Bisexual men do exist

[La Lioness Priyanka]

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/23/health/23bisexual.html?hp


By DAVID TULLER
Published: August 22, 2011

"In an unusual scientific about-face, researchers at Northwestern University have found evidence that at least some men who identify themselves as bisexual are, in fact, sexually aroused by both women and men.

The finding is not likely to surprise bisexuals, who have long asserted that attraction often is not limited to one sex. But for many years the question of bisexuality has bedeviled scientists. A widely publicized study published in 2005, also by researchers at Northwestern, reported that “with respect to sexual arousal and attraction, it remains to be shown that male bisexuality exists.”

[Chipper Chat]

1. Probably 50% of men are bisexual.

But most of them don't act on the homosexual side. If "society" did not disapprove, same-sex action might be more prevalent.

[The Doctor.]

9. Possibly more.

In my life, I've only ever found two men I felt were physically attractive. Compared to the, I'll go with, tens of thousands of women I've found to be many degrees of attractive, that's pretty low. After interacting with enough men and discussing sexuality, I've found that most guys are very repressed about attraction. I've found that the most homophobic were also the most likely to be somewhat bisexual. It didn't make sense to me until I was in my twenties and figured out that I was more the exception to the rule... that most guys were actually bi.

Honestly, I feel like I'm missing out a little, but hey, you never know.

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[La Lioness Priyanka]

4. not funny. nt

[Kurska]

3. WTF?

Could they seriously not find a man who has sexs with both men and women regularly? Who is aroused by women with both exclusively men and exclusively women? I can name like 3 of my friends.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

5. lol. so can i

:)

[closeupready]

12. Well, obviously, your friends are likelier to tell you that than a researcher or

some random person. People wear their heterosexuality on their sleeves, even engage in heavy petting in public, on subways, etc., but the 'gay seat' is still almost obligatory for American men.

[Ian David]

6. Well, yes. But they usually only get one, small shelf at the video store. n/t

[blkmusclmachine]

7. A lot of "straight" guys have wandering eyes for other dudes. They repress it, of course,

but it comes with a price.

[bengalherder]

8. Duh.

he thought that people could only possibly be one or the other was limiting and infantile in it's assumption.

[Zorra]

10. Isn't Northwestern a Catholic University?

They have been in serious scientific denial.

[w8liftinglady]

11. funny thing. My psychiatrist and I had this discussion

He said "It's very rare for someone to be truly bisexual"
I said-"Not as rare as you'd like to believe"
"so you'd date a man or a woman...and be equally happy with both?"
"Well- yeah...if they were both good in bed!"

He got a kick out of that ;)... and believed me.

[closeupready]

13. Yes, there are bisexual men, but you wouldn't know it from all the PDA's

they aren't doing. That is, it's still, in these 'more enlightened' times, taboo to have a same-gender romantic relationship.

[Iggo]

14. Jeezus, I gotta get me some study money!

Apparently they'll give it to just about anybody!

[One_Life_To_Give]

15. 25% don't respond to Female-Female Porn?

Does that mean they are not Bisexual? More specifically if they experience 4 times the reaction to Male-Male Porn as to Female-Female what does that mean? Note the study doesn't reference inclusion of Male-Female Porn and response to that. It appears there are more shades of Gray in the middle than Gay, Straight, Bi can account for.

[closeupready]

16. Maybe correct. Nonetheless, in our culture, there are only the three sexual orientations:

Gay; Straight; or Bi.