Is she a lesbian? Six easy ways to not be a twat
Apparently, going out and spotting lesbians is a game. Pointing at people and making sweeping judgements about their private lives based on their hair and outfits is a really inoffensive, appropriate, good-clean-fun activity to be enjoyed by all. We should all play it. No, seriously. Some people are so great at it - some know my sexuality before I do because I put a hat on. It sounds so fun. Plus, you don't even need a gaydar to play. If you can't afford a gayday, don't even worry about it - while perusing the internet, I was lucky enough came across an expert guide so that even total beginners can join in the fun:
It's not just that this article just plain isn't funny. That's not my main gripe with it. Nor that it fights it's corner with all the spine of a socially anxious jellyfish dribbling homophobic slurs from the sidelines of Brighton's Gay Pride; after every point, it carefully covers it's own back and adds a bullshit disclaimer to silence all of us boring PC Police who don't think it's fun to exacerbate unhelpful stereotypes, alienate people and piss them off. My main problem with this article is that it argues a quite rude and unhelpful set of points.
According to this article, the best way to know for sure if a lady is gay 'is just to ask'. As if you are privy to this information, and as if it's fun and socially acceptable to demand details of stranger's private lives from them. Remember kids, 'spotting lesbians is supposed to be fun!' Maybe we can legalise it and all sit down with Putin and legally point out how different these short haired baggy trousered freaks are. What fun we will have!
Personally, I think if you follow this guide- and I am telling myself that I have enough faith in human integrity to believe that nobody does- it makes you a bit of a twat. The implied end is either simply to alienate and mock at gay women, or it's aimed at men who shouldn't waste their time speaking to gay women when they could be hitting on straight women, which are both fairly twatish things to do. Therefore, I have written concise guide on how not to be the persotn this article is asking you to be.
Firstly, don't not speak to a woman because she's gay. Viewing women simply as sexual conquests is detrimental to your own relationships and the whole of society.
Don't ask people you don't know if they are gay. It's none of your business, and it's really not that interesting.
Don't believe in gaydars. They aren't real.
Don't assume that because someone is gay they have to tell you anything about it. They don't.
Don't accept stereotypes without thinking about it. Maybe a short haircut just suits the shape of her head, or maybe she is gay and has long hair. Stranger things than that have definitely happened.
In essence, before following the moronic advice of this guide, I implore anyone to really really think about why you care whether she is a lesbian. I just can't comprehend why people are so intrigued about something that doesn't affect them in any way at all.