Background 1) The main purpose of this article: The purpose of this article is to present the findings of a study done to determine if gay men and straight men could detect the sexual orientation of another man and which one was superior in doing so by only using the visual senses. 2) The most important information in this article is: • Knowing the terminology surrounding the gay and lesbian population (i.e. gay, straight, bisexual, and their definition of “family” • How isolation may affect those of the gay and lesbian community • The motivating factors behind gay, lesbian and straight individuals wanting to know the sexual preference of another individual • The identifying stereotypes used by the various groups to identify those of the gay/lesbian community 3) The main inferences/conclusions in this article are: The percentage of gay men who were able to identify other gay men was 64.22%, while the straight men’s percentage was 53.50%. The standard deviations were similar in that for gay men it was 17.765 and for straight men the standard deviation was 17.016. The conclusion drawn by the author in this study was there was not much of a difference between the gay or straight men’s results. It was also determined the study may have been biased by having all the participants come from an area that has a high percentage of gay men, leaving the straight men at an advantage of identifying the gay men in the videos. Analyses of the Argument 1) The main assumption(s) underlying the author’s thinking is (are): • All people of the LGBTQ community has the ability to perceive those who are of the same population with a great accuracy • “Straight” men cannot have Gaydar. They do not have the ability to perceive who is gay or who isn’... ... middle of paper ... ...as not supported. The evidence was not compelling in that the test results were too close to say for certain gay men are superior in identifying other gay men only by visual means. Again, I don’t believe the implications were relevant in this study. The study was qualitative in nature, but I believe to really support what the author was trying to portray a much larger scale of men should have been studied. This study could be further researched by not only studying the gay population, but the bisexual and lesbian population as well. I believe this would be a good study to do more on a quantitative level through surveys, attaining participants from a variety of locations to see if locality actually plays a part in how this population identifies those of the same population. I would also like to see maybe not such a controlled study, but more out in a public setting.
For years homosexuality in the United States of America has been looked down upon by citizens, religions, and even politicians. The homosexual culture, or the LGBT (Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender), has been demoralized and stuck out and lashed against by the Heterosexual community time and time again. To better understand the LGBT community we must first grasp the concept of Sexual Orientation.
Faculty Researchers want to know Does sexual orientation have an impact on nonverbal behavior in interpersonal communication? Yes, sexual orientation does have an impact on nonverbal behavior in interpersonal communication. People can detect sexual orientation in homosexual or heterosexual rather they speaking verbally, nonverbally or can be engaged in both communication skills at the same time. However, women and men have different ways of using body gestures and we will learn more about it throughout my paper. The method was used in this study half women and half men participants in the sexual orientation nonverbal test. All dyads consist of individuals of the identical sex. All homosexual participants were conscious of their own sexual orientation
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In many circles of the world, various groups of people distinguish themselves from one another through religion, language, culture, and sometimes gender. People also develop stereotypes about a particular group of people in order to identify them. However, most of the time, these stereotypes hold true for only some members of a group. Sometimes, these stereotypes are just plain misconceptions that do not even apply to the group they claim to be. Stereotypes are placed on people because it is a way to easily identify what type of person or ethnicity an individual is.
Note: This paper has a very long Annotated Bibliography. In recent years, same-sex relationships have become more encompassing in US society. State legislation is changing such as accepting gay marriages, enforcing anti-discrimination laws, and legal gay adoptions; the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community is becoming public. Gay-headed families, like heterosexuals, are diverse and varying in different forms.
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The method was used in this study, half women and half men participants in the sexual orientation nonverbal test. All dyads consist of individuals of the identical sex. All homosexual participants were conscious of their own sexual
Vrangalova, Z., & Savin-Williams, R. C. (2012). Mostly heterosexual and mostly gay/lesbian: Evidence for new sexual orientation identities. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 41, 85-101. doi: 10.1007/s10505- 012-9921-y.
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