06/29/2007

Is There Such a Thing as a Gay Walk?

We've heard about whorls and finger lengths, but now researchers are trying to determine whether or not the style of your gait (warning - site NSFW) is an indication of a particular sexual orientation.

Here's a direct link to a worksafe version of the article.

Posted 4:15 PM EST by Andy in Genetics, News | Permalink

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Comments

1. I recognize Reichen in the image on the left. BTW: There are still three typos in his Lust & Greed ad.

   Posted by: Leland | Jun 29, 2007 7:14:08 PM

   
   

2. HA! So, I pegged the straight man and the lesbian as straight, and the gay guy and the straight woman as gay. So I guess that means I scored 50%, right? But really I think it's more like 100%. Think about it. The gay woman walks like a man and the gay man walks like a woman. I'm good! This is funny!

   Posted by: JR | Jun 29, 2007 7:30:34 PM

   
   

3. i'd think anybody walking around wearing disco lights would have to be gay.

   Posted by: A.J. | Jun 29, 2007 7:43:48 PM

   
   

4. Um, how does a 'gay walk' prove that homosexuality is "inborn?" Though I wouldn't be surprised if genes played some role in determining one's gait, surely socialization also determines whether one swaggers, minces, plods or sashays. Even the hair whorls were more convincing than this research, which is saying a lot.

   Posted by: GBM | Jun 29, 2007 7:45:58 PM

   
   

5. why are straight people so obsessed with finding out who's gay. I'm totally gay and could care less. Plus I walk like a linebacker.

   Posted by: Peppermint Paul | Jun 29, 2007 9:09:30 PM

   
   

6. The videos were confusing or not working very well. They only seemed to have 3 frames. I have noticed you can tell generally how old someone is by how they walk, even from a great distance.

   Posted by: anon (gmail.com) | Jun 29, 2007 10:33:33 PM

   
   

7. Dear god. Haven't they got anything better to research ferfeck'ssake? Sick of these ridiculous "studies". They don't'research heterosexual "causation". I wonder why.

   Posted by: atheist | Jun 30, 2007 9:03:39 AM

   
   

8. I got 4 for 4 on the Web site. Not sure whether that's good, bad, sad or what. Anyway, sashaying right along...

   Posted by: PC | Jun 30, 2007 2:39:37 PM

   
   

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