YOUR 15 MINUTES: Straight Gay Men

Almost 10 percent of men who say they're straight also happen to be having sex with men, according to a new study. ***WHAT A SHOCKING NEW CONCEPT...we need to come up with a term for this groundbreaking find. Let's call it bi-sexuality...what do you think? ****The study, based out of New York City, found that 70 percent of the "down-low" men were married. "Everyone talks about it, but it's the first time I've seen data on this issue," said Thomas J. Coates, a psychologist who specializes in sexual behavior at the University of California at Los Angeles. Even so, he said the numbers were probably low estimates. "It's probably above this, because it's hard to get people to admit to this kind of behavior." Um...NOT IF THOSE "PEOPLE" ARE WOMEN...especially women on myspace. These researchers must be the last people alive who don't know that homosexual behavior in "straight" women is the new black.

Of all the "straight" respondents, 9.4 percent had slept with a man during the previous year. Many of the men said they had just one same-sex partner over that period, but the survey did not ask about whether it was a long-term situation. The survey also did not ask about whether the men had told their female partners. The "down-low" behavior has recently come into the open with former New Jersey Gov. James "I AM A GAY AMERICAN but I had to act straight so people would accept me" McGreevey now talking about being married while sleeping with men. He is scheduled to speak to Oprah "I'M NOT GAY with my best friend. But I understand why it's hard for people to understand how we're thisclose without it being sexual" Winfrey on Tuesday about his life as a closeted gay man. Researchers had thoughts about why more men reported being straight while having sex with men: the stigma of homosexuality.

I think we're supposed to be somewhat shocked by this study. Something is cooking and I think it smells like a societal double standard. When seemingly straight men sleep with other guys, all of a sudden words like "down low" "hard to admit to this kind of behavior" and "stigma of homosexuality" are being thrown around in the midst of research studies. When women hook-up with other women, they can walk around saying they're not gay without a question less than a research study. Words like "sexy" "let's have a threesome" are thrown around while Girls Gone Wild commercials are flashing in the background.