# If I had sex with Data, would that make me 'teh gay'? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 20, 2008, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-had-sex-with-data-would-that-make-me-teh-gay/442116 "2008-03-20T18:57:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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 20, 2008, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-had-sex-with-data-would-that-make-me-teh-gay/442116/21 "2008-03-20T23:37:40Z")
[QUOTE=Agent Foxtrot] I dunno if this is a pertinent question or not, but some in this thread have stated that having gay sex does not necessarily make one gay. It’s only when the person is attracted to someone of the same sex. Am I missing something here? When other than in prostitution and bored marriages does one have sex with someone to whom they are not attracted? [/QUOTE] Prison and long voyages at sea. But really, the point is that sexuality is defined by attraction, not by action. A virgin still has a sexual orientation, even though he’s never engaged in a sex act. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-had-sex-with-data-would-that-make-me-teh-gay/442116/22 "2008-03-21T00:07:52Z")
[QUOTE=Sarahfeena] I see those little flashing lights, and I just can’t control myself! [/QUOTE] You’d have to peel back his skin to see those. Rough sex? ---
**Author:** ![Khampelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Khampelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khampelf)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-had-sex-with-data-would-that-make-me-teh-gay/442116/23 "2008-03-21T00:43:09Z")
Ummm, can I have that replicant Rachael from Blade Runner, instead? Please? ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-had-sex-with-data-would-that-make-me-teh-gay/442116/24 "2008-03-21T01:12:53Z")
Uh…this is a choice? JudeLawJudeLawJudeLaw ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-had-sex-with-data-would-that-make-me-teh-gay/442116/25 "2008-03-21T01:27:59Z")
[QUOTE=Miller] Prison and long voyages at sea. [/QUOTE] Shhhh!!! ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-had-sex-with-data-would-that-make-me-teh-gay/442116/26 "2008-03-21T01:35:26Z")
Speaking of androids…I’ve wondered something for a while: say Data or some other android was capable of, uh, emitting nanocytes (or nanites,) is it _theoretically_ possible the android would be able to father a half-human child? ---
**Author:** ![lizardling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f4b2a3/32.png) [@lizardling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lizardling)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-had-sex-with-data-would-that-make-me-teh-gay/442116/27 "2008-03-21T03:10:27Z")
[QUOTE=OtakuLoki] Dorothy Wainwright is cool, but for my robosexual tastes nothing beats [Ifurita](http://www.hamanime.de/pix/anime/elh/ifurita.jpg) from the anime El-Hazard. Sexy, and capable of mass destruction. [/QUOTE] Bah. I say [Alita/Gunnm](http://www.mangaleera.com/index.php/dossier-gunnm) pwns Ifurita! 😃 Some of the battle scenes in the manga are just jaw-droppingly awesome. ETA: To answer the OP, I agree with the people who think actual boinking with a robot or cyborg shaped like the same gender would make me homosexual, but being attracted to one would. ---
**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 21, 2008, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-had-sex-with-data-would-that-make-me-teh-gay/442116/28 "2008-03-21T03:14:13Z")
> [@](#): > > Merely performing a sex act with another male (be it android or person) doesn’t make you gay. However it is one of the warning signs. ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-had-sex-with-data-would-that-make-me-teh-gay/442116/29 "2008-03-21T03:35:46Z")
Not only would having sex with Data make you gay, having sex with you would make Data gay. In fact, he has a dimmer switch that makes him more or less gay as needed. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-had-sex-with-data-would-that-make-me-teh-gay/442116/30 "2008-03-21T03:39:17Z")
What makes you think Data only has male plumbing? He could just be a very convincing butch… Or even a hemaphrobodite. ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-had-sex-with-data-would-that-make-me-teh-gay/442116/31 "2008-03-21T03:43:09Z")
I think we’re overlooking the most important question; What would Data receive instead of the complimentary toaster? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-had-sex-with-data-would-that-make-me-teh-gay/442116/32 "2008-03-21T03:45:47Z")
[QUOTE=Revenant Threshold] I think we’re overlooking the most important question; What would Data receive instead of the complimentary toaster? [/QUOTE] A fourth button. ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-had-sex-with-data-would-that-make-me-teh-gay/442116/33 "2008-03-21T04:02:58Z")
Maria! I just made a girl named [Maria](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D5r_NPQf88&feature=related)! Anyway, if I were going to have a fling with a male sexbot, and I’m not saying I would, it would have to be Gigolo Joe. Not only was he prettier than Data, he just seems more fun. Data may know a variety of techniques, but he would probably explain each one to you in a dry, pedantic delivery. Now for a long term relationship, Data would certainly have more to talk about. Oh, and being attracted to a male robot rather than it’s female counterpart would be a strong indication of gaiety. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-had-sex-with-data-would-that-make-me-teh-gay/442116/34 "2008-03-21T04:10:03Z")
[QUOTE=lizardling] Bah. I say [Alita/Gunnm](http://www.mangaleera.com/index.php/dossier-gunnm) pwns Ifurita! 😃 [/QUOTE] Alita (Galley) isn’t a robot. She has a human brain. Between Ifurita and R. Dorothy Wainright, all I can say is “I’ll be in my bunk.” ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-had-sex-with-data-would-that-make-me-teh-gay/442116/35 "2008-03-21T04:57:13Z")
Ack! Given my once-rabid Trekkieness, I’d like to vote for both of them. Not at the same time, though, I just don’t see that going well. If I can’t have both…sigh…I’d have to go with Gigolo Joe. But nobody tell Data. (Or Brent either, for that matter, who was awesome to me at a con once. Lord I am a geek.) ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-had-sex-with-data-would-that-make-me-teh-gay/442116/36 "2008-03-21T14:20:08Z")
Gigolo Joe, please! And then when we’re done, he can be a dear and go fetch me a caffeinated beverage while Data and I have a nice long chat about something interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-had-sex-with-data-would-that-make-me-teh-gay/442116/37 "2008-03-21T14:40:42Z")
Would any ‘straight’ female dopers be curious about a Fem-Bot? ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-had-sex-with-data-would-that-make-me-teh-gay/442116/38 "2008-03-21T15:11:37Z")
[QUOTE=OtakuLoki] Dorothy Wainwright is cool, but for my robosexual tastes nothing beats [Ifurita](http://www.hamanime.de/pix/anime/elh/ifurita.jpg) from the anime El-Hazard. Sexy, and capable of mass destruction. [/QUOTE] On both counts, I’ll take on [Mahoro and Minawa Ando](http://www.yuribou.net/blog/YSC/mahoro.png). (No, they aren’t teenage girls: they are both in fact battle robots dressed as maids, from _Mahoromatic_). ---
**Author:** ![AtomicDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@AtomicDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AtomicDog)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-had-sex-with-data-would-that-make-me-teh-gay/442116/39 "2008-03-21T15:12:55Z")
But what would Lore say? ---
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[QUOTE=SpazCat] Why you gotta make me choose? [/QUOTE] You know, technically you could have both at once. As an aside, I’m sure young Rusty Venture was seen through the rough days of adolescence by [H.E.L.P.eR.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.E.L.P.eR) and he still certainly has a \*penchant \*for the ladies. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-had-sex-with-data-would-that-make-me-teh-gay/442116.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-had-sex-with-data-would-that-make-me-teh-gay/442116.md?page=3)