Context1) The main purpose of this article:The purpose of this article is to present the results of a study conducted to determine whether gay men and heterosexual men could detect the sexual orientation of another man and which one was superior in doing so using only the visual senses.2) The most important information in this article is:• Know the terminology surrounding the gay and lesbian population (e.g. gay, straight, bisexual and their definition of “family”” • How isolation can affect the gay and lesbian community • The motivating factors that push gay, lesbian and straight individuals to learn about another individual's sexual preference • The identifying stereotypes used by various groups to identify those from the gay/lesbian community3) The main inferences/conclusions in this article are: The percentage of gay men who were able to identify other gay men was 64.22%, while the percentage of heterosexual men was 53, 50%. The standard deviations were similar in that for gay men it was 17.765 and for heterosexual men the standard deviation was 17.016. The conclusion drawn by the author in this study was that there was not much difference between the results of gay and straight men. It was also determined that the study may have been biased by the fact that all participants were from an area that has a high percentage of gay men, leaving heterosexual men at an advantage in identifying gay men in videos. Analysis of the Argument 1) The main assumptions underlying the author's thoughts are: • All people in the LGBTQ community have the ability to perceive those who belong to the same population with great precision • “Straight” men cannot have Gaydar. They don't have the ability to perceive who is gay and who isn't... middle of paper... as if it's not supported. The evidence was not convincing as the test results were too close to say that some gay men were superior at identifying other gay men by visual means alone. Again, I don't think the implications were relevant in this study. The study was qualitative in nature, but I believe that to truly support what the author was trying to portray a much larger scale of men would have to be studied. This study could be further explored by studying not only the gay population, but also the bisexual and lesbian population. I think this would be a good study to do more on a quantitative level through surveys, bringing in participants from a variety of locations to see if location actually plays a role in how this population identifies those of the same population. I would also like to see maybe a study that isn't as controlled, but more in a public setting.