Q&A from “Is Her Straight Boyfriend Gay?”

Wise Readers, Our column about porn and sexual orientation raised myriad questions: What if straight women get turned on by porn of women? Why aren’t more people bi? Is there a ‘sniff test’ to tell if a guy is gay? And why do gay men marry straight women, anyway? Read on!

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Is Her Straight Boyfriend Gay?

Dear Janine, Your boyfriend’s secret gay-porn habit has you wondering: What’s his orientation? And what should you do? Although most Wise Readers and I agree on the second answer, the vast majority of our Survey respondents of *every* orientation think your boyfriend is bisexual. Yet I’d wager he is gay…

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Folk Wisdom: Is Her Straight Boyfriend Gay?

Dear Duana, My presumably straight boyfriend has not only browsed a ton of gay porn on the Internet, he’s also searched on many gay sex topics, focusing mostly on men + anal intercourse. What does it mean when a supposedly straight man watches gay porn…?

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Q&A from “S-E-X: Kids have questions, You’ve got answers”

Our article on Sex Talks received so much feedback, we now need headings for the Q&A topics. Here, a few: What if your kids want details of *your* sex life? What do you mean, kids don’t know what abstinence is?! What about the KY commercials? And explaining gay sex? Read on! Cheers, Duana

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SEX: Kids have questions—You’ve got answers

My husband and I want our kids, ages 5 through 11, to delay sex at least until college. But he thinks it’s too soon to talk, and that The Talk “just gives them permission”. I am hoping you’ll tell me whether, what, when, and how we tell our kids about S-E-X? Dear The Mom, As the t-shirt says, “You can’t scare me, I’ve got kids.” But you *can* scare us about our kids, especially when it comes to their burgeoning sexuality…

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