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thenewgreen  ·  4054 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Expert: Guys don’t want casual sex! - Salon.com

That's true about the gay stereotype. It seems that whenever I debate equality for gays with bigots, they bring up that gay men are far more promiscuous. I just don't see why this matters? I think it was Chris Rock that said, "a man is as faithful as his options." Heterosexual men just normally have less options. -or maybe they don't, I'm not sure but one of my gay friends confirmed that promiscuity is an issue in the gay community when trying to maintain a monogamous relationship. Was he wrong?





AnSionnachRua  ·  4054 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Well, I'm no expert (obviously) so I could be wrong. Of course, that's within the "gay community" which doesn't necessarily imply that it's true for all gay men.

But yeah, I remember a conversation between my ex-girlfriend's brother and another one of his sisters where he, as a gay guy, was explaining how promiscuity within the gay community changed monogamous relationships - he said usually people reached an arrangement where the odd infidelity was considered acceptable, and people who wanted a strict monogamous relationship basically either had to compromise or find themselves single again.