Study Reveals 1 In 5 Straight Men Watch Gay Porn

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Long Story Short

A fascinating study reported in the Archives of Sexual Behavior has reported that over 20% of men who see themselves as straight watch gay porn, raising intriguing questions over male sexual identity.

Long Story

As attitudes to sexuality continue to evolve, the notion that people must fit exactly into a sexual pigeonhole (no pun intended) becomes increasingly outdated.

Although we have the terms straight, gay and bisexual to define ourselves, there seems to be more of a spectrum to sexual attraction, which manifests in a new study of male porn viewing habits.

When Dr. Martin J. Downing and his colleagues asked 821 gay, straight and bisexual men what kind of porn they are in the habit of watching, the results came as something of a surprise.

It emerged that 55% of men identifying as gay watch straight porn and, possibly more unexpectedly, 21% of men who say they are straight watch gay porn.

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Interestingly, the porn viewing habits of bisexual men were completely distinctive and different from straight men who chose to watch gay sex. They watched a lot of straight, gay and bisexual porn.

Downing wrote: “Bisexual men are more like heterosexual men in some things, and more like gay men in other things, but that’s a reflection of their unique attractions. They’re not identical to either group, which I think is really interesting for understanding bisexuality.”

The study seems to reinforce the idea of a spectrum of sexuality, at least within porn viewing habits, and that straight men seem to value variety more than you might think.

Whether this data can be translated into a wider field of sexual activity is doubtful, after all there’s a big difference between watching gay porn and having gay sex, which was confirmed as the straight men questioned insisted they hadn’t had homosexual sexual encounters.

Just 2.3% of men aged 18-44 who identify themselves as straight say they have taken part in same-sex sexual activity, but that doesn’t necessarily mean they don’t want to spectate…

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In her book Not Gay: Sex Between Straight White Men, Dr. Jane Ward suggests that the "bro job" — sex acts between two heterosexual men — is more common than most people think.