# Poll: Have you had a homosexual experience? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 2, 2006, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-have-you-had-a-homosexual-experience/359211 "2006-06-02T22:18:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2006, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-have-you-had-a-homosexual-experience/359211/101 "2006-06-04T11:54:04Z")
[QUOTE=Sattua] No, female, straight. I have no interest in the messy parts of women’s bodies. [/QUOTE] But what about the boobies? 😃 ---
**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:** [June 4, 2006, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-have-you-had-a-homosexual-experience/359211/102 "2006-06-04T12:34:52Z")
No Male Straight I will admit that if kids actually followed through in the game of Dare that I could talk about something in terms of an “experience”, but in end result the closest I’ve even seen another guy’s penis is on the beach in France. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2006, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-have-you-had-a-homosexual-experience/359211/103 "2006-06-04T16:56:54Z")
I believe that most of the guys who are saying “No, male, straight” are telling the truth, if for no other reason than that a guy whose answer was “Yes, male, straight” and who was ashamed of this or otherwise uncomfy with putting it about would most likely not answer the thread. In any case: 1. Beyond kissing a girl or two, I haven’t had any sexual experiences with women. 2. Male 3. Gay ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2006, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-have-you-had-a-homosexual-experience/359211/104 "2006-06-04T17:19:16Z")
1. Nothing beyond a bit of touching with a crush, at around age 18. Honestly, it was a bit scary and enough to confirm that I just didn’t have it in me. (Sorry.) 2. Male 3. Straight ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2006, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-have-you-had-a-homosexual-experience/359211/105 "2006-06-04T20:46:12Z")
[QUOTE=ambushed] On the contrary, they are extremely high, at least during adolescence. While I’m led to believe that my experiences were on the far end of the spectrum, while an adolescent I had at least one homosexual experience with just about _every single adolescent boy in my neighborhood!_ (more than a dozen of them). [/QUOTE] Frankly, I find this totally impossible to believe. I cannot even imagine how a straight male would do such a thing, much less all of them in a neighborhood. To me, it’s quite literally as likely that I wouold have done something like that as I would have, say, smashed a hornet’s nest over my head just to find out what it was like. I can’t even envision me or any other guy I knew even bringing the subject up. Just goes to show you how our experiences can differ, and how we shouldn’t assume the subjective is the common, huh? ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slip\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f475e1/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slip\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slip_1)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2006, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-have-you-had-a-homosexual-experience/359211/106 "2006-06-04T20:59:40Z")
(1). Nope (2). Male (3). Kinsey 6 (gay) I can admire feminine beauty, but never felt the urge for sex with a woman. Men, on the other hand … 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Fetchund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b2d939/32.png) [@Fetchund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fetchund)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-have-you-had-a-homosexual-experience/359211/107 "2006-06-05T01:03:14Z")
1. yes (heterosexually speaking) 2. Female 3. Gay The thing I’ve been noticing here… most of the gay folks have had experiences both ways. Many of the straight folks have ONLY had straight experiences. Kinda blows that old line about “You just need to find the right man/woman” right outta the water! ---
**Author:** ![Mayo\_Speaks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Mayo\_Speaks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mayo_Speaks)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-have-you-had-a-homosexual-experience/359211/108 "2006-06-05T05:15:27Z")
1. No - no for heterosexual too, for that matter. 2. Male 3. Straight ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-have-you-had-a-homosexual-experience/359211/109 "2006-06-05T09:16:14Z")
1. Have you had a homosexual experience? No, but I’ve rejected homosexual offers. Not because they were homosexual, but because they were done with the delicacy or a train wreck; with that level of delicacy, I would say “no” to Angelina Jolie 😛 And Brad Pitt. At the same time or separate. 2. What is your gender? Female. And, to be all-inclusive 3) Are you gay or straight? Straight but I might be willing to give a girl a try if the offer was done right. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-have-you-had-a-homosexual-experience/359211/110 "2006-06-05T09:58:10Z")
I’ve answered this before, but I’ll play again: 1. Yes (fooling around, at puberty. Would rather have been fooling around with the opposite sex, but way short on opportunity) 2. Male 3. Straight. ---
