Buddha1 said:
You tend to become who you love. I have seen men after men who appear masculine/ straight till the time they are married (marriage is compulsory in my society --- sexual orientation is hardly an excuse!) and change dramatically if they love their wives. They become really feminine, which is actually a great thing (they were a pain in the ass earlier!). They become gentle, soft, caring, are adept at taking care of children, they cook, clean dishes, are wary of getting into fist-fights, cry like women, and so on. In fact too often they harbour a secret desire to dress up.
The real straight men on the other hand do not have this capacity. On the face of it there is hardly any difference between the real straight ones and those who get the title because of their heterosexuality. But once you know the difference it's easy to tell.
Straight men (when I say straight I mean the real straights not heterosexuals) naturally lack the capability to bond with women. If women are from venus they are from mars. A long time bond full of love and committment with women is hardly their cup of tea. There interest in women usually lasts as long as the ejaculation. Beyond that they may feign it because of the pressures of social masculinity.
The reason why straight men cannot form a long term love relationship with women is their masculinity. Masculine and feminine can only attract short time, even if it is intense. But they cannot exist together. Their needs, their way of looking at life is totally different from each other.
But in a traditional society, masculine men hardly have such pressures and so they hardly ever fall in love. The men who fall in love with women and want to spend their life with them are different and considerably feminine. Since they don't have a diifferent social identity than the straight men (who also pretend to be heavily interested in women -- at least for the asking!) their difference is not noticed. And since the society wants to showcase sexual desire for women as masculine it does not even want to consider the femininity of truly heterosexual men.
Because their masculinity precludes a desire for long term bonds with women, straight men typically have run away from marriage. When forced into marriage (they may not always admit they have been forced!) women can make their lives really hell. They see women as nagging, demanding and too cosy for their comfort. They find it difficult to love women and their interest in them is restricted till sex --- apart from fondness that may develop because of socially being tied to each other for life. They can't mix with women share their likes and dislikes with them, or be equal to them --- unless they are forced to, like in a heterosexual society.
Equality between men and women is something a heterosexual male is naturally inclined to believe in. This sense of equality stems from a deep feminine feeling inside the heterosexual male that makes him feel closer to women. He sees no difference between himself and women. They are both the same. This sameness translates into equality. And equality between men and women is a cherished goal of a heterosexual society. But this equality actually means sameness. The fact however is that nature has not made straight men and women the same, and so in this setup where men and women are forced to be the same under a mixed gender/ heteroseual set up, its invariably the straight man who suffers. His identity, his real needs, interests, desires, feelings --- they all suffer.
This sameness helps the truly heterosexual man achieve such a degree of intimacy with women which straight men are invariably incapable of. These truly heterosexual men, in traditional societies are often teased as wimps, womanly, wif'e's servants, unmanly or even eunuchs (of course in their respective languages!). In the heterosexual society, the same men are glorified as masculine, and 'womaniser' becomes a masculine trait to be proud of. It's really funny to observe how this social masculinity factor affects the behaviour of men who vye with each other to prove that they can gel so well with women, and find it difficult to be friends with men (as I observed on this board --- I don't know how many of them were truly straitghts!). In a traditional society it would be a matter of great shame for a man to be seen in women's company and he would be accused of being a eunuch/ transexual.
In fact, there needs to be a different category for the truly heterosexual man --- if the society were to be built on the true differences between people, instead of the forced ones. Unfortunately, the modern society decided to manipulate straight male sexual behaviour and divided/ grouped men on the basis of whether they admit to loving men or not (and therefore admitting that one does indeed have a sexual interest in men has become taboo!). The true heterosexual man shares almost all the traits of homosexual men, and has little in common with straight men. The only difference is that the primary sexual need of heterosexual men is for 'masculine women' and secondary for 'feminine men', while for the homosexual man the primary sexual need is for 'feminine men' and the secondary for 'masculine women'. In fact, inadvertently --- following their natural instincