A new study finds that the gaydar of heterosexual women improves depending on what point they’re at in their hormonal cycle. Ovulating women were most accurate in picking the sexual orientation of men based solely on photographs of their faces. The study also found that women who read a story about a romantic encounter prior to the experiment — priming them with a “mating goal” — also proved to be more accurate in picking the men’s sexual orientation.
This article appears in Jun 23-29, 2011.
