New rearch explor the benefs of iendship between gay and straight men.
Contents:
- WHY SOME STRAIGHT PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE GAY SEX
- GAYS VS. STRAIGHTS: ANY DIFFERENC SEXUAL SATISFACTN?
- CAN GAY AND STRAIGHT MEN REALLY BE FRIENDS?
- IS FLIRTG BETWEEN GAY AND STRAIGHT MEN OKAY?
- GAY MEN AND STRAIGHT MEN AS FRIENDS
WHY SOME STRAIGHT PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE GAY SEX
Many young men intify as mostly straight — a sexual orientatn that is not que straight but also, they say, ls gay than bisexualy * stright and gay *
We hear a lot about the Big Three Sexuali — straight, bisexual and gay. If you’re a young man, you might assume that eher you’re straight or you’re not, meang you’re likely gay and maybe bisexual. Yet the evince suggts that more young men intify or scribe themselv as mostly straight than intify as eher bisexual or gay bed.
GAYS VS. STRAIGHTS: ANY DIFFERENC SEXUAL SATISFACTN?
Could gay guys be the ultimate wg men for their straight, male iends? * stright and gay *
Yet when the men were forced to choose between straight, bisexual or gay, about three-quarters marked straight bee for them bisexual, even if is unrstood as “bisexual-leang straight, ” is too gay to accurately scribe their inty.
CAN GAY AND STRAIGHT MEN REALLY BE FRIENDS?
* stright and gay *
Tradnally, our unrstandg has been that if you’re male and have even a slight attractn to the same sex, then you mt be gay. He knows he’s not gay, but straight wh a dash of gayns. But how much gayns?
He’s not transng toward intifyg as bisexual or gay. He’s not a closeted gay man who fears beg gay yet wants to keep a slight, perhaps secretive, gay si by danglg his potential for guy sex.
He may retreat om a full intifitn wh heterosexualy, but rarely do he gravate toward bisexualy, and almost never do he move toward homosexualy of any sort. It is Mostly Straight: Sexual Fluidy Among Men, not Mostly Straight: Sexual Fluidy Among Gay Men. The guys are different om men who intify as bisexual, gay, mostly gay, and mostly straight.
IS FLIRTG BETWEEN GAY AND STRAIGHT MEN OKAY?
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).
In terms of pure numbers, we know that the vast majory of those who have gay sex intify as straight — and this is te for both women and men. Were they heterosexist or homophobic? The dividuals tend to engage gay sex private enunters, wh some appearg to be early phas of “g out” as not straight.
Though they loved the sexual experience and wanted to have a future relatnship wh the person, they had mixed attus toward homosexualy and premaral sex. Hence, they believed that homosexual relatns were almost always wrong and scribed their polics as nservative. Bee only four sexual orientatn optns were given to stunts — heterosexual, bisexual, homosexual, and don’t know — perhaps many of the dividuals were misplaced the straight tegory.
GAY MEN AND STRAIGHT MEN AS FRIENDS
Are the the men who will bee vigilant wh anti-gay rhetoric, and who will e eher their nservative relig or polil beliefs to jtify their behavr? If we lived a culture which havg some gree of same-sex sexualy did not imply that you th had to be the “dread” lbian, gay, or bisexual, would be easier for dividuals who stggle or n’t ci their sexualy to be te to their thentic self. Would this help them to curb their animosy toward homosexualy and let them accept their same-sex sexualy whout feelg stigmatized?