# Poll for totally straight people **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 22, 2005, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-totally-straight-people/291328 "2005-02-22T10:57:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-totally-straight-people/291328/1 "2005-02-22T10:57:00Z")
I have an hypothesis that I want to check in the incredibly rigorous scientific manner of posting a thread in IMHO. This poll is for the completely straight-as-a-very-straight-thing people. No bi-curiousness in here, no sir. The hypothesis is that straight men find the idea of having sex with another man disgusting and revolting, whereas for straight women, sex with another woman is simply something they don’t want to do, not something that’s disgusting. Please respond with gender and attitudes towards the idea of homosexual sex (doing it, looking at it, hearing about it). ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-totally-straight-people/291328/2 "2005-02-22T10:59:06Z")
Male, straight and the one time we (drunkenly) discussed what the appeal of gay sex (between men) might be the consensus ended up as “Having a poop backwards. Then forwards. Then backwards. Then…” :eek: Like Cat in the backwards universe episode of Red Dwarf 😃 ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-totally-straight-people/291328/3 "2005-02-22T11:02:23Z")
Male, straight, the idea of gay sex just leaves a bad taste in my mouth. You know what I mean. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-totally-straight-people/291328/4 "2005-02-22T11:08:55Z")
Put down one vote for “not revolted but not something I want to do”. A spot of pubescent experimentation thirty-odd years ago aside, there aren’t, and aren’t likely to be, any males I fancy. ---
**Author:** ![Kaitlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/73ab20/32.png) [@Kaitlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaitlyn)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-totally-straight-people/291328/5 "2005-02-22T11:15:03Z")
How dare you tell me I’m excluded from your thread just because I’m lesbian! I demand to be heard! I find the idea of sex with a man just as revolting and disgusting as any of the guys here. There. Ignore that if you must, but I had to exercise my right to free speech. ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-totally-straight-people/291328/6 "2005-02-22T11:16:39Z")
> [@Kaitlyn](#): > > How dare you tell me I’m excluded from your thread just because I’m lesbian! I demand to be heard! I find the idea of sex with a man just as revolting and disgusting as any of the guys here. Didn’t you use to be straight? I seem to remember you saying that. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-totally-straight-people/291328/7 "2005-02-22T11:23:47Z")
> [@Priceguy](#): > > The hypothesis is that straight men find the idea of having sex with another man disgusting and revolting, whereas for straight women, sex with another woman is simply something they don’t want to do, not something that’s disgusting. Please respond with gender and attitudes towards the idea of homosexual sex (doing it, looking at it, hearing about it). I don’t care if other women have sex with each other. I don’t particularly care to watch because I’m not interested - it’s about as fascinating to me as a documentary on doorknobs. I don’t mind hearing about it on message boards and stuff, but hearing it from the next hotel room over while I’m trying to get some sleep is definitely not wanted - but that’s true of _any_ form of sex. And a lot of other potentially loud activities. On the other hand, the idea of ME having sex with another woman makes my skin crawl. It’s not “simply something I don’t want to do”, it’s something I really would strongly resist doing. ---
**Author:** ![Jennyrosity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@Jennyrosity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennyrosity)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-totally-straight-people/291328/8 "2005-02-22T11:25:14Z")
Female, straight. I’ve kissed a couple of women - once in the spirit of drunken curiosity, once for a bet - and it did nothing for me. It wasn’t revolting, just left me cold. BUT the thought of of doing anything further than that with another woman - eew, no. Ick. There are bits of women’s bodies I just don’t want to probe. Now, I don’t have a problem with whatever lesbian couples want to do with each other - more power to them. And I fully support the rights of gay couples to marry, have children, in short to have exactly the same rights as straight people. I just know I don’t want to have sex with them. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-totally-straight-people/291328/9 "2005-02-22T11:35:24Z")
Straight bloke here: The _mechanical_ idea of gay sex doesn’t turn me off. It doesn’t turn me on either. It’s akin to thinking about … I dunno… typewriters. However, the idea of being sexually attracted to a “handsome” man and not attracted to another is beyond me. I can abstractly percieve the **ahem** nuts and bolts part of it, but the “walking down the street and seeing a hot guy” part is very alien to me. I just don’t know how to get into that mindset. ---