**Author:** ![A.R.Cane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@A.R.Cane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A.R.Cane)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-have-you-had-a-homosexual-experience/359211/111 "2006-06-05T10:04:51Z")
[QUOTE=Nava] 1. Have you had a homosexual experience? No, but I’ve rejected homosexual offers. Not because they were homosexual, but because they were done with the delicacy or a train wreck; with that level of delicacy, I would say “no” to Angelina Jolie 😛 And Brad Pitt. At the same time or separate. 2. What is your gender? Female. And, to be all-inclusive 3) Are you gay or straight? Straight but I might be willing to give a girl a try if the offer was done right. [/QUOTE] Picky, picky, picky! (me too. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-have-you-had-a-homosexual-experience/359211/112 "2006-06-05T10:11:05Z")
I’m not sure how to answer the OP as I’ve always considered myself a lesbian trapped in a mans body. ---
**Author:** ![A.R.Cane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@A.R.Cane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A.R.Cane)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-have-you-had-a-homosexual-experience/359211/113 "2006-06-05T10:29:02Z")
[QUOTE=Seven] I’m not sure how to answer the OP as I’ve always considered myself a lesbian trapped in a mans body. [/QUOTE] Lipstick, or butch? ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-have-you-had-a-homosexual-experience/359211/114 "2006-06-05T10:33:19Z")
More on the butch side… but not too butch. Let’s just say if you saw me on the street you’d never know I was a lesbian. ---
**Author:** ![sniperfang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@sniperfang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sniperfang)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-have-you-had-a-homosexual-experience/359211/115 "2006-06-05T11:30:46Z")
1. No 2. Male 3. Straight Ive actually taken the time (I’ll send those fucking Quarterly Revenue reports out later) to read all the responses to the Op. The breakup of the heterosexual and Bi responses is intriguing, to put it mildly. Of the 69 (well, aint that a co-inky-dink!) different heterosexual and bi responses, I found: 1. No-male-straight: 22 2. Yes-male-straight: 11 3. No-female-straight: 11 4. Yes-female-straight: 10 So, Watson, we see that 1 out of 3 straight males has had a homosexual experience, but when we come to straight women, that ratio goes up to almost 1 in 2. I’ve always maintained that women of heterosexual orientation are a lot more open to having an isolated or periodical homosexual experience than heterosexual men. The figures here tend to corroborate that. Duh. Also, we see that more women (10) consider themselves bisexual than men (7). (Disclaimer: I’ve counted all those who said thing like ‘straight-ish’, or ‘leaning’ as Bi. No offense intended - I don’t mean to typecast or generalize - it was simply done to bring some sanity to my addition). ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-have-you-had-a-homosexual-experience/359211/116 "2006-06-05T12:17:27Z")
Yes Male Straightish (Kinsey 1-2) ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-have-you-had-a-homosexual-experience/359211/117 "2006-06-05T14:54:00Z")
1. No 2. Male 3. Straight ---
**Author:** ![Malienation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@Malienation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malienation)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-have-you-had-a-homosexual-experience/359211/118 "2006-06-05T18:29:27Z")
[QUOTE=Fetchund] The thing I’ve been noticing here… most of the gay folks have had experiences both ways. Many of the straight folks have ONLY had straight experiences. Kinda blows that old line about “You just need to find the right man/woman” right outta the water! [/QUOTE] That’s actually the way studies that look at this issue usually go. It’s actually quite unusual for gays and lesbians to have _no_ experience with the opposite sex. In fact, I read once that at least one study indicated that gays tended to have _their first heterosexual experience earlier than straights_ (don’t recall if the study was about gay men, lesbians, or both). For me, I started having sex with a girl at 14; I tried a man when I was about 22. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-have-you-had-a-homosexual-experience/359211/119 "2006-06-05T18:50:37Z")
No Male Straight (unless enjoying Prissilla Queen of the Desert counts as a homosexual experience :)) ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-have-you-had-a-homosexual-experience/359211/120 "2006-06-05T19:08:37Z")
No Male Straight - as an arrow. I can’t even imagine. The thought of being somehow turned on by male genitalia is incredulous to me. There’s absolutely nothing there that even remotely interests me. Although, in all honesty, I have no problems with what other people do. Now female genitalia; that’s another story! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-have-you-had-a-homosexual-experience/359211.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-have-you-had-a-homosexual-experience/359211.md?page=7)