Like others, I have been hit on numerous time by gay men. That said today married with children but I still venture out into the wilds. However, this was not to be not expected as I have had and continue to have gay friends and acquaintances. This is sort of interesting because I have been told on numerous occasions that I have a "gay-dar", or the uncanny ability to "know" when someone is gay and in the closet. I simply say it comes from having a better list of what to look for when making a guess.
So I think the "expectation" of people that didn't know me, or don't know much about me make an assumption that because I see fit to spend time with those who choose a different way of life, that I am also a member of that particular group. - associative bias (I have also studied the critter in it's native habitat).
((that's a joke, don't get butt-hurt))...(((that's a pun...))) it's ironic... being ironic... some call it... Art?
(but I digress).
It's a reasonable assumption, because utilizing stereo types and certain forms of bias are a shortcut for decision making. - justified bias
It's cloudy outside, I take an umbrella; I am not a weather man so I cannot perform an analysis in this case, and maybe I am to lazy to investigate the weather channel. - essential bias
It's the same thing in this case.
If a straight man is seeking the approval of another man, it could be ego driven. - a guess
Plausibly this is a stereo type bias. It may or may not be sufficiently justified but there it is. It's a belief. We gather more information to either substantiate the belief (the guess), and see if it holds or if a better guess makes more sense.
This is good use of "reason". It doesn't actually have to be true, it just needs to work as a guideline. If one becomes reliant on this and it ultimately proves to be false... we start all over again. - empiricism!
Eventually one may build a model or framework that works in many events, situations, and cases. This is knowledge based on framing an epistemology... the marriage of belief's (our nonsense and guesses), with truth's (how shit really is).
The thing is, we tend to be the average of the people we associate with as a mater of culture. So likely I have traits that are in fact, ON the list of "this is what gay people do/like/are/act" stereo type. It's like a false positive. This happens A LOT as well. We are all just a little gay anyways... dimorphism is a *****.
Ultimately it takes us from this:
to this:
