How to tell if a Straight Guy is really secretly Gay/BI

[AsianDream]

I guess this is quite well known – but I was reminded of it by a thread on another site.

I was wondering if anyone here has any direct experience of this being true (either your own or those you know of)?

In the case of males there is substantial scientific evidence that there is one group of men who are known as to have suppressed homosexual sexual desires. These are men who are homophobic or strongly “anti-gay”.

One authoritative study was Is Homophobia Associated With Homosexual Arousal? - Henry E. Adams, Lester W. Wright, Jr., and Bethany A. Lohr which studied a sample of men all declaring themselves to be exclusively heterosexual. These were divided into two groups – those who showed a high level of homophobia in an attitude test and those that who did not.

These two groups then watched a selection of pornography while a device was attached to their penis to measure how sexually aroused they actually were. The conclusion of the study was that:

“Only the homophobic men showed an increase in penile erection to male homosexual stimuli. The groups did not differ in aggression. Homophobia is apparently associated with homosexual arousal that the homophobic individual is either unaware of or denies”.


Seems rather a sad paradox that the "Straight" guys who are known to be secretly gay are the ones most likely to react badly to an approach

 

[LikesDudes2]

I guess this is quite well known – but I was reminded of it by a thread on another site.

I was wondering if anyone here has any direct experience of this being true (either your own or those you know of)?

In the case of males there is substantial scientific evidence that there is one group of men who are known as to have suppressed homosexual sexual desires. These are men who are homophobic or strongly “anti-gay”.

One authoritative study was Is Homophobia Associated With Homosexual Arousal? - Henry E. Adams, Lester W. Wright, Jr., and Bethany A. Lohr which studied a sample of men all declaring themselves to be exclusively heterosexual. These were divided into two groups – those who showed a high level of homophobia in an attitude test and those that who did not.

These two groups then watched a selection of pornography while a device was attached to their penis to measure how sexually aroused they actually were. The conclusion of the study was that:

“Only the homophobic men showed an increase in penile erection to male homosexual stimuli. The groups did not differ in aggression. Homophobia is apparently associated with homosexual arousal that the homophobic individual is either unaware of or denies”.


Seems rather a sad paradox that the "Straight" guys who are known to be secretly gay are the ones most likely to react badly to an approach

I can relate. I used to be very anti-gay and homophobic, all the while masturbating to gay porn and having a huge crush on my best guy friend. While I take responsibility for my words and actions at that time, society and religion play a HUGE role in this.

 

[nycguydowntown]

Yeah--I love that study as it's always made lot's of sense to me from my experience with macho homophobic men.

 

[AsianDream]

I can relate. I used to be very anti-gay and homophobic, all the while masturbating to gay porn and having a huge crush on my best guy friend. While I take responsibility for my words and actions at that time, society and religion play a HUGE role in this.

Are you still more "curious" or have you accepted being BI / Gay ?

Did anyone in your religion try to "Cure" you?

 

[JNewYork]

When I was in college this very masculine good looking dude came on to me very strong. I remember being angry that he thought that he could have me. (Well, years later, I'm still jerking off to the idea of him.)

If only I could go back. I'd have had a great time with Rich.

 

[ChicagoNormalGuy]

One of the ways I've always been able to tell is very subtle yet very definite: When a man has my cock in his mouth, slurping away, he's probably at least bi.

 

[jmadaf]

They are all against gays as a way to hide their gay side. I was that way. Now I just accept that I'm BI secret, and gays are some good, and bad like the rest of us.