a Department of Psychology , University of Wisconsin-Madison.
b Department of Educational Psychology , University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
J Sex Res. 2017 Sep;54(7):820-824. doi: 10.1080/00224499.2017.1278570. Epub 2017 Feb 14.
In recent years, several empirical studies have claimed to provide evidence in support of the popular folk notion that people possess "gaydar" that enables them to accurately identify who is gay or lesbian (Rule, Johnson, & Freeman, 2016). This conclusion is limited to artificial lab settings, however, and when translated to real-world settings this work itself provides evidence that people's judgments about who is gay/lesbian are not pragmatically accurate. We also briefly review evidence related to the consequences of perpetuating the idea of gaydar (i.e., "the gaydar myth"). Although past claims about accurate orientation perception are misleading, the work that gave rise to those claims can nevertheless inform the literature in meaningful ways. We offer some recommendations for how the evidence in past "gaydar" research can be reappraised to inform our understanding of social perception and group similarities/differences.
近年来，有几项实证研究声称提供了证据支持人们拥有“同性恋雷达”的流行民间观念，即人们能够准确识别谁是同性恋或双性恋（Rule、Johnson 和 Freeman，2016）。然而，这一结论仅限于人为的实验室环境，而当将这项工作转化到现实世界的环境中时，它本身就提供了证据，证明人们对同性恋/双性恋者的判断在实际应用中并不准确。我们还简要回顾了与延续同性恋雷达观念（即“同性恋雷达神话”）相关的后果的证据。尽管过去关于准确感知取向的说法具有误导性，但这些说法所依据的研究工作仍然可以以有意义的方式为文献提供信息。我们为如何重新评估过去“同性恋雷达”研究中的证据提出了一些建议，以帮助我们理解社会感知和群体相似性/差异性。
