Why do straight-identified men have sex with other men? Silva found that they enjoy a range of relationships with other men, from hookups to sexual friendships to secretive loving partnerships, all while strongly identifying with straight culture.
Tony Silva argues that these men – many of whom enjoy hunting, fishing and shooting guns – are not closeted, bisexual or just experimenting.Īfter interviewing 60 of these men over three years, Dr. In the new book Still Straight: Sexual Flexibility among White Men in Rural America released today, UBC sociologist Dr. According to nationally-representative surveys in the United States, hundreds of thousands of straight-identified men have had sex with other men.
