How to tell whether a guy is a top or bottom, according to science
article by Brian Moylan at the now-shuttered Vice sought out to find the answer to this controversial question.Moylan points to a 2013 study in the Archives of Sexual Behavior that found people often rely on gender stereotypes when identifying sexual roles in same-sex relationships.For the study, 23 participants were shown the dating profile pics of 200 gay men, 100 tops and 100 bottoms, then asked to identify which was which.
Based on the pictures alone, participants correctly identified the tops about 65 percent of the time and the bottoms just about 39 percent of the day.
The overall average correct guesses? A surprising 52 percent!Dr. Nicholas O. Rule, who led the study, said the results primarily had to do with “heterosexually-inspired stereotypes about men” or biological indicators of masculinity.
Those include a man’s level of hairiness, size of muscles, or squareness of jaw.Could ‘Bottoms’ follow in the footsteps of “Heathers,’ ‘Clueless,’ and ‘Mean Girls’ to become the next great teen comedy?Moylan also looks at a 2011 study by Chinese and Canadian researchers Lijun Zheng, Trevor Adam Hart, and Yong Zheng.
