They are unable to have sex for very long, however, and the episode generated a lot of discussion on various blogs and entertainment outlets. Viewers watched Elijah, a gay man, briefly have sex with female character Marnie, the best friend of his ex-girlfriend Hannah, after an emotionally taxing party.
Ward said at the time that straight men do this because "touching other people's bodies is fun" and "people are curious," and she provided similar insight in a recent interview with ATTN: about why gay men have sex with straight women, an interaction that has sparked a curious debate on social media and in society at large.Ī notable example of this is in "Girls" during the first episode of season two. Jane Ward, a professor of gender and sexuality studies at University of California, Riverside, spoke to ATTN: in the fall about her book " Not Gay: Sex Between Straight White Men," which explains why heterosexual men might have sex with each other even though they identify as straight. People may often engage in sexual activity outside the lines of one specific sexual orientation. Walter Thompson Innovation Group revealed that less than half of Americans between the ages of 13 and 20 identify as totally heterosexual.
With more people identifying as sexually fluid in the U.S., more young people are opening up about their own sexually fluid experiences.Ī 2015 report by YouGov revealed that one in two people don't consider themselves 100 percent heterosexual, and a more recent report by trend forecasting agency, the J.