... People do have a belief that they can spot a homosexual person within a crowd. Now, if someone were to picture the stereotypical homosexual male or female the image is quite distinguishable. When people picture a female who is a lesbian, they usually see a woman with short hair who has very "manly" features. When they picture a gay man, they see a well dressed man with quite feminine features and actions and are generally more emotional. These stereotypical images and questionable beliefs are what bring about new terms like the word "Gay-Dar". This term is a play on the word radar. A Radar (Radio Detection and Ranging) system according to the scientific community is: "An instrument for determining the distance and direction to an object by measuring the time needed for radio signals to travel from the instrument to the object and back, and by measuring the angle through which ...

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