Experimenting with homosexuality
Homosexuality, one of the many different sexual behaviors exhibited by humankind, has been rejected, persecuted, and denied. Are the studies that attempt to find causation moral? Is this seek for the "why" of homosexuality a continuation of the heterosexist assumption that heterosexuality is normal and homosexuality abnormal? Are assumptions being made that homosexuality is a disease and should therefore be treated medically? Is the verb currently being done heterosexist? Studies that are being performed currently and those done in the recent past have shown that there are strong connections between male homosexuality and biology. By presenting the scientifically significant studies that I have come across, I intend to diminish the ignorance surrounding homosexuality and the behaviors often found with it, and to show some of the correlations between biology and male homosexuality.
Throughout my research of homosexuality, I wavered back and forth, debating the morality of this search for a cause. It seemed that finding a cause for homosexuality was somewhat akin to fi
Why do some straight men have sex with other men?
According to nationally-representative surveys in the United States, hundreds of thousands of straight-identified men have had sex with other men.
In the new book Still Straight: Sexual Flexibility among White Men in Rural America released today, UBC sociologist Dr. Tony Silva argues that these men – many of whom enjoy hunting, fishing and shooting guns – are not closeted, bisexual or just experimenting.
After interviewing 60 of these men over three years, Dr. Silva found that they relish a range of relationships with other men, from hookups to sexual friendships to secretive loving partnerships, all while strongly identifying with straight culture.
We spoke with Dr. Silva about his book.
Why do straight-identified men have sex with other men?
The majority of the men I interviewed reported that they are primarily attracted to women, not men. Most of these men are also married to women and prefer to have sex with women. They explained that although they loved their wives, their marital sex lives were not as active as they
Study: Large number of straight people have had same-sex experiences
Research has found that a large number of people have had same-sex experiences, but still name as heterosexual.
The Archives of Sexual Behavior found that almost one in eight men and one in four women have had sexual encounters with partners of their own gender, but do not determine as gay or bisexual.
The results come after analyze was conducted on over 24, undergraduate students. The co-author of the learn, Arielle Kuperberg, Ph.D., director of Undergraduate Studies in Sociology at The University of North Carolina, made it clear to Metro UK that having sexual experiences does not modify your sexuality.
&#;Not everybody who has same-sex relationships is secretly gay,&#; she said, adding, &#;There was a big disconnect between what people said their sexual orientation was and what their actions were.&#;
The explore found that there are two central reasons for a straight-identifying person taking a same-sex partner to bed: experimentation and performance.
Experimentation is when a person wants to try
Straight Males and Homosexual Experimentation
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Quite simply, I’m wondering how common it is for self-identifying straight males to experiment with homosexuality. Sorry if this comes off as asking for TMI, or if it’s in the erroneous forum (seemed too "what’s your personal experience?) for GD.
Being gay and having gay friends, I overhear a lot about 2 kinds of dealings with straight guys. The first is youthful experimentation, before the participants are fully aware or comfortable with their sexual orientation. I personally never had such experiences, I didn’t contain sexual contact with anyone until I was fairly mature and comfortable with my sexuality.
The other contact is the kind of thing you hear about more in erotic fiction or porn, which is the sleeping with the straight guy AFTER they’re both older and place in their sexual orientation. I’ve had friends communicate about how they’ve “gotten with” straight guys just because the timing was right, a guy was horny or what hold you. Again, I verb nothing of the sort, and always considered straight guys to be completely unattainable.