# Gay/Bi Dopers: How do you get aroused by images of the same naughty bits that you hav **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 31, 2004, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-bi-dopers-how-do-you-get-aroused-by-images-of-the-same-naughty-bits-that-you-hav/282452 "2004-12-31T17:44:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-bi-dopers-how-do-you-get-aroused-by-images-of-the-same-naughty-bits-that-you-hav/282452/1 "2004-12-31T17:44:56Z")
Now, you have to believe me when I say that I am about as pro-gay as a heterosexual comes. Some of my most true friends have been gay and I have witnessed gay sex on a first-hand basis. However, I have always been confused by the purely sexual aspect of homosexuality. When I was coming of age as a heterosexual, I was always sure that the thrill of seeing naked women was exploring people with a different anatomy than I have. Fantasizing about physical aspects of other males would have been pointless because I could see the same thing any time I wanted just by pulling down my pants. I always assumed that a major part of sexual attraction assumes a physical difference in partners but homosexual attraction blows that out of the water. How do you get sexually attracted to people that have the same physical attributes that you have? Don’t you get desensitized from things like being in men’s locker rooms or the awareness of your own body? Again, this is an honest question. I never really got a straight answer from my gay friends so I thought I would try here. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-bi-dopers-how-do-you-get-aroused-by-images-of-the-same-naughty-bits-that-you-hav/282452)._