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PrometheanFaun comments on Yet more "stupid" questions - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: PrometheanFaun 05 September 2013 11:24:07PM 0 points [-]

A gaydar doesn't have to depend on how gay a person looks superficially. There are plenty of other cues.

Comment author: polymathwannabe 06 September 2013 05:40:20PM 0 points [-]

True, I should have used more general wording than "looks gay;" it would only be one component of the gaydar criteria. The problem is finding how to state it in not-loaded language. It would be impractical to use "matches stereotypically effeminate behavior."

Comment author: [deleted] 06 September 2013 06:48:18PM *  1 point [-]

"Stereotypically effeminate behavior" and "gay male behavior" are practically disjoint.