How can you tell if a woman is gay
In some ways, dating has changed so much — today, we&#;re replying to our crush&#;s Instagram story with a heart instead of asking them to join us at the corner malt shop. However, one thing hasn&#;t changed much, especially for queer women: it can perceive excruciatingly difficult to inform whether someone is actually interested in us romantically, or whether they are &#;just being nice&#; or wants to be friends. It can feel daunting to navigate, but it&#;s far from impossible to decipher — here&#;s what I suggest looking for if you&#;re wondering whether a interest in your life sees you as potentially more than a friend.
They ask about your availability/relationship status
It&#;s not uncommon for relationship status or dating life to reach up as you&#;re making new friends — but there&#;s a difference between someone asking if you&#;re seeing anyone just to make conversation and someone who makes pointed eye contact to ask if you&#;re single.
If someone is asking pointed, direct conversations about your relationship status — or maybe asking about what your &#;type&#; is, if you&#
by Fred Penzel, PhD
This article was initially published in the Winter edition of the OCD Newsletter.
OCD, as we know, is largely about experiencing severe and unrelenting doubt. It can cause you to mistrust even the most basic things about yourself – even your sexual orientation. A study published in the Journal of Sex Research found that among a group of college students, 84% reported the occurrence of sexual intrusive thoughts (Byers, et al. ). In order to have doubts about one’s sexual identity, a sufferer need not ever own had a homo- or heterosexual experience, or any type of sexual experience at all. I own observed this symptom in young children, adolescents, and adults as well. Interestingly Swedo, et al., , start that approximately 4% of children with OCD experience obsessions concerned with forbidden aggressive or perverse sexual thoughts.
Although doubts about one’s own sexual identity might seem pretty straightforward as a symptom, there are actually a number of variations. The most obvious form is where a sufferer experiences the thought that they mig
Am I Gay or is it a Defense Mechanism?
Hi, I know that this is a weird one. In my relationship with my ex, I was raped on a regular basis and I really struggle with the plan of sleeping with a man again.
Well 6 months after the breakup, I&#;ve started feeling attracted to women. I have always identified as straight but I&#;m really confused and starting to wonder if I am gay or bisexual.
Has this happened to anyone else after a domestically abusive relationship, or is it just my mind protecting me from being hurt by a man again?
Yes I&#;ve experienced this too. I wasn&#;t attracted to my ex at first, then became super attracted to him and then craved him after I left despite knowing he was a terrible person.
Then I lost my sex drive completely for a few years, during which time I started to question my sexuality despite only ever having dated men. Recently I&#;ve felt attracted to men again, coinciding with stopping taking a hormonal contraceptive.
I think a combination of PTSD, trauma processing, discovering radical feminism and hormones made me confused. I fin
How to know if a girl is gay - How to tell if a girl is a lesbian, bisexual or queer
Figuring out if someone you're chatting to (maybe flirting with, who the fuck even knows?) is also queer can be a goddam minefield. Sure, some people may have the guts to just speak it, but not everyone does OK?!
Here, 10 lesbian, bisexual and pansexual women explain how they know if someone's potentially into them
How to realize if someone is a lesbian, gay, bisexual or queer
Ask a question about their past relationships/crushes
"I'm bisexual. I find that I can tell when women are into me through things like body language, like how shut they'll sit next to me, or how much they might touch my arm. By flirtatious conversation, and hints/references to previous girlfriends, or female dates. I have no concept how scientific something prefer 'gaydar' is, but I found that I would often have this intuitive feeling that another chick was gay/bisexual just through my opening conversations with them (and picking up subconscious cues in their body language).
"And, people have claimed to include t