Do gay men have superior understanding of male psychology?

[lumberjack_jeff]

A Word About Online Interaction As It Pertains to Human Sexuality
One of the most central, yet under-discussed, aspects of human existence is the fact that we are all sexual beings. Sex is, for most of us, something that consumes a great deal of our brain power. This is not unnatural - in fact, it is one reason why our species has flourished on this rare, blue and green speck of life floating in a distant arm of an unremarkable galaxy. Sex is why we are all here, and sex is a basic human function. When we're not actually having it, it's probably waiting in the wings to remind us that we probably should have it sometime soon.

As a gay man, I live in a community that has embraced sexuality with more maturity and groundedness than most other communities in the history of our species. So often, our civilization has evolved a series of rituals designed to pretend that sex is something separate from all those other puzzle pieces that together construct who we are in this world. Gay male society has evolved a different set of rituals - rituals that embrace sexuality as a part of the human experience, and celebrate it and take joy in all its best permutations.

That exalted - and, dare I say, quite positive - state of affairs has yet to fully prevail in the mainstream American consciousness, yet the online world has created opportunities for sex to crash through the carefully-constructed facades that define what we consider "civilized" society. For the gay male, this is not much of an issue. We were always more in touch with that primal urge, and we knew that while our penises required a certain amount of our attention, the resulting peccadilloes did not define our larger role in the world. Sex is a dance, sometimes executed with one partner for many years, and sometimes spinning from partner to partner in a beautiful series of shared joys. And sometimes, that dance stops making sense, entering a fantasy world in which we find ourselves eschewing expectations and indulging fancies that others might consider inappropriate. The online world makes such indiscretions easier to commit, and that can be both a beautiful thing and an embarrassment.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/06/08/983168/-A-Gay-Mans-Perspective-on-Anthony-Weiner

[comtec]

1. well women sure as hell don't

that said, i've been hurt much deeper by women than I have by men.
probably because men understand the rules.

I imagine lesbians, are more understanding of female psychology as well. When you only deal with your own gender for tenderness, you will always have a better understanding of your gender's psychology.

again all THAT said.... we men aren't that complicated either.

[Tripod]

2. No, no one knows!

Surprise! :bounce: