Yes, I usually imagine what an attractive woman would look like without her clothes on, and idly wonder what she’d be up for in bed. Not intense four color fantasies, but quick ones.
The unattractive ones? Same thing, mostly, unless they’re way outside my demographic.
It was…intentional. See how sensitive and unstereotypical I am? Ladies? 
Hee hee…penis.
For me it’s like a flick of the switch.
The other day I was talking with a coworker of mine. At the time I was indeed only thinking about the topic of conversation. Half way through our otherwise innocent talk; she took a deep breath, (thus unwittingly sticking out her breast) then let out an audible sigh.
My brain went immediately from:“Topic of conversation” to “OH look! girly lumps!”
Kind of like when stupid people see something shiny.
Exactly!!!
And why don’t we like Benny Hill?
He’s an insulting sexist pig. Monty Python is insulting to everyone equally.
Yes. Don’t you get it? We don’t really care about the weather. And to the guy who claimed that he actually cares, because he’s “civilized”, well… let’s just say we have many tricks to make you think that, but in the end, we ain’t nothin’ but mammals.
Speak for yourself. If it’s a subject I’m interested in, then I’ll be genuinely listening to what she has to say. I can restrain my groiny impulses for a good conversation.
Well to clarify, I was thinking of the weather as specifically one of the things in the “excuse to talk to creature with boobs” category.
But if I do end up getting into a conversation about something I’m truly passionate about, sure I’ll actually focus on that. But if she’s passionate about the same thing, of course by the end of it I’ll want to have sex with her even more.
Fair enough. Pillow talk, so to speak 
Of course an “Ask the Straight Guy” thread would be useful. I’ve asked questions of the straight male contingent here on occasion - Question for the straight boys about straight porn being the only thread I’ve started particularly for that purpose.
There’s plenty of things I’m curious about from time to time. Straight people might be in the majority but it doesn’t follow that those of us who aren’t magically understand the “straight lifestyle”.
Regarding the OP:
I was trained to be a straight guy. In fact, for the first 15 years or so, I thought I was one. There’s not that much about the straight guy’s world that is a mystery to me (other than “why would you want to do that when you could be talking about the weather?”). Most gay people are raised with the assumption they’ll be straight, among a straight majority, and the result is that we know more about you than you might think.
That said, I’ve often wondered why male homosexuality is so threatening to straight men. I mean, doesn’t it just mean more boobies for you? We’ve just taken two potential competitors out of the pool.
Because for some people the existence of gays challenges their assumptions about what it means to be male/masculine. The fact that gays (insert stereotype of choice) is unsettling because usually that stereotype is something that “real guys” aren’t supposed to do, “real guys” are supposed to (insert stereotype that frequently is hammered into the minds of small male children).
The idea that there are more unattached boobies in the world comes in third after thoughts about how the guy’s assumptions about what it is to be male don’t match what some other guy is doing, and shock that those assumptions have been violated at all.
Net result: Straight guy raised to be closed minded reacts poorly to the gay guy just doing his thing.
Hmm…I like to think I’m openminded about my gay brothers (not literally, I’m an only child 
). So does that mean I’d be a poor choice to the the Straight Guy to ask? Because I’d be perfectly willing to do it if there’s a demand.
I’m sure you’d be fine. I feel no need for an “Ask the Homophobe” thread, so it seems like we don’t really need that qualification.
That’s not to promise that many people will come up with questions . . .
I haven’t been checking the boards recently, so I’ve only just seen all the replies to this thread. I’d like to answer this question as honestly as possible.
Am I really thinking of boning you while we are having a conversation about the weather? The answer is sometimes, but not all that often. There are times when I find myself checking a woman out, usually early in my getting to know them. There are also times when it happens with someone I’ve known for a while. In the sort of situation you describe I am extremely unlikely to be thinking about having sex with you, even as a fantasy (though I’m pretty sure I have done this at some point).
As a general rule I would say that if we are talking about the weather or something similar odds are very good I’m not thinking about having sex with you. There is a slightly better chance that I am considering your secondary sexual characteristics, but this is still not that common.
Things change if there seems to be flirting going on and/or if the topic of conversation is suggestive. There are also some people who I’m smitten by and this can also change things.
Both because that’s just the way I am and because there are rules of politeness and such, I am not always thinking about having sex with women when I am talking with them. Sometimes I am, but not that often. I could be wrong, but I think it’s more or less the same way with everyone, male or female. I think everyone spends some time thinking about one thing while talking about another thing, including sex.
I don’t really have an answer to either question. I wouldn’t say your description fits me, but it’s not completely off-base. I can be tittilated by two women having some sort of sexual contact and conversely sexual contact between men can sometimes make me uncomfortable. Most of the time seeing or imagining male homosexual contact is not really sexy to me, though I may be completely comfortable watching it.
I don’t think it is a big deal for me in either case. I think it’s quite possible that both reactions are learned and that I could unlearn either one, but I tend to think it more likely I could unlearn my reaction to male homosexual contact. However, I really don’t know.
I would think that it’s probably because, for a straight man, two women = twice the appeal. They are attracted to females so the more females the better. I can understand that because, for me, as a straight female, seeing two males together is definitely a turn-on. I don’t want to see naked women, I want to see the men.
Maybe there wouldn’t be one single person doing the answering. I know this isn’t how the Ask The threads tend to work, but if a particular question came up that you felt you weren’t qualified to answer for whatever reason, you could say so and ask “Any other straight guys want to field this one?”
You might even be more qualified than some people because you can contrast yourself as a straight person against stereotypes of straight and gay people, and against real gay people who you know.
I’m not sure what I would ask, because like Dr. Drake, heterosexuality doesn’t really seem too mysterious to me. But I’d definitely be interested enough to read the thread if someone started it.
This is a good explanation, but I can’t take it as anything more than a hypothesis. The thing is, I don’t think it simply adds up tp twice the appeal, there are so many complicating factors. In any case, it’s not like I find it consistently more titillating than a man and a woman.