I am a guy, and I get sexually attracted to other men. Am I gay? - Tim of India

Contents:

• I AM A GUY, AND I GET SEXUALLY ATTRACTED TO OTHER MEN. AM I GAY?
• WHY ARE SO MANY GAYS AND LBIANS ATTRACTED TO SAME-SEX PEOPLE WHO LOOK LIKE THE OPPOSE SEX?
• WHY STRAIGHT WOMEN ARE ATTRACTED TO GAY MEN

I AM A GUY, AND I GET SEXUALLY ATTRACTED TO OTHER MEN. AM I GAY?

Big Gay Kiss prott - In picturShow all 8“A woman, driven by her sexual sir, may seek sexual ntact outsi of her long-term timate relatnship, ” wr. Do this mean I am gay? In this se, your obv qutn is ‘am I gay’, which n also effectively be ‘what is my sexual orientatn?

So, puttg out the box, you not beg heterosexual uld also mean that you’re homosexual, bisexual, asexual or even pansexual (a term that I jt learnt). Why is so many gay people are attracted to those of the same sex who look like the oppose sex? If you are a gay man and prumably do not fancy women, why are you nohels attracted to other men who py feme quali?

WHY ARE SO MANY GAYS AND LBIANS ATTRACTED TO SAME-SEX PEOPLE WHO LOOK LIKE THE OPPOSE SEX?

Gays’ and lbians’ appearance and behavr don’t le up pecially well wh stereotyp based on atypil exampl.

The scholarly lerature on what homosexuals fd attractive isn’t as robt as we might like, and for some reason has foced more on lbians than gay men. In a 2010 survey, both lbians and gay men reported that what they’d ially been most attracted to their partners were personaly tras: “fun, ” “sense of humor, ” and “telligent” were at the top of the list for both groups.

Generalizg about gay mal is tougher. The same study of personal ads found more than 96 percent of the tras gay men sought their partners were characteristilly mascule, and all of the unsirable tras were feme. What exactly those terms mean is batable, though—gay men have been found to exhib a wir spectm of stereotypilly mascule and feme mannerisms and speech patterns than straight men.

WHY STRAIGHT WOMEN ARE ATTRACTED TO GAY MEN

Surveys notwhstandg, gay men’s appreciatn of a well-toned male body surely is at least the equal of straight men’s tenncy to drool over a shapely woman. A perennial ntroversy the gay muny ps “gay-actg” typ agast gay mal who terms of manner and appearance are distguishable om straights. A related qutn is whether a gay or lbian relatnship one of the partners habually assum the mascule role while the other plays the female.

A study of gay Lato men found their adoptn of domant or submissive rol was suatnal and pend upon the perceived masculy of their partners. So, do gay men and lbians fd different thgs attractive than straights do?