Sometimes the world is really great and perfect and this is one of those times. Thanks to science, we can now confirm that some homophobes are probably a little gay themselves.

It's something we've all suspected, even with some proof, for a while. The thou-doth-protest-too-much theory tells us that someone who's super insistent about something might not be telling the whole truth, therefore someone who is very vocal about their homophobia is trying to prove something about their sexuality. Well, Mic reports that theory may be more than speculation after a recent study showed that homophobes may not be as heteronormative as they seem to want to appear.

The study published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine asked a group of 38 straight men to rate on a scale how homophobic they are. Then, researchers showed the men pictures of gay and straight porn and tracked how long the men's eyes lingered on each image. The findings? The more homophobic a man reported being, the longer he looked at the gay porn, and the quicker he skipped over the straight porn.

While these findings certainly don't prove that all homophobic people aren't straight (especially because the study's sample size is very small), this does indicate that could sometimes be the case, and raises some serious questions about whether all homophobia is internalized.

"For some homophobic men, there is a conflict between their reflective and their impulsive system," researcher Boris Cheval told Mic. "They declare themselves as anti-gay, but [at] the same time they have an impulsive attraction toward same-sex stimuli."

It makes us wonder if we lived in a less heteronormative society, would there be so many homophobic people? Since identifying as any sexuality other than straight is still not easy, despite laws and other movements toward acceptance, it could be that some people are masking their identity with homophobia because they are ashamed or afraid. If being gay weren't something considered clandestine and abnormal, maybe people wouldn't feel the need to hide.

The reality is that being gay is okay, just like being straight is okay. And if you don't know what your sexuality is, or you don't want to label it at all — that's okay, too.

Related: The Orlando Shooting Is Proof That American Culture Fuels Homophobia