Can a straight man become gay

A recent conversation among people on forums has sparked interest regarding the possibility of turning someone from straight to gay, focusing on the dynamics of personal relationships. Maybe Anne Heche and some of the respondents in my study are being pressured to "pick one sex, dammit, and stick with it!

However, we live in a society in which many people including self-identifying gays and lesbians don't quite believe in bisexuality. In fact, only one third of the women who initially identified as lesbians at the start of the research project reported exclusive sexual attractions and behavior toward women over the course of the study.

First of all, men in other cultures, including non-Western societies and those of ancient Greece, have been known to participate in a transitory period of ritualistic homosexuality at some point during their lives. There is good reason to believe that for many women, feelings of sexual attraction are less fixed and more flexible than originally thought.

This is how they're born and that's that!. So this research could explain how Anne Heche, after being in a relationship with Ellen DeGeneres, could then go on to to marry a man. The dialogue centers around a person who recently developed feelings for someone whose sexual orientation is unclear.

Can Sexual Orientation Change

If we truly believe that it is acceptable to have sexual and romantic relationships with the same sex, then it shouldn't matter whether or not sexual orientation is changeable. Finally, some progressive adolescents and young adults with same-sex attractions do not label themselves or identify as gay because they refuse to center their identities on their current sexual feelings and behavior--which they expect will change depending on who their partners are.

Happened to a friend if mine. In comparison, men became sexually aroused only by depictions that that corresponded with their sexual orientations. Sex researchers have examined the factors related to women and men's sexual arousal and have found that women of all sexual orientations were more likely than heterosexual and gay men to become.

So in principle some straight guys can become bi or gay over time. Thirdly, I invite readers to go to Craigslist. Or that we are ready to believe that the sexy Samantha character in Sex in the City could take a break from men and engage in a complicated steamy affair with a lesbian played by Sonia Braga OK, who wouldn't?

Furthermore, Lisa Diamond, a researcher from the University of Utah followed a sample of one hundred lesbians over a period of ten years to determine whether there were any changes in their sexual feelings over time. Sexuality is very complex, and can develop over time.

Sex researchers have examined the factors related to women and men's sexual arousal and have found that women of all sexual orientations were more likely than heterosexual and gay men to become sexually stimulated in response to erotic images of both women and men, in heterosexual and homosexual coitus.

Why Are People Gay

However there is no way to control this or effect it intentionally. There is evidence that male sexual attractions and behaviors can also be fluid. Or are some gay and lesbian people really closeted bisexuals? For example, not too long ago, the Sambia, an indigenous tribe in New Guinea believed a boy could not reach manhood unless he fellated an older man and ingested his semen.

Secondly, in my own research, I found it was possible for the self-identified gay youth to have experienced sexual attractions to women before they identified as gay. So, what does this all mean? A long time ago, Kinsey told us that bisexuality is much more prevalent than we think.

Posted May 17, As a result of these meetings, as well as my own research, I have found that one of the things that helps parents come to terms with their children's sexual orientation is the idea that being gay or lesbian is innate.

Some women could be having relationships with members of both sexes at the same time. She found that women who identified as lesbians could find themselves periodically attracted to and sexually active with men, then women, then men again. The Context Behind the Curiosity The discussion began when an individual expressed their.

I am happy this idea comforts parents, but is it true?