Gay or Straight, A Male Is a Male Is a Male | Psychology Today

Contents:

• MY HBAND IS WATCHG GAY PORN
• IS THERE SUCH A THG AS GAY (OR STRAIGHT) PORN?
• TWO STRAIGHT MEN TALK OPENLY ABOUT WHY THEY CHOOSE TO DO GAY PORN
• HOMOPHOBIC MEN ARE AROED BY GAY MALE PORN
• HOW DO I STOP WATCHG GAY PORN
• I LIKE GAY MALE PORN, BUT GAY MEN REAL LIFE EAK ME OUT.
• MY BOYIEND LIK SHEMAL DO THAT MAKE HIM GAY?
• STUDY: YOU WILL BE SHOCKED TO KNOW THE NUMBER OF STRAIGHT MEN WHO WATCH GAY PORN!
• WHY STRAIGHT MEN GAZE AT GAY WOMEN
• ADULT FILM ACTORS GIVE SIGHT TO GAY PORN
• OVER A FIFTH OF STRAIGHT MEN WATCH GAY PORN, STUDY FDS
• GAY OR STRAIGHT, A MALE IS A MALE IS A MALE
• WHY ARE SO MANY WOMEN WATCHG MALE GAY PORN?

MY HBAND IS WATCHG GAY PORN

A new study published the Archiv of Sexual Behavur, which examed the porn-viewg habs of 821 gay, straight, and bisexual men om around the untry, found a number of unexpected rults. But when one out of five self-intified straight men reports watchg gay porn, prompts the further qutn: Are the men really straight, or are they down-low/straight-intified bisexual men?

IS THERE SUCH A THG AS GAY (OR STRAIGHT) PORN?

When his team looked at the data, they nfirmed that the straight men didn't report havg sex wh men, and the gay men (outsi of a very small actn) didn't report havg sex wh women.

Bi men reported watchg guy-on-guy porn jt as much as gay men do, and they nsumed heterosexual porn (one male/one female) almost as much as heterosexual men. " "[Bisexual men] are more like heterosexual men some thgs, and more like gay men other thgs, but that's a reflectn of their own unique attractns.

"For stance, both bi and heterosexual men reported viewg solo masturbatn material (the report did not dite the sex of the person picted) at about the same rate -- around 60 percent -- while ls than 50 percent of gay men did. 9 percent) peers -- unls that kk volved fistg, felchg, or water sports, all activi gay men were far more likely to report 's unfortunately que rare for studi examg porn nsumptn men to get this level of group parison -- heterosexual, gay, and bisexual men, and enough participants to look at each group separately.

TWO STRAIGHT MEN TALK OPENLY ABOUT WHY THEY CHOOSE TO DO GAY PORN

The heterosexual porn lerature tends to be really specific to vlence agast women, wh the rt foced on the risks of ntractg HIV, ually lumpg gay and bisexual men together as "men who have sex wh men. There are a few takeaways om this study: Our porn nsumptn is more eclectic than prevly spected, and bisexual men are distct om their straight and gay brothers their pornographic habs and clatns.

Though not the study's foc, this further suggts that bisexualy isn't simply a way statn on the road to beg gay; bisexuals are bisexual. "Sexually Explic Media Use by Sexual Inty: A Comparative Analysis of Gay, Bisexual, and Heterosexual Men the Uned Stat" By Mart J.

HOMOPHOBIC MEN ARE AROED BY GAY MALE PORN

I thk most people (straight or gay) probably have a ht of the other them - like they're not 100% one thg, but maybe 80-95% one thg wh a ltle of the other, and then there are those who are tly bi-sexual and are right the middle. My gus, most likely, is that your hband acknowledg he's got a ht of this, he's turned on by the ia of gay sex, and he's addrsg this urge by visg gay webs. There are que a few married men wh a gay or bi streak them, I'm aaid, and the real damage here if he's actually actg on .

If you want to know if someone’s gay, straight, or bisexual, ask them who they have sex wh (and who they want to have sex wh real life), not what webs they like to watch.

HOW DO I STOP WATCHG GAY PORN

That’s why I disurage my straight patients om g the exprsn “gay fantasy, ” and disurage my gay patients om sayg “straight fantasy” (unls they’re fantasi ABOUT beg gay or straight, which is a different matter). If Frd is right, then perhaps men who are the most opposed to male homosexualy have particularly strong homosexual urg for other men. When viewg lbian sex and straight sex, both the homophobic and the non-homophobic men showed creased penis circumference.

Heterosexual men who reported havg the most anti-gay male attus were more aroed by gay male pornography than heterosexual men who had pro-gay male attus. What this means is that some hostily towards gay men om other men uld be down to some men who have homosexual attractn formg particularly negative views reactn to not acceptg their own sexualy.

