# Every person of the opposite gender drops dead. Would you become homosexual? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 22, 2009, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-person-of-the-opposite-gender-drops-dead-would-you-become-homosexual/490376 "2009-03-22T20:46:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-person-of-the-opposite-gender-drops-dead-would-you-become-homosexual/490376/61 "2009-03-23T20:53:56Z")
No, I don’t think so. I’m just not wired for that at all. I tried to conjure up gay thoughts, just to see what they’re like, and I failed. 😃 So maybe the fairer question might be “why would any of these gay guys want to have sex with me?” I’d be a pretty boring boink, not knowing what to do and not into it. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-person-of-the-opposite-gender-drops-dead-would-you-become-homosexual/490376/62 "2009-03-23T20:54:41Z")
> [@Ataraxy](#): > > I think sexbot tech would be put on the fast track. Hello, RealDolls, how you doin’? I really don’t think I’d switch sides, men have just never even triggered a spark of curiosity or interest in me. I’d be setting up a sexdoll factory inside a week. And a sheep ranch. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-person-of-the-opposite-gender-drops-dead-would-you-become-homosexual/490376/63 "2009-03-23T21:02:34Z")
> [@Giltathriel](#): > > I’ve never had any interest in sex with other women, but I think I’d find someone to snuggle with, at least. I’d really miss physical contact and I guess I’m curious enough to try it once. Afterward, who knows? You know, this brings up an interesting issue for me. I can see myself having se with a dude, but SNUGGLING with them is just out of the question. And I LIKE snuggling. I can’t see myself being emotionally open with another man, either, even to the loose extent that I’m emotionally open with women. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-person-of-the-opposite-gender-drops-dead-would-you-become-homosexual/490376/64 "2009-03-23T22:22:07Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#): > > I’d rather masturbate. Not being allowed sex wouldn’t suddenly make me attracted to men. Like said above, men are nasty, I have no idea how women sleep with us. got to have some way to warm up my ice cold toes in the middle of the night 😃 good sex might also have something to do with it:p ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-person-of-the-opposite-gender-drops-dead-would-you-become-homosexual/490376/65 "2009-03-23T23:09:01Z")
> [@Toxylon](#): > > I think this is one of those scenarios that, if it unfolded, would prove most denyers wrong. Most people IME have a strong need for physical, intimate contact, the need for skin. It wouldn’t take long for hetero-as-a-nail-guys to seek the comfort of anyone available (not homosexuality per se, I know). I agree with this. Plus, you factor in the point that **matt\_mcl** raised, in a slightly different context: half the population of the planet, including half your friends and family, are all gone, just like that. I think that, once the initial emotional devastation has passed, the survivors are going to be looking for whatever comfort they can from whoever is left. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-person-of-the-opposite-gender-drops-dead-would-you-become-homosexual/490376/66 "2009-03-23T23:18:42Z")
But that comfort could be platonic. If half of everyone you know and love disappeared, there’s no telling what might arise out of that devestation, I agree, but I think the OP was trying to screen that aspect out and make it more of a “where would you get yours” question, more or less. ---
**Author:** ![dzeiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/46a35a/32.png) [@dzeiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzeiger)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-person-of-the-opposite-gender-drops-dead-would-you-become-homosexual/490376/67 "2009-03-24T04:34:52Z")
I suspect that if every female on the planet vanished suddenly, transexuals would find themselves in high demand (no matter if they like it or not). I also suspect that a lot of men who could be made passable might do so purely for financial reasons. ---
**Author:** ![gurujulp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ba9def/32.png) [@gurujulp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gurujulp)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-person-of-the-opposite-gender-drops-dead-would-you-become-homosexual/490376/68 "2009-03-24T04:52:45Z")
> [@Max\_the\_Immortal](#): > > If I could become homosexual through an act of will, I might just do it even if women weren’t wiped out. > [@RandMcnally](#): > > I’m sure a lot of people would though. I mean, being homosexual would be awesome. Don’t have to deal with women whining, spend all day drinking with your friends etc, etc. > > It’s that whole “sex with men thing” that is stopping me. It’s that I just don’t like the penii! I’ve kissed a couple of boys at rather wild parties, but I can’t quite get past the whole ‘He’s got a dick’ thing. I dunno. If I could do it now, I would. It seems like it would make all the drama something that I could turn on and off. I guess that makes me a two on the scale… I really just wanna be a lesbian. But I for sure don’t wanna be a lesbian on your proposed planet. Have to fuck MEN?!?!?! ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-person-of-the-opposite-gender-drops-dead-would-you-become-homosexual/490376/69 "2009-03-24T05:07:35Z")
I find the question baffling. Apparently, I must have a very low sex drive or something. I’ve gone extremely long periods without and get by just fine on my own. The idea that horniness is some irresistible, unquenchable drive just doesn’t compute. But I’m sure I spend as much time thinking about sex and masturbating as any normal male. Maybe my sex drive is normal and I’m just misanthropic? ---
