# Guys - do you feel an 'ick' factor if you see a gay couple kiss?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 25, 2012, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-do-you-feel-an-ick-factor-if-you-see-a-gay-couple-kiss/616787 "2012-03-25T20:26:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![lazybratsche](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ba8739/32.png) [@lazybratsche](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lazybratsche)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-do-you-feel-an-ick-factor-if-you-see-a-gay-couple-kiss/616787/101 "2012-03-27T15:21:09Z")

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Not at all grossed-out. Once, when I was very young, it was ever so slightly shocking, if only because it was rare and unexpected. But I think I got over that by some time in high school. Two guys kissing wasn’t at all shocking when I first went to college (one of the gayest ever, according to Out Magazine).

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**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-do-you-feel-an-ick-factor-if-you-see-a-gay-couple-kiss/616787/102 "2012-03-27T16:37:20Z")

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> [@handsomeharry](#):
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> Just because you don’t like my reaction doesn’t mean it is inflammatory. Doesn’t anybody use a dictionary anymore???

Yes, but we don’t all use them to prop up one end of a couch.

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**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-do-you-feel-an-ick-factor-if-you-see-a-gay-couple-kiss/616787/103 "2012-03-27T16:38:13Z")

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> [@diggerwam](#):
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> I was in Vegas at the cirque du soleil show dealing with sexuality. All kinds of sexuality. There is an episode where two guys are tussling in a cage. At the end they embrace and kiss. At least half the audience audiblely gasped. I was very surprised. In Vegas watching late show celebrating all kinds of sexual activity and that’s what makes you react. Really?

It hasn’t been called “Cirque du Sogay” for nothing.

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**Author:** ![Candyman74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Candyman74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Candyman74)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-do-you-feel-an-ick-factor-if-you-see-a-gay-couple-kiss/616787/104 "2012-03-27T17:47:39Z")

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I’m not a big fan of people sucking face in public - so I’d vote yes, with the caveat that I find it a bit icky when _anybody_ does it. Kissing is fun; seeing other people kiss is icky, IMO.

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