Just how many straight guys are searching for gay porn in their free time?
Turns out, a lot.
At least according to new data published in the Archives of Sexual Behavior by a team of researchers led by Martin J. Downing who surveyed 821 guys about their porn-viewing habits.
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According to the researchers, 21 percent of heterosexual men said they had watched man-on-man porn in the past six months, compared to 98.3 percent of gay men and 96 percent of bi men.
On the flip side of that, 55 percent of gay guys reported watching man-on-woman porn, compared to 98.5 percent of straight guys and 88.3 percent of bi guys.
Downing tells Cosmo that he and his team weren’t all that surprised by the number of gay men who said they watched a man and woman having sex.
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“Sexual attractions and behaviors are more than just identity,” he explained. “Research has shown that some gay men are attracted to or find heterosexual and masculine men more attractive.”
And as for those straight guys watching two men going at it, Downing also wasn’t terribly surprised. He said he believes it’s not that uncommon for men who identify as straight to still be attracted to or even hook up with other men.
“Never ever in a million years feeling an ounce of attraction for the same sex [is not a requirement for being, and identifying as, straight],” Downing added.
Kieru
While it’s certainly an interesting area of study, this is another example of a hyped-up headline based on a scientific study. A couple of problems:
– “Large Percentage” really doesn’t seem applicable here; it’s 21%.
– That’s even less meaningful when it’s from 821 people in total, not just straight men.
– Which is made even less meaningful when you know this was via online survey.
We don’t know the number of men identifying as straight in the 821-person study. Even if we assume a majority (75%) that means only 615 of them were straight, and from that only 129 (21% of 615) admitted to consuming same-gendered erotic material. The sample size is small, the sample size of straight men is even smaller. We have no concept of whether the online survey is representative of a larger population or merely whoever they could get to take part.
Drawing any conclusions at this point is like the Today Show parading “studies” to show you can drink as much wine as you want. It’s entertainment, but there is virtually no substance.
Masc Pride
I totally believe heteroflexibility is a thing, but this “study” does seem rather faulty. I also find it hard to believe that even the small number of guys that identified as hetero would be open about watching all-male porn. On the gay side, I have heard many gay guys say they like watching straight and bi porn because the guys are more dominant and masculine, even though we don’t know how many of these 821 guys were gay (or straight…or actually bi).
I think age is also an important factor that seems to be missing here. A lot of “curious” guys that identify as hetero at 21 may identify as bisexual by 25.
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Hermes
@Kieru: The n of the study is more than enough to make the study significant.
21% is a HUGE percentage of straight men to be watching gay porn. If the number of straight men in the study exceeded 300 it is stunning actually. This is actually another take on the Pathela study in a way. This study showed that 21% of self-identified straight men like to see sex involving two men. Pathela and others (Annals of Internal Medicine, September 2006) showed that about 8% of self-identified straight men actually engaged pretty routinely in gay sex. (thus the term MSM instead of gay, the number of men who have regular sex with guys is three times the number of out gay men).
Oh, and as a note – a great many of the studies that the Right point to when they say its only 3 percent of males or so are snap polls that only ask small numbers of men, randomly on the street, whether they are straight, gay or bi. This has a reasonable n and the possibility of anonymity. I think most social science researchers would agree that is superior to most sex polls.
Regards
Billy Budd
In my humble personal opinion, a person who masturbates thinking of two men beautiful kissing and fucking CANNOT be straight. He is certainly BI, a latent bi guy. This means that at least 30% of men are latent or active Bi or gay and I am certain that many more would be BI if there were no repression and if sex among equals were fashionable again. Down with religion and down with prejudice.
Paco
“Sexual attractions and behaviors are more than just identity,” he explained. “Research has shown that some gay men are attracted to or find heterosexual and masculine men more attractive.”
Umm… yeah. But they are still gay men. They aren’t more straight than other gay men because they find straight men more attractive. Even though they wish they were straight in their twisted brains.
“Never ever in a million years feeling an ounce of attraction for the same sex [is not a requirement for being, and identifying as, straight],” Downing added.”
Yet more proof that self-labeling is a joke when the human brain can so easily bend perception of facts and reality. But of course the “straight” label is still the only valid and accepted label no matter what the evidence proves. I’ll give up labels when the “straight” label is given up by closeted gay and bi-sexual men.
A study with a personal agenda. Or an article with a personal agenda about a study more likely.
Eye of the Beholder
I have not watched a man and a woman going at it in the last 6 months although I must confess that I do: “find heterosexual and masculine men more attractive.” But why look at straight porn to see masculine, straight-identified men? They’re already in gay porn, and ironically having sex WITH EACH OTHER!!!
GC1985
@Eye of the Beholder: I agree. And those straight-identified men make BETTER gay porn than real gays.
Tobi
@GC1985: Aw, you just can’t stay away can you, Miss Carini? I’ll give it a week before you have yet another one of your batcrapcrazy meltdowns and flounce off saying you’re never coming back, until next week. LOL.
dwes09
@Kieru: Where in the article does it say it was an online survey? Does it say so in the original paper? If so do you have a link?
I hope you didn’t simply miss the comma in “Large Percentage Of Straight Men Search For Pretty Gay Things Online, Study Confirms”…indicating the search was online, not the study.
Baba Booey Fafa Fooey
I wonder what percentage of gay men love straight men. That homophobic gay for pay porn is the most popular form of gay porn – which doesn’t surprise me because I’m sure Islam is the religion of choice amongst gays as well. Do a study – I bet you’ll find gay men prefer Islam to Christianity. It’s weird but gay men love the oppressor.