I LIKE GAY MALE PORN, BUT GAY MEN REAL LIFE EAK ME OUT.

They form extra strong anti-gay attus as a means of appearg heterosexual to others, and perhaps tryg to nvce themselv they are entirely heterosexual.

It also don't mean that heterosexual men who are homophobic are the most aroed by gay male pornography across all groups of people of all sexual orientatns and all levels of homophobia.

MY BOYIEND LIK SHEMAL DO THAT MAKE HIM GAY?

That is not a valid ncln to reach based on this study: There were not even any homosexual people the study so we have no way of parg their aroal wh the homophobic heterosexual men the study who were aroed by the gay male pornography.

STUDY: YOU WILL BE SHOCKED TO KNOW THE NUMBER OF STRAIGHT MEN WHO WATCH GAY PORN!

"Male gays the female gaze: Women who watch m/m pornography, " by rearcher Lucy Neville, drew rearch om a recent survey om adult film se PornHub. The study tailed the book vtigated why exactly women are aroed by watchg male-on-male sex by surveyg 275 self-intified women who watch gay male sample clud straight, bisexual, lbian, queer, asexual, pansexual, and misexual women; 68 percent of participants also watched heterosexual pornography, and 53 percent also watched lbian pornography.

However, 82 percent of participants preferred gay male pornography over other overwhelmg reason the women watched gay male porn was that they felt was more thentic than other genr. "The women also said that they felt they shared a more mon gaze wh the target dience as opposed to heterosexual and lbian porn, which is predomantly ma for heterosexual men, and they felt gay men's pot of view was more le wh their personal preferenc and sir. They perceived the rough sex gay porn as more tasteful than behavrs displayed heterosexual and lbian porn, whout feelg "non-nsensual.

"Other participants simply enjoyed the taboo of gay sex and the ia they would never experience what was happeng on their laptops.

WHY STRAIGHT MEN GAZE AT GAY WOMEN

YOU NEED TO LOOK AT THE PORN YOUR HUSBAND IS WATCHING IF THE TRANNY ACTUALLY LOOK SOMETHING LIKE A REAL GIRL ITS BECAUSE HE IS NOT GAY. Du, relax your not gay sire and actn are two different thgs, maybe you watch gay porn bee straight Porn has bee borg, no matter the se, your aren’t really gay until you go out and have physil relatns wh another man.

ADULT FILM ACTORS GIVE SIGHT TO GAY PORN

It's actually mon for straight people to watch gay porn as part of this procs ( or extreme stuff - stuff that's not part of what they are normally terted ). But if you are so young and the gay porn after a long time of watchg porn, uld be part of the procs of pornography addictn. Maybe you are straight, maybe you are gay, but that is based on what you are real life, not what porno turns you on after a few years of lookg at a lot of porn.

OVER A FIFTH OF STRAIGHT MEN WATCH GAY PORN, STUDY FDS

Regardls, some straight people like porn that isn't straight (like some gay people like porn that isn't gay), and what we like fantasy or media isn't a sound way to try and figure out what our orientatn is or a place to look for a match wh what we like or want real life, even though for some folks, is some ways.

GAY OR STRAIGHT, A MALE IS A MALE IS A MALE

It uld be g om homophobia your upbrgg, muny, om iends or fay, or jt out and about the world: there's a lot of , so 's mighty hard to miss. It uld e om a fear that you're gay or bisexual yourself, or that likg men sexually or romantilly, even fantasy, mak you ls of a man, fears that might be irratnal, but might also be ratnal. In se the term homophobia trips you up, UC Davis' Department of Psychology says: "The Amerin Herage Dictnary f homophobia as "aversn to gay or homosexual people or their liftyle or culture" and "behavr or an act based on this aversn.

" AVERT gets more pth wh their fn: "Homophobia is generally fed as hostily towards or fear of gay people, but n also refer to social iologi which stigmatise homosexualy. Negative feelgs or attus towards non-heterosexual behavur, inty, relatnships and muny, n lead to homophobic behavur and is the root of the discrimatn experienced by many lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) people. Homophobia manifts self different forms, for example homophobic jok, physil attacks, discrimatn the workplace and media reprentatn.

WHY ARE SO MANY WOMEN WATCHG MALE GAY PORN?

Some studi, like one done at the Universy of Geia, reported the Journal of Abnormal Psychology (Augt, 1996) have lked greater sexual aroal to homosexual material to homophobia.

In other words, 's entirely possible that your feelg so aroed by this might be bee of, or amplified by, homophobic feelgs or attus.