The tth behd Twter’s favore stereotype about gay men, as explaed by GQ ntributor Louis Stapl.
Contents:
- THE BIGGT MYTH ABOUT GAY SEX
- WHY ARE THERE GAY MEN?
- 5 THGS STRAIGHT PEOPLE DON’T KNOW ABOUT GAY SEX
- A HANDY GUI TO ALL GAY MEN
- KEN HAS ALWAYS BEEN BARBIE’S GAY BT FRIEND—NOT HER BOYIEND
- PALM SPRGS GAY MEN’S CHOS HOSTS SCHOOL SUPPLI DRIVE
- WHY DO GAY MEN WALK SO FAST?
- PHYSIL, BEHAVRAL, AND PSYCHOLOGIL TRAS OF GAY MEN INTIFYG AS BEARS
THE BIGGT MYTH ABOUT GAY SEX
Unrstand health ncerns for gay men and other men who have sex wh men, and learn how to promote good health. * what do gay men do *
Many health re and mental health anizatns foced on the lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr muny also offer substance e treatment or may be able to provi rmatn about lol rourc. Datg back to the ancient Greece, anal sex played a role the exprsn of same-sex sexualy (albe, wh fewer varieti of lube) art of anal sex is the thg that, both posively and negatively, has e to reprent gay men. But nsirg that the tra disurag the type of sex that leads to procreatn — that is, sex wh women — and would therefore seem to thwart s own chanc of beg geilly passed on to the next generatn, why are there gay men at all?
WHY ARE THERE GAY MEN?
New rearch shows the gen that make men gay appear to make their mothers and nts more reproductively succsful. * what do gay men do *
For several years, studi led by Andrea Camper Ciani at the Universy of Padova Italy and others have found that mothers and maternal nts of gay men tend to have signifintly more offsprg than the maternal relativ of straight men. The rults show strong support for the "balancg selectn hypothis, " which is fast beg the accepted theory of the geic basis of male theory holds that the same geic factors that duce gayns mal also promote fecundy (high reproductive succs) those mal' female maternal relativ.
Through this tra-off, the maternal relativ' "gay man gen, " though they aren't exprsed as such, tend to get passed to future generatns spe of their tenncy to make their male herors no one knows which gen, exactly, the might be, at least one of them appears to be loted on the X chromosome, acrdg to geic molg by Camper Ciani and his lleagu. Mal her only one X chromosome — the one om their mother — and if clus the gene that promot gayns mal and fecundy femal, he is likely to be gay while his mom and her female relativ are likely to have lots of kids.
5 THGS STRAIGHT PEOPLE DON’T KNOW ABOUT GAY SEX
For heterosexuals, gay sex might be somethg of an enigma. There may be many who have no clue as to how gay men actually have sex and the quirks that... * what do gay men do *
Prevly, the Italian rearchers suggted that the "gay man gene" might simply crease androphilia, or attractn to men, thereby makg the mal who posss the gene homosexual and the femal who posss more promiscuo. But after vtigatg the characteristics of 161 female maternal relativ of homosexual and heterosexual men, the rearchers have adjted their hypothis.
A HANDY GUI TO ALL GAY MEN
The gay world is often reprented as some sort of monolhic whole that has the same culture. That is a lie. It is actually broken down to a handful of substrata to which each gay belongs. Here they are. * what do gay men do *
The androphilic pattern that we found is about femal who crease their reproductive value to attract the bt mal, " Camper Ciani told Life's Ltle out, the moms and nts of gay men have an advantage over the moms and nts of straight men for several reasons: They are more fertile, displayg fewer gynelogil disorrs or plitns durg pregnancy; they are more extroverted, as well as funnier, happier and more relaxed; and they have fewer fay problems and social anxieti.
"It is que possible that there are several fluenc on formg a homosexual orientatn, " said Gelf Rieger, a sexual orientatn rearcher at Cornell Universy. Gay people general are much more well-versed heterosexual sexual practic due to the tnal and cultural bias toward straight people this area. It’s worth notg that I am speakg om the perspective of a gay man, not the entire LGBTQ muny, and I aim to enlighten members of the straight muny on how gay men prepare, engage and enjoy sex between ourselv.
KEN HAS ALWAYS BEEN BARBIE’S GAY BT FRIEND—NOT HER BOYIEND
Our heterosexual iends might assume that gay sex is fairly straightforward when to posns and preferenc the bedroom, but this is not the se. When to anal sex you may have heard the terms top and bottom: a top is a term ed to scribe a gay man whose preference is to act as the sertive sexual partner, whereas a bottom is a gay man who prefers to act as the receptive partner. I’m sure that for many straight people the first thg that sprgs to md when asked about gay sex is anal, and there is a misnceptn that every gay man tak part and enjoys anal sex.
This might lead straight people to wonr if a gay person who don’t enjoy anal sex n fully enjoy a sexual experience wh other gay people, and the answer is of urse y, they n.
PALM SPRGS GAY MEN’S CHOS HOSTS SCHOOL SUPPLI DRIVE
(Picture: Mmuff for)Referrg to sex the homosexual muny as ‘gay sex’ is ed to differentiate sexual activy between heterosexual and gay people. This label n perpetuate the sometim damagg ia that gay sex is a somehow foreign or unual activy, but ’s worth notg that to gay people, gay sex is simply jt sex. Gay people enjoy the same timate pleasur sex has to offer and are turned on by the excement and physily wh our sexual partners the same way straight people are.
WHY DO GAY MEN WALK SO FAST?
Of urse, some intify as straight but are realy closeted bisexuals or gays by sexual orientatn—perhaps likely to e out at a later age (if ever). My last post scribed a populatn of mal who nsir themselv heterosexual, do not label themselv gay or bisexual, chew volvement wh the LGBT muny, are often married or romantilly volved wh an oppose-sex partner, and who engage sex wh mal or exprs the sire to do so.
Due large part to the popularizatn of the topic the btsellg 2005 book On the Down Low: A Journey to the Liv of 'Straight' Black Men Who Sleep wh Men, [i] Lato and Ain-Amerin men are the primary subjects rearch wh non-gay intified MSM.
PHYSIL, BEHAVRAL, AND PSYCHOLOGIL TRAS OF GAY MEN INTIFYG AS BEARS
One of the earlit studi, "The Bisexual and Non-Gay Attached Rearch Project" om the early 1990s, found that participants engagg same-sex sexual behavr but not intifyg as gay or bisexual scribed themselv as “kky, ” “normal, ” or “jt a guy.