On Apr 13, 2008, at 7:37 AM, TurquoiseB wrote:
Women claim to have better gaydar than men.
Not this one. I've been knows to be friends with guys for years without catching on, even when confronted with such "obvious" hints as "I love San Francisco." (Yeah, well, so? I love it too.) But apparently there's certain code phrases that are thought to be dead-giveaways. And they probably are, to some.
The ones I'm friends with say that they can tell within a few seconds of meeting a man whether they're gay or not.
They must have inherited a gene I missed out on.
Then again, I've seen the disbelief and the frantic paddling up the well-known river in Egypt when it's been pointed out to them that they are mistaken. "I *couldn't* have been wrong...I felt him looking at my ass." They don't want to believe that the guy in question was looking at their boyfriend's ass. And most of the women I've met have been absolutely *hopeless* at determining the sexuality of lesbians, whereas I tend to "detect" them pretty quickly, often when they're gazing raptly at the same female ass I am.
I'm a little better with other women, but that really isn't saying much.
It's usually only when they're fairly obvious that I tend to notice, and then not for very long. It's a fascinating topic, actually. Sal
