This just in: Straight guys fantasize about having gay sex a lot more than you might think.
According to a new poll conducted by StraightButCurious.co.uk, a dating website “for those who’ve thought about experimenting with the same sex but have been too nervous to do anything about it,” one in three heterosexuals have fantasized about either having a gay fling or a gay hook up.
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100 people participated in the poll, which found that women, in general, were more open to the idea of engaging in same-sex sexual behavior than men. 41 percent said they’d be cool with it, compared to only about a quarter of men.
Of course, being open to the idea and actually acting upon it are two different things. Only one in six heterosexuals said they’d take the necessary actions to make their fantasies a reality. More specifically, 17 percent of women and 14 percent of men.
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“The survey shows that there being heterosexual isn’t absolute,” Tara Gordon, who founded the dating site, says. “There are lots of people open to experimenting, who would never openly come out as gay or bisexual. In real life the gay scene can be intimidating if you are new to it, so this site gives people the opportunity to experiment and go at their own pace.”
Xzamilio
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PRINCE OF SNARKNESS aka DIVKID
The only poll Queerty readers are interested in taking is Str8 pole
Amirite gurls? 😉
Paco
@Xzamilio: The obsession is almost pathological. I find out more about straight guys from Queerty than I do from straight websites. Maybe a name change for the site is in order. “Straighty” perhaps?
Sukhrajah
Of note, though, is not what features, or aspects of men these heterosexuals value, prefer, or ‘fantasize’ about. Importantly, many gay men are likely excluded from the ‘straight guy’s fantasy’ – often when I ask (jokingly or not) most heterosexual men list either sex symbols of masculinity – and there is often a focus on attractiveness (much as they focus on that approach with women as well). They seldom understand the complexities of femininity when broadcast via a man – that is still taboo, and so ‘feminine’ men are seldom understood as sexy.
So, ‘straight men’ may be fantasizing about homosexual encounters – but it is likely with other ‘straight men’ and/or masculine stars/celebrities.
What would make them any different from the gay community? At the end of the day – still men.
#fatfemandasian
spankt
Wild guess here, left field, just go with me, Queerty keep doing straight stories because readers keep clicking them.
Personally it interests me because I’d like to date the guys I grew up with more than the guys I meet in the city.
Dave Downunder
What are the odds that 90% of the guys signed up to that website are gay guys pretending to be Bi in the hopes of snagging some ‘straight’ dick. The delusions these kinds of guys tell themselves are just to funny for words.
@Sukhrajah: Of course they are going to fantasize about masculine men just as we all do. The whole point of being attracted to men is their masculinity and very few people are going to fantasize about unattractive or fat guys either unless they fave a particular fetish. It’s just the way it is.
ErikO
@Xzamilio: LOL exactly. It’s as though this site does not want bisexual and gay men to be out, and obsesses over the pipe dream fantasy of hetero/straight men having sex with men that a lot of gay men seem to need.
GayEGO
Several straight guys bumped my knees under the table at business meetups, or so I thought they were straight because they were married to women.
GayEGO
Straight or gay, a guy likes to satisfy his appendage and I have heard of farmers and sheep ranchers poking their appendages in animal derrieres. :>)
jdboston617
@Xzamilio: That’s a 100% YES!!! It’s really annoying and a futile fantasy that’s unhealthy for the LGBT community.
vegliantinohamalainen
Jerks
Rustyadel
I’m married to a woman and have fantisised about
sex with other men for most of my life!
Attracted to gay men because they are gay and
attracted to others because I like what I see!
I have had very little experience and still not
gone the distance but it’s driving me crazy!
Not sure how to chat guys up but will now try to
experience sex with men!
I think we are all different and want to do it for
different reasons.
What are your thoughts please ?
Ruhlmann
@Rustyadel: Exactly, we are all different.