work ups come back yet?
I’d certainly invite her out.
30
posted on
06/19/2007 9:39:24 PM PDT
by
investigateworld
(The meanest lousiest SOB Jap POW camp commander was paroled in 1958, compare this to the BP guys)
To: SunkenCiv
W00t! I'm straight.
Now will you believe me when I tell you I only saw Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert fifteen times for the cinematography?
To: SunkenCiv
Oh, wait a minute. Your post 28. I, uh...say, do you like gladiator movies?
To: SunkenCiv
You won’t brush me off that easily.
33
posted on
06/19/2007 9:55:08 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(Gaza: Your one-stop schadenfreude entertainment center.)
To: Slings and Arrows
I think the author of the article messed up “follicle” with some other word starting with f and containing a couple of L’s...
34
posted on
06/19/2007 10:27:57 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Time heals all wounds, particularly when they're not yours. Profile updated June 15, 2007.)
To: Billthedrill
Suuuure, of courrrrse I believe you. ;’) Obviously your, uh, handle, refers to dentistry...
35
posted on
06/19/2007 10:29:12 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Time heals all wounds, particularly when they're not yours. Profile updated June 15, 2007.)
To: SunkenCiv
I think the author of the article messed up “follicle” with some other word starting with f and containing a couple of L’s... That sucks.
36
posted on
06/19/2007 10:59:06 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(Gaza: Your one-stop schadenfreude entertainment center.)
To: Slings and Arrows
[rimshot!]
OOOOOOH, a double-entredre...
37
posted on
06/20/2007 8:42:46 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Time heals all wounds, particularly when they're not yours. Profile updated June 15, 2007.)
To: SunkenCiv
Meet Yossarian's Gayness test:
EXAMPLE Z: Erection (Men)
Gay men are more likely to have an erection at the sight of a fit, active man. Straight men are more likely to have an erection at the sight of a fit, active woman.
OK, where's my taxpayer-supplied grant money?
38
posted on
06/20/2007 9:06:11 AM PDT
by
Yossarian
(Everyday, somewhere on the globe, somebody is pushing the frontier of stupidity...)
To: Yossarian
Wow, look at the boner on the Statue of LIberty!
39
posted on
06/20/2007 10:37:27 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Time heals all wounds, particularly when they're not yours. Profile updated June 15, 2007.)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
07/10/2007 6:04:32 AM PDT
by
thehumanlynx
(Duncan Hunter - Duncan Hunter - Duncan Hunter - vote the primary)
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