It seems to me that guys tend to joke about homosexual stuff frequently, but girls are more likely to actually go and have a homosexual experience.

My male friends are very comfortable making jokes about this, but when we pressed them, they refused to tell us which guys, if any, they found attractive. Girls, by nature, are just more open to talking about it, hence they are more likely to experiment ... it comes with this whole belief that boys can't cry or show emotion, they have to be stoic, "macho", powerful, etc. There are so many facets and influences to this ... good question though. :)

lol wtf. reading that was a waste of 30 seconds

i disagree that there is an inherent tendency. i think society encourages women to be bicurious while shunning the same inclination in men.

@PMFoutofwater - What you've chimed in there is a lie, is absolute, cliched bullshit - fact!

What we have to ponder is what has gotten SO WRONG with this society that it promotes and pushes to young women so much about being "bi curious"!

An ever more vague, directionless, affluent society. Females lathered with attention, vain beyond all measure, told they've not too achieve anything more than to be a female...female sexuality, and female homo-sexuality, plastered and displayed everywhere, decades of misandric feminism reducing men to insignificance in the eyes of many, egotism and indulgence placed in front of genuine femininity...it's CLEAR why things have gone so terribly astray!

And 'homophobia'? Please! A contrived phrase used to deflect attention away from how very wrong any form of homo-sexuality is! A fabricated notion employed to make those who raise a voice of conscience against homo-sexuality seem as though THEY are in the wrong!

While good men do indeed dread to see, and are hurt and angered by, homo-sexuality...and in particular vain "bi-curiosity" or else outright 'lesbianism' in females...we do not fear it, we are not "phobic" of it!

In place of much more apt words, 'homophobia' is the natural reaction to homo-sexuality!

@S_K_O_T@xanga - wow, move with the times.

Well, it seems like lesbians getting it on are the ultimate turn-on, but two guys together is just nasty. You never hear about girls talking about how hot it is to see two guys making out as guys talk about two girls doing the same thing. There is a definite double standard here.

@S_K_O_T@xanga - We have had this discussion a few times, and I'm weary of getting involved again.  Primarily, because your outlandish ideas of what is "right" and what is "wrong" is dictated by the fact that you're bitter that women don't want you.  You blame lesbianism for your lack of sexual intimacy.  Again, I have to tell you that whether I was straight or gay, I still wouldn't want you.  But, I have an opinion and God help me, I can't keep it to myself.

You say that it's feminism that allows women to be more curious.  Which, you have to see is far from the truth.  Are the men who are excited by two women together feminists?  Are the men who fantasize about getting twin sisters into bed feminists?  Are the millions of men who dream about a threesome feminists?  No, I highly doubt they even know what being a feminist entails. 

You clearly have a twisted idea of true feminism yourself.  So, the men who are just looking to get their rocks off probably aren't concerned with equality in the work place or getting more women into higher education, or letting women know that it's not okay for their bosses to overlook them for a promotion because they "might" get pregnant.  You think feminism is about sex, and you are wrong.  Feminism is not about bringing men down, it's about giving men and women the same opportunity. 

I can see why you think that feminism is what is truly wrong with the world because you fear women.  You think that a woman getting promoted over you is a heinous act.  You think that women not laying down when you tell them to lay down a crime against womanhood.  You think that women who have a voice should shut up and spread their legs.  Women aren't robots; I think we learned that in The Stepford Wives. 

@mz_d0rkabl3@xanga - Guys can be comfortable with joking around about gay things, but they're far less likely to want to talk about which men they think are attractive. Girls also tend to be more curious what it'd be like to maybe kiss a girl or get physically intimate with one whereas almost EVERY SINGLE straight guy would never admit to that.

I suppose I go along with this trend. I've made it my goal to kiss at least one girl during college.

btw - I didn't realize mitman goes all the way to pittsburgh!  Your profile pic reminded me of all the high school senior pics LOL.

Too simplistic, way too general.  One thing that it doesn't account for is the culture's general pornographic acceptance of bisexual/homosexual women (and even then, only specific types, like the "lipstick lesbian" stereotype) with its simultaneous "gay stuff is only for gay guys" marginalization of male homosexuality. 

For example, there's a porn site in the world which asks you if you want to see "straight" "gay" or "both."  But what's funny is that the "straight" films include lesbianism and women variously together, whereas the "gay" films are all male solo or males together.  So apparently, "lesbians" are "straight," in these terms. 

I think that says a lot about the cultural role, and so with that in place, it becomes impossible to simply say "girls are more accepting of bi" and especially the judgmental "guys are homophobic."  This has been my two cents.