Should we completely ditch the straight label?

I notice that our OP has never responded to anything that followed his post.

 

No there certainly are 100% straight people. What needs to go away is any and all labels. The updated list of sexual preferences and sexualities has gotten way out of hand! I am not saying everything but straight is wrong it doesn't matter! There is way too much pressure too be or not to be. Growing up my friends and I just had fun no labels.

 

Nobody has to label themself. Straight.Gay.Bisexual. Who cares. What im tired of is movies and tv shows cramming LGBT agenda down my throat. Let’s make this super hero gay. Let’s introduce that video game character as a lesbian. It’s not like Captain America is out doing super hero stuff with the avengers and is like, “By the way guys, I’m gay.” Iron man says, “Uh…ok. So…can we talk about what we are gonna do about Thanos?”

I’ve had sex with numerous men. Full on anal not that many, but I’ve sucked plenty of dick. Having said that, I have no want to be in a romantic relationship with a man. I don’t find men attractive when I’m out and about. But if I’m horny and looking and the wife turns me down for the upteenth time? I have a few guys that never say no.

 

From a 2018 U of Cal study - The percentage of men who had had a sexual experience with at least one man is 8.2%, and the percentage of women who had a sexual experience with at least one woman is 8.7%. So, I'd say your trying to justify your own preferences by skewing the facts.

 

I’m straight and will always identify as straight.

 

There is no shortage of straight men out there who don't hook up with non-straight men.

 

Ditch the straight label ……

WHAAAAAT???????
If straight men are still around and only engage in sex with women, they are straight. Therefore straight men are still very much around nowadays. I take no offence in the original question and concept, but I certainly disagree with it. I would assume there never was a comprehensive survey on that matter to have a more accurate picture

 

Im bisexual, so I don't use the straight label personally but it does have its place. Although who knows what goes on in peoples minds. For some men as some have already said, they would be repulsed by the idea of sex with men. I used to be myself, but during the course of a limited sexual relationship with my ex wife, I got slowly curious about men, who just seemed to be up for it.
However some other men would not be tempted in a man ,even if it was offered to them on a plate in the most discreet way. Everyone is different and i think sexuality is much more complex than straight, gay and lesbian. There is a spectrum along the way, Im somewhere between straight and bisexual. Because I find women visually attractive and enjoy sexual contact with women. With men, I only find sexual contact alluring, I wouldn't look at a man and think his is hot or anything like that. But i would see a cock pic and want to suck it. I would never be able to be in a relationship with a man as I don't find them attractive or enjoy kissing with them. When i have been with guys I just like to suck their cock, take their cum and leave. So i know Im not straight, and i know there is an amount of bisexual in me. But not fully Bisexual. If that makes sense.

 

I am in line with the previous post by @Jamie28London

I have always viewed this topic of gay, bi, straight as a long fluid line. On one end are the completely straight people, and on the opposite end are the completely gay people. Everyone is somewhere on that line. I think most people feel like they are either on one end or the other or right in the middle. But my experience has shown that most are somewhere in between. Maybe more on the straight side but not completely to the extreme. Maybe even such that they don't consider any gay action or interest, but on occasion will wonder what it would be like to be with someone of the same sex. Or be fascinated by views of cocks but wouldn't consider actually sucking one. Are they straight men that are just not admitting they are gay.? OR as I believe they just aren't completely on the far (straight) end of the line.

Myself I always considered myself bisexual as I had both male and female partners prior to getting married 37+ years ago. But I have been faithful to my wife and fully plan to. So some would chaulk my early experiences to just being "curious" at a young age until I finally found my right path. But I don't think it is that easy. A lot of us acknowledge that we are interested in both. The straight vs gay thing is just a label that I think society wants to put on us. Some are obviously more one than the other and fully label themselves that. But having a straight man who identifies as straight that admits a certain arousal at the site of a cock shouldn't mean he is not admitting he is gay. Again, I think it is more fluid than that. Society wants to label us one way or the other, and there is pressure to be only one or the other.

As I stated, just my take on it.

 

IDK...sex is sex. If you're doing it for satisfaction, does it matter the gender? If a hand or mouth makes me hard and then makes me release, does it matter if it's a male or female? I might want one or the other but it's still just sex.

 

Don’t get rid of the label I do think there are more bisexual men out there then any survey will tell you that does not mean that there are not heterosexual men.

 

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You're right. But sex has more psychological than physical components for me. For those of us who grew up in a time when the macho was exalted and the queer was shameful, we absorbed that in a profound way. I think that today everything is more relaxed. Now being a queer is no longer shameful, it may even be fashionable

 

I for one do not like labels, but unfortunately…here we are. Labels are everywhere. No, I do not want everyone to be vanilla or like me. I just want to be me. That said… fades and label are pushed “in your face”. That’s where I draw the line. You be you. Leave me out of it.

 

I agree with you. Just be yourself & leave others to alone.

 

Label's are funny.I was in chatrooms long ago and said i was bi,then the str8s said i was gay and just scared to say it.The gay guys said i wasnt gay or bi cause i told them of a time i got ass fucked and didnt have a hard on dureing it so this made me str8.Really makes you wonder why people are so stupid and mean.Im bi like both and i know there are total str8 guys so the labels are correct in my book.

 

I have no idea where OP gets their information, but based on personal experience spanning over 40 years, their information is incorrect.

I have no issues with others sexual preferences and I don't jump to assumptions or conclusions. What someone likes is what they like.

But I can honestly say I have never had any interest in gay sexual relations. There was no experimenting at any point in my life, nor have I ever had a gay friend or any other person who was gay try and push me into having sex. If they did, they would have gotten the same response as my response in here.

I have zero interest in it. It's not that I'm afraid or worried about some imaginary masculinity. My interest is a flat Zero %. My brain simply switches off towards that stuff. If I was in the mood for sex and someone threw some gay porn/imagery my way or tried to hit on me, you couldn't get me any limp'er. And I've been this way for as long as I can remember.

This argument the OP is making seems to be the same reasoning as if a woman started flaunting her vagina in a gay guy's face, that gay guy would give it a go. Or what if a woman who is lesbian had some guy pressuring her to have sex with him..... You think that's going to work? No?? Then why do those same rules not apply to straight men?

While I have family and friends in the LGBTQ community, not one single guy I've known, myself included, has ever mentioned going through anything the OP thinks is so commonplace.

Which leads me to think this post/thread is simple trolling.... Or total ignorance. Either way, neither is a good starting point.

 

Invalidating an entire section of the population is never fair. There are obviously straight men. And they can't wait to tell you all about it.

Typical "I'm not [racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic, etc] but, [racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic, etc] views" statement.

"Biologically disgusting"

"Can't stand to be around them"

You're the epitome of homophobia.

 

Well... I suppose you will have to label me as homophobic too, because I feel similar.
However, I have no problem interacting with gays in any other area except sexual. Much less discriminating against someone in the workplace because of their sexual preference. One thing has nothing to do with the other.