Dissecting "gaydar": Accuracy and the role of masculinity-femininity

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 124-140

  Rieger, Gerulf ^a   Linsenmeier, Joan A W ^a   Gygax, Lorenz ^b   Garcia, Steven ^a   Bailey, J Michael ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SWISS FEDERAL VETERINARY OFFICE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Person perception; Sex typed behavior; Sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FEMININITY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LESBIAN; MALE; MASCULINITY; PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUALITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIDEORECORDING;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; FEMALE; FEMININITY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; JUDGMENT; MALE; MASCULINITY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VIDEO RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76049108190     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-008-9405-2     Document Type: Article

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