You think you
are blessed with an accurate gaydar, but sometimes people are not what they
seem to be, or what you think they may be. Nowadays, more and more straight men
are tempted into appropriating certain elements from queer culture - they are
into interior design, dance and yoga, and are not afraid to wear crop tops at
the gym. Given that, it has become almost impossible to say whether one is gay
or straight. The task gets even trickier when it comes to guessing the
sexuality of someone we've fallen for. If you don’t want to make fool of
yourself by making a move on your secret crush without being 100 percent sure
that he's gay, here are some useful tips on how to make sure you’re not barking
at the wrong tree.
GAY AT SECOND
SIGHT
People
underestimate the potential of nonverbal communication, but in our case, it
turns out to be more than useful. Prolonged eye contact, no matter whether you
are in the subway, at a smoothie bar, or the dry cleaner’s, is always
correlated with interest. And sometimes with physical attraction, too! Now,
straight men don’t tend to look at another man for more than two seconds.
Otherwise, people will start doubting their heterosexuality. If, however, a guy
stares at you, and there’s a subtle question in his look, that’s a clear sign
he is gay as pink ink.
HIM AND THE
LADIES
The way guys
behave around women can be an indicator of their sexual orientation. So, next
time, when you come upon your person of romantic interest being in the company
of a female friend, attentively observe his body language. Straight males
prefer face-to-face communication. They spread their legs while sitting
opposite their female acquaintance, for, so to say, an open display. A gay man
will sit next to the person he’s communicating with and is likely to be
touching them more than it’s conventionally accepted (especially after
#MeToo!). All in all, the body movements of a gay man are more relaxed in the
presence of women. For understandable reasons.
CHECK OUT THE
BATHROOM
Although
bathroom inspection is a very shallow basis for evaluating people’s sexuality,
it is actually an excellent method for that. David Beckham may keep 150 bottles
of top designer perfumes and balms on his bathroom shelves, but only a true gay
man would know the difference between an emollient-based moisturizer and a
humectant-based one.
HIS UNDERWEAR
This one
requires a little bit more of an intimate investigation, but it’s not
completely impossible to be done. If a guy owns even one piece of Andrew
Christian underwear, OK, no question about it, he is gay. Straight guys don’t
wear AC...or do they?
HIS PORN
PREFERENCES
Unfortunately,
this one won't throw much light on your investigation. There’re a lot of gay
people who enjoy watching straight porn, and vice versa. Some straight men are
just curious to know what’s going on between two guys, but it doesn’t make them
gay... or does it?
HIS
RELATIONSHIP STATUS
Currently,
it’s “single.” And it’s been single forever. If he’s avoiding the question of
why he’s never had a girlfriend or is reluctant to speak about his previous
relationships, that’s probably because they were not exclusively with women.
ASK THE AI
In case you
can’t get to meet in person your crush, and see for yourself whether the
above-described criteria apply to him, you can still refer to science. Just
recently, researchers from Stanford University have come up with a computer algorithm
which can tell from a photo whether a guy is straight or gay. Tests have shown
that this machine intelligence can distinguish between gay and straight
features with up to 91% accuracy! The findings of the researchers come in
strong support of the theory that “faces contain more information about sexual
orientation than can be perceived and interpreted by the human brain.”
But if nothing
works for you, and you’re still wondering if your crush is gay, why not just
ask?
SOURCE: ANDREW CHRISTIAN
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