QC FYI: Pssst… Gaydar’s Real

A Tufts University study backs up the existence of gaydar— the intuitive ability to assess another person’s sexuality as homo or hetero.
15 undergrad students, male and female, saw 90 photos of men’s faces taken from Facebook and internet personal ads. Within 50 milliseconds— one-twentieth of a second— they could accurately determine if the man was were say or straight 55 to 70 percent of the time. The subjects did no better looking for 10 seconds and did significantly worse with only 33 milliseconds.
Researchers conclude that gaydar may be a sort of evolutionary intuition for finding a mate— knowing who you could actually get a date with helps a lot in assessing your mating opportunities. The study’s lead author, graduate student Nicholas Rule says he’d like to further explore this idea with another study using women’s faces.
Wanna test your gaydar? You can also read the full article here.