**Author:** ![Toxylon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@Toxylon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxylon)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-person-of-the-opposite-gender-drops-dead-would-you-become-homosexual/490376/70 "2009-03-24T07:25:01Z")
> [@Alan\_Smithee](#): > > But I’m sure I spend as much time **thinking** about sex and masturbating as any normal male. Maybe my sex drive is normal and I’m just misanthropic? But how much do you **do** sex, with another human being (no snark intended)? Until I had my first share of another person, late, I might add, I might well have thought spanking the monkey while browsing porn will do quite nicely indefinitely. Now, it won’t. Were my wife to leave me, I’d be hunting pussy in no time, to quench the drive, as you put it. And a very big part of the need would be the snuggling etc., the intimate contact with another living being. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-person-of-the-opposite-gender-drops-dead-would-you-become-homosexual/490376/71 "2009-03-24T07:55:14Z")
I like physical contact, and I’m a snuggler, but my periods of long relationships have also been interspersed with periods of long being-with-myself time. It never really bothered me. I can’t see myself suddenly liking guys because I have no other choice. I’m just not wired that way. I’ve had/have close friendships with men, but never once did that emotional closeness trigger any desire or curiosity about physical intimacy. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-person-of-the-opposite-gender-drops-dead-would-you-become-homosexual/490376/72 "2009-03-24T13:21:41Z")
I’ve had and have many close male friendships, and I treasure them. But I have never in my life met another dude with whom I wanted to snuggle. Never. With all the women gone, who knows? But I really doubt it. That’s just not how I’m hardwired. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-person-of-the-opposite-gender-drops-dead-would-you-become-homosexual/490376/73 "2009-03-24T14:44:06Z")
I’m a straight-leaning bisexual woman, so yeah, I’d have sex wit da ladies if all the men disappeared. I’d miss penises, though. I mean, we’d have strap-ons, but it’s not the same. ☹ Also, having seen huge levels of drama in the relationships of some lesbian friends, I’m not sure I’d want to date other women. I think I’d stay single and just sleep around. ---
**Author:** ![HawksPath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f07891/32.png) [@HawksPath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HawksPath)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-person-of-the-opposite-gender-drops-dead-would-you-become-homosexual/490376/74 "2009-03-24T17:40:30Z")
I think I’d become pretty antisocial. Without women and a family I’d loose all motivation. I’d drop out of the whole rat race altogether. I’d get a mountain cabin with lots of books, some porn, and a gun. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-person-of-the-opposite-gender-drops-dead-would-you-become-homosexual/490376/75 "2009-03-24T18:05:58Z")
> [@](#): > > I’d get a mountain cabin with lots of books, some porn, and a gun. Please tell me you only use two of these as masturbatory aids. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-person-of-the-opposite-gender-drops-dead-would-you-become-homosexual/490376/76 "2009-03-24T18:44:44Z")
> [@dzeiger](#): > > I suspect that if every female on the planet vanished suddenly, transexuals would find themselves in high demand. Good point. Transwomen (MTF) are already pretty popular, especially those who’ve retained their tackle, and it sure ain’t gay guys or women requesting their services. ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-person-of-the-opposite-gender-drops-dead-would-you-become-homosexual/490376/77 "2009-03-24T18:54:58Z")
> [@Toxylon](#): > > But how much do you **do** sex, with another human being (no snark intended)? Until I had my first share of another person, late, I might add, I might well have thought spanking the monkey while browsing porn will do quite nicely indefinitely. Now, it won’t. Were my wife to leave me, I’d be hunting pussy in no time, to quench the drive, as you put it. And a very big part of the need would be the snuggling etc., the intimate contact with another living being. Well that was pretty much the point of my post. I’m no virgin, but I _don’t_ have a lot of sex and have spent long periods of time without having sex, largely because I don’t find it something unbearable to do without. (And because I’m fat and obnoxious, but I’m sure I could find _someone_ to overlook that if I were really desperate!) Maybe it’s the result of a lifetime of antidepressants… ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-person-of-the-opposite-gender-drops-dead-would-you-become-homosexual/490376/78 "2009-03-24T21:53:06Z")
I was going to say not likely, BUT there’s this one girl I know who’s incredibly hot and doable. So I’ll say, maybe. I’ve never been all that interested in sex so I doubt it’d really make that much difference in my life (I’d go from not having sex with men to not having sex with women). I’d call myself 99% straight and 60% asexual. ---
**Author:** ![toadspittle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-person-of-the-opposite-gender-drops-dead-would-you-become-homosexual/490376/79 "2009-03-24T22:58:16Z")
Male. Nah. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-person-of-the-opposite-gender-drops-dead-would-you-become-homosexual/490376/80 "2009-03-25T21:01:08Z")
Porn. Maybe a sex doll or 3. I’d be ok with that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-person-of-the-opposite-gender-drops-dead-would-you-become-homosexual/490376.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-person-of-the-opposite-gender-drops-dead-would-you-become-homosexual/490376.md?page=5)