Minimal to no make-up.
Wash and wear mid-length hair-style that works.
Has a blunt, straight-forward, in your face attutide.
Uses direct eye contact (that will make you melt) in conversations.
Clothing style matches personality, but is not ultra-femme.
Is active in sports.
Older woman who's never been married. No kids.
Even her career is typical of dykes (who HAVE to stay a secret).

AND

Has that typical 'ain't gonna let you see it' dyke sensitive side.

BUT

She says, "Everyone thinks I'm gay but I'm not, never have been."

Is she lying, or is your gaydar not working right?

so a thread on everyone's tips on what a dyke does or looks like could be a harmless way at looking at personality vs stereotypes.

the topic of *this* thread is a variation on the theme but it demands a more reflective approach.

so a thread on everyone's tips on what a dyke does or looks like could be a harmless way at looking at personality vs stereotypes.

so, if the woman in question, friend or stranger wears stilettos, zat cos she’s portraying a stereotype or cos she just likes highly impractical shoes?
if her hair is short, it is short for dyke or short for sport & easy care?

when my gaydar gives an inaccurate reading could it be cos we mistake personality for stereotype?
no, idea, but that’s what needs 2 b xplored here so back 2 the think tank.

And to me it makes sense that women who care "more than average" about women's rights are more often than not lesbians.

androgyny23 wrote:
Ive never met a dyke with a purse.