# Is Gay Sex Beautiful? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 4, 2017, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-gay-sex-beautiful/783738 "2017-04-04T16:22:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Navy\_draftee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ec9cab/32.png) [@Navy\_draftee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Navy_draftee)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-gay-sex-beautiful/783738/41 "2017-04-04T20:38:47Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > **Navy draftee** , you are receiving this warning for Being a Jerk, which is our main board rule. You will need to find a way to express yourself and your opinions without being demeaning to groups of people. stick your warning up your gay ass ! This is the OPINION forum and the OP asked what WE think ! If the OP wanted all “yes” responses he never should have put it in the OPINION forum. Adios ! ---
**Author:** ![Navy\_draftee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ec9cab/32.png) [@Navy\_draftee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Navy_draftee)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-gay-sex-beautiful/783738/42 "2017-04-04T20:42:53Z")
"Ivory Tower "…the posting name makes me laugh my ass off ! Now, go ahead and whack me with your pink purse ! ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-gay-sex-beautiful/783738/43 "2017-04-04T20:46:36Z")
> [@Navy\_draftee](#): > > "Ivory Tower "…the posting name makes me laugh my ass off ! > > Now, go ahead and whack me with your pink purse ! You sir are not too sharp. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-gay-sex-beautiful/783738/44 "2017-04-04T21:01:30Z")
> [@Navy\_draftee](#): > > stick your warning up your gay ass ! > > This is the OPINION forum and the OP asked what WE think ! > > If the OP wanted all “yes” responses he never should have put it in the OPINION forum. > > Adios ! > [@Navy\_draftee](#): > > "Ivory Tower "…the posting name makes me laugh my ass off ! > > Now, go ahead and whack me with your pink purse ! Fortunately, there are plenty of pink purses to go around. Consider this a “last chance” warning. Adhere to the board and forum rules, or lose your posting priviledges. ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-gay-sex-beautiful/783738/45 "2017-04-04T23:16:37Z")
Interesting question. More interesting responses. If sex weren’t beautiful how’d porn become so popular? My answer is it depends on the attractiveness of the participants and the acts involved. And with a question like this which depends on individual tastes and desires I don’t see how a group that isn’t perceived as beautiful or attractive won’t be somewhat offended. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-gay-sex-beautiful/783738/46 "2017-04-04T23:19:43Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > Interesting question. More interesting responses. If sex weren’t beautiful how’d porn become so popular. What an interesting definition of ‘beautiful’ you must have. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-gay-sex-beautiful/783738/47 "2017-04-04T23:21:29Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > I’m all for gay rights but I’m heterosexual myself and don’t find men sexually attractive. As such, watching two men have sex holds little interest for me and certainly no perceived “beauty”. That’s not a judgment call – it just ain’t my thing. This. It’s an aesthetic preference, and (I hope) not homophobia. ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-gay-sex-beautiful/783738/48 "2017-04-04T23:23:38Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > What an interesting definition of ‘beautiful’ you must have. 😉 I probably should elaborate more but I’m on a tablet. I just find it weird that people don’t find sex attractive when it’s highly arousing. I like the imagery. And what is beauty? ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-gay-sex-beautiful/783738/49 "2017-04-04T23:27:35Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > I probably should elaborate more but I’m on a tablet. I just find it weird that people don’t find sex attractive when it’s highly arousing. I like the imagery. And what is beauty? I made no comment as to what beauty is. Sex is attractive and arousing when you’re the ones doing it. But the vaaaaast majority of sex bears little if any resemblance to most sex. ---
**Author:** ![Trancephalic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trancephalic/32/380_2.png) [@Trancephalic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancephalic)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-gay-sex-beautiful/783738/50 "2017-04-04T23:34:06Z")
[If this isnt beautiful, I don’t know what is](https://youtu.be/qhRHBWUSKoY) ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-gay-sex-beautiful/783738/51 "2017-04-04T23:37:12Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > I made no comment as to what beauty is. Sex is attractive and arousing when you’re the ones doing it. But the vaaaaast majority of sex bears little if any resemblance to most sex. That’s a riddle. And again why is porn so popular if sex is ugly? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-gay-sex-beautiful/783738/52 "2017-04-04T23:47:25Z")
> [@Navy\_draftee](#): > > "Ivory Tower "…the posting name makes me laugh my ass off ! > > Now, go ahead and whack me with your pink purse ! This reminds me of the worst of the people I interacted with in my naval career. ---
**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:** [April 4, 2017, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-gay-sex-beautiful/783738/53 "2017-04-04T23:50:40Z")
> [@Trancephalic](#): > > [If this isnt beautiful, I don’t know what is](https://youtu.be/qhRHBWUSKoY) Well, you really tortoise something. ---
**Author:** ![Girlundone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/919ad9/32.png) [@Girlundone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girlundone)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-gay-sex-beautiful/783738/54 "2017-04-04T23:52:55Z")
I’ve been to many swing clubs and BDSM events and have seen some really beautiful sex. I guess I’ve watched hundreds of people getting it on right in front of me, so close I could touch it (and often did). I think it can be very beautiful. ---
**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:** [April 5, 2017, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-gay-sex-beautiful/783738/55 "2017-04-05T00:20:26Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > What an interesting definition of ‘beautiful’ you must have. 😉 Pleasing in appearance? Enjoyable to look at? Those are pretty reasonable definitions of beauty and they express why many people enjoy watching porn. Is porn unrealistic? Sure, it’s a performance. It’s no more unrealistic than somebody dancing or singing or fighting a CGI robot army. Entertainment is supposed to be entertaining not realistic. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2017, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-gay-sex-beautiful/783738/56 "2017-04-05T00:29:05Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Pleasing in appearance? Enjoyable to look at? Those are pretty reasonable definitions of beauty. That’s such an incredibly broad definition of beautiful. I enjoy looking at my fluffy little hairball of a dog. I do not think that fluffy little hairball is beautiful however. Or i enjoy looking at world class bodybuilders but I absolutely do not think they look beautiful. Etc… ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2017, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-gay-sex-beautiful/783738/57 "2017-04-05T00:34:25Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > That’s a riddle. And again why is porn so popular if sex is ugly? Don’t put words in my mouth, I never said sex was ugly. Porn is popular, at least in part, because it’s an idealized version of sex that isn’t a part of normal life (for most porn viewers at least). ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2017, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-gay-sex-beautiful/783738/58 "2017-04-05T00:37:00Z")
> [@Girlundone](#): > > I’ve been to many swing clubs and BDSM events and have seen some really beautiful sex. I guess I’ve watched hundreds of people getting it on right in front of me, so close I could touch it (and often did). I think it _can_ be very beautiful. My italics. I agree with this. It can be but is no way beautiful by default. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2017, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-gay-sex-beautiful/783738/59 "2017-04-05T00:41:18Z")
I’ll skip voting and say probably but since I am not wired in that fashion I am a pretty poor judge. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2017, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-gay-sex-beautiful/783738/60 "2017-04-05T00:44:34Z")
Porn is decidedly _not_ beautiful. Cheesy, predictable and with bad production values etc. Stimulating yes, but not because of beauty. That you find being stimulated a beautiful sensation doesn’t make the porn a thing of beauty, to my mind. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-gay-sex-beautiful/783738.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-gay-sex-beautiful/783738.md?page=4)