Gay women tend to be exclusively sexually attracted to women, while straight women are more likely to be aroused by both sexes, a study says.
Researchers asked 345 women about their sexual preferences and compared these with their arousal levels when shown videos of attractive men and women.
They found 28% of straight women were mostly aroused by their preferred sex, compared with 68% of gay women.
The University of Essex study concluded that no woman is "totally straight".
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Francis on Saturday November 14 2015, @02:29PM
I don't think they understand what straight is. Straight people have been having same-sex sex for millenia now. That's a completely separate matter from a person's sexual orientation. There's many reasons for it. For example a lack of women, is probably the most obvious. Then there's curiosity and an opportunity to bond.
There comes a point where feelings of attraction towards the opposite or same sex become so minute that there's not any way of knowing that they're even there. For social reasons, I'd wager that it's more likely for women to realize that they're having those kind of feelings than it would be for men. I know I had no idea I was attracted to other men until I realized that I was. As tautological as that is, that's more or less how it worked. Denial is a surprisingly strong force.