**Author:** ![Kaitlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/73ab20/32.png) [@Kaitlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaitlyn)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-totally-straight-people/291328/10 "2005-02-22T11:36:23Z")
> [@Priceguy](#): > > Didn’t you use to be straight? I seem to remember you saying that. It’s complicated, but the short answer is no. I’ve always been attracted to women. More details in the threads linked in my sig. You may be thinking of Mrs. Six. She dated only guys before she met me. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-totally-straight-people/291328/11 "2005-02-22T11:38:45Z")
male, straight. absolutely no appeal. I guess as I’ve matured, it doesn’t disgust me as I sorta remember it did when I was 17. I like a good sloppy BJ as much as probably anyone, but the thought of a guy doing that to me actually does disgust me as I think about it. ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-totally-straight-people/291328/12 "2005-02-22T12:00:04Z")
> [@Jennyrosity](#): > > There are bits of women’s bodies I just don’t want to probe. Same here. My thoughts never even stray to contemplating the female nether bits. I think of breasts and _screeech!_ No breasts, other than mine, should be involved. That would be too many breasts. A dealbreaker right there. No need to think any further. But for other people want to do, hey, that’s fine. None of my business, don’t care, don’t want to watch, yadda yadda. ---
**Author:** ![Jennyrosity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@Jennyrosity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennyrosity)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-totally-straight-people/291328/13 "2005-02-22T12:23:02Z")
**yosemite** - What’s the bet every guy reading this is thinking “Too many breasts? The words have no meaning.” ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-totally-straight-people/291328/14 "2005-02-22T12:36:58Z")
> [@Kaitlyn](#): > > It’s complicated, but the short answer is no. I’ve always been attracted to women. More details in the threads linked in my sig. > > You may be thinking of Mrs. Six. She dated only guys before she met me. Or he may be thinking that you were born with a dick and so, superficially, may have been mistaken for a straight man when in fact you were a gay woman with a genital abnormality in need of correction. I hope I’ve stated that right. I do find this a little confusing at times. ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-totally-straight-people/291328/15 "2005-02-22T12:38:36Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > Or he may be thinking that you were born with a dick and so, superficially, may have been mistaken for a straight man when in fact you were a gay woman with a genital abnormality in need of correction. Nope, but I was damn sure I had read **Kaitlyn** saying something to the effect of “I used to think I was totally straight, and so did Mrs Six”. Apparently not. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-totally-straight-people/291328/16 "2005-02-22T12:39:29Z")
> [@TheLoadedDog](#): > > Straight bloke here: > > The _mechanical_ idea of gay sex doesn’t turn me off. It doesn’t turn me on either. It’s akin to thinking about … I dunno… typewriters. However, the idea of being sexually attracted to a “handsome” man and not attracted to another is beyond me. I can abstractly percieve the **ahem** nuts and bolts part of it, but the “walking down the street and seeing a hot guy” part is very alien to me. I just don’t know how to get into that mindset. When I was psych nursing I worked with lots of gay guys and it seems that the attraction bit is just like heterosexual attraction - some visceral feeling. One guy was quite like my current boss - a quick elbow in the ribs and, “Look at him(her).” I saw so many guys he fancied, including his SO, that I could pick out guys for him just like I can pick out women my boss will drool over. ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-totally-straight-people/291328/17 "2005-02-22T12:40:24Z")
> [@Jennyrosity](#): > > There are bits of women’s bodies I just don’t want to probe Me too and I’m a man 😉 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-totally-straight-people/291328/18 "2005-02-22T12:43:59Z")
Straight female – the idea doesn’t interest me, but it doesn’t repulse me, either. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-totally-straight-people/291328/19 "2005-02-22T12:57:40Z")
> [@Priceguy](#): > > Nope, but I was damn sure I had read **Kaitlyn** saying something to the effect of “I used to think I was totally straight, and so did Mrs Six”. Apparently not. :smack: for a=1 to 500 : write “I will not answer on someone else’s behalf” : next : end :smack: :wally :smack: My bad. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-totally-straight-people/291328/20 "2005-02-22T13:17:15Z")
Straight Male. No interest in males sexually. I’ve no issues whatsoever with male homosexual sex. I’ve had anal or oral sex with a girl and don’t see why male/male is that much different. Once it’s legal and consensual you’re good to go AFAIC. Water sports and coprophilia do turn my stomach though but only on a personal level. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-totally-straight-people/291328.md?page=2)