The Science of Gaydar
 

An interesting article on the physical differences, that appear to be often indicative, between queers and straights.

OK, I'm left handed, and my index finger is definitely shorter than my ring finger. ON BOTH HANDS!!!

OMG, I must be gay!

Interesting, a tiny bit more evidence that homosexuality has genetic influences.

Nonsense. Everyone knows that homosexuality is a choice. Granted, its a choice made at the genetic level, but still a choice. :rolleyes:

A choice by god?

Let me ask you this: if I decided to be gay (because i am SO sick of men and their little games) do you think I would even get hit on since I'm not really gay? Would my little act show through? Would they notice my right-handedness, or would they bother to measure and see that my index finger is indeed shorter than my ring finger?

Ahh, never mind. It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that "schwing!"

Uh oh. Well now that we found out about me........

It doesn't seem fair that lesbians index fingers are smaller though.
;)
That sucks.

i think you have that backwards...unless you meant that being gay has influence on genetics....which i would think is obvious since 100% gay people can't procreate....

there is no god

did you just out yourself?

A gene can get passed down even when initiated, will not produce offspring. Pure altruism is an example of this, some birds will not produce children and only help raise their family's offspring and that trait is still there. A genetic "gay" gene will not be a simple Mendel dominant-recessive equation but could include a very complex dominant-recessive equation, a trait that is determined by the environment of the fetus, a mutation (kind of like down syndrome, unlikely), a combination of the above, or something I haven't thought of.

what?

Genetics don't just work with the stereotypical Mendel dominant-recessive gene combination (AA, Aa, aa).

Pure altruism is probably a very complex dominant-recessive combination that is so ingrained in that bird's population that it will not go away even when the altruistic gene is initiated, that individual will not produce offspring.

There are lizards that when the fetus is still growing in the egg, the sex is determined by the temperature of the egg. If the egg temperature is above a certain threshold, it will become female, below, a male. That means that a trait can pop up at any time no matter if that trait will cause the individual to produce children or not.

Down Syndrome is when the 23rd allele (I think that is what it is) is copied twice so they have one extra allele than normal. Most people with Down Syndrome do not procreate and the gene still shows up.

If homosexuality is genetic or influenced by genetics, then it would most likely be under one of those three categories or something that I haven't thought of, not a simple Mendel equation.

Guess I'm out too then...I meet all but one of those criteria.

This is junk science at it's worst. Nearly ALL men have index fingers shorter than their ring fingers. Women are the opposite. But sexual preference has NOTHING to do with finger size. Whorls in one direction or another mean nothing. Just for the record, only my thumbs and left middle finger even HAVE whorls, the rest are arches.

I file this in the same category as online relationship tests, purity tests and marriage quizzes (a POX on whoever invented those)

Brian

NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!:eek:

Just fucking great. Now I'm going to have to join the pink pistols and register as a Republican.:ymca: ;)

I always though the most outstanding trait of me being gay was that I liked to suck dick.
Now I know I can just show people my fingers to prove it.

:lol: :lol2: