Gay, Straight, or Somewhere in Between: Accuracy and Bias in the Perception of Bisexual Faces |
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Authors: | Jonathan Y C Ding Nicholas O Rule |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, 100 St. George Street, Toronto, ON, M5S 3G3, Canada;; |
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Abstract: | Sexual orientation can be accurately identified from photos of faces, but previous work has focused exclusively on straight
versus gay and lesbian individuals. Across three studies, the current work investigated the facial perception of bisexual
men and women, a less socially salient category. Although participants could identify straight and gay men at above-chance
levels in a trichotomous categorization task, bisexual men were categorized only at chance (Study 1). Participants perceived
bisexual men to be significantly different from straight men, but not gay men (Study 2). Similarly, whereas bisexual and lesbian
women were not rated differently, both groups were distinguishable from straight female targets (Study 3). These findings
suggest a straight-non straight dichotomy in the categorization of sexual orientation. |
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