We haven’t been into straight men for years, but for those of you still pining away after that certain unattainable guy, there’s some slightly good – yet more upsetting – news. According to a New York State Department of Health Survey, 10% of self-identified “straight” men have had gay sex. Yep. That means in the butt…or, at the very least, all over their face and stuff.
More intriguing is that of that group, 70% are married. While those more self-involved out there (no, not narcissistic) may see this as some sort of carnal windfall, the statistics are more important when considering how to distribute information on HIV/AIDS and safe sex. Dr. Preeti Pathela, the survey coordinator, says:
Doctors need to ask patients about specific sexual practices instead of relying on self-reported sexual orientation to assess risk for unsafe sexual practices and risk for sexually transmitted diseases…Public health prevention messages should target risky sexual activities, such as unprotected receptive anal sex, and should not be framed to appeal solely to gay-identified men.
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Nick
Whatever, no surprise here. Just further evidence that homophobia isn’t dead and we don’t let men identify as bisexual instead of demanding they choose one or the other.
Jessup
It’s irritating to read commentary that suggests men have to choose to call themselves one thing or the other, and that there is no in-between. In a truly free world, you can choose to be called whatever and have sex with whomever you want without being called on it by the homophobic media, or heterophobic gays. The negative feeling for men who go both ways is obvious in the nature of all these news articles. It is apparently a frustration in the medical field that men don’t choose one way or the other. That male sexuality isn’t that clear cut throws a monkey wrench in their “studies.”