Straight men attracted to men
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 relax a range of relationships with other men, from hookups to sexual friendships to secretive loving partnerships, all while strongly spotting 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 wanted. Sex with men allowed them to contain more sex. They don’t consider sex with men cheating and s
What Gay and Bi Men Really Want
Are physical and sexual attraction the most appealing qualities in a partner? Or are unseen qualities like good manners and reliability the most attractive?
Following on from his research into what unbent women want and what straight men want, D&M Research’s managing director Derek Jones has taken the next logical step with his latest study into what gay and bi(sexual) men want.
In order to dig deeper and doodle out a true list of turn-ons and turn-offs for gay and bi men, Derek once again used of the Im-Ex Polygraph method. He originally devised this method of analysis to distinguish what people say they want from brands, products or services from what they really want by comparing stated versus derived measures of importance.
Qualities the same-sex attracted and bi men said they desired in a partner (‘stated’) were compared to the qualities submit in example celebrities they nominated as attractive (‘implied’). The same comparison was made between stated and implied negative qualities, to determine what attributes are really the biggest turn-offs.
What gay and bi men say they want
Just enjoy straight women and vertical men, “we enjoy be
Facing your preferences
A new study from a researcher at Harvard University finds that gay men are most attracted to the most masculine-faced men, while straight men choose the most feminine-faced women.
The findings propose that regardless of sexual orientation, men’s brains are wired for attraction to sexually dimorphic faces — those with facial features that are most synonymous with gender.
The investigate is published online in the journal Archives of Sexual Behavior, and was led by Aaron Glassenberg, while completing his master’s degree in the Department of Psychology at Harvard. Glassenberg is a doctoral learner in organizational habit in Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences and Harvard Business School. Glassenberg’s co-authors are David Feinberg of McMaster University in Ontario, Benedict Jones and Lisa DeBruine of the University of Aberdeen, and Anthony Little of the University of Stirling, both in Scotland.
“Our work showed that gay men establish highly masculine male faces to be significantly more attractive than feminine male faces. Also, the types of male faces that male lover men found attractive generally did not mirror the types of faces that straight women create a
Irecentlywrotea blog post about the music video for singer-songwriter Steve Grand's song "All-American Boy," in which a gay guy falls in devotion with a unbent man and they share a immediate kiss. In that post I addressed why gay men might be attracted to straight men, but that scrutinize raises another: Why might a linear man be romantically or sexually attracted to other men? Why did the straight guy in the video touch the gay guy back, after all?
The following scenario happens many times: A man comes into my office, referred by his hold therapist and clutching coming-out literature that the therapist has given him. He explains that his therapist has tried, unsuccessfully, to assist him come out as gay or bisexual, but even though he's had sex with other men or gone to gay porn websites, he insists that he isn't gay. He says that he isn't homophobic either; if it turns out that he is indeed gay or bisexual, he'll approve it and relocate on with his life, but the label just doesn't feel right to him.
During the last three decades, in reaction to prejudiced and destructive anti-gay attitudes, we've seen the pendulum swing so far in the other command that it's now become almost a thera
Once in a while, a straight man might yearn to have sex with a man, just because he wants to — and it means nothing more than that, says psychotherapist and sex therapist Joe Kort.
Kort writes a blog for Huffington Post, in which he’s recently been exploring themes of why men are attracted to men.
In a recent post about out country singer Steve Grand’s song “All-American Boy” — in which a gay man falls in love with a vertical man and they divide a quick kiss — Kort explores why a gay man might be attracted to a linear man.
But Kort says that watching the video of the kiss also raises a question for many people: why did the straight guy in the video kiss the lgbtq+ guy back?
In a follow-up blog post, Kort explores why some straight men are romantically or sexually attracted to other men.
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He says there’s a long list of reasons why a straight man might be motivated — from “reliving first sexual experiences” to “father-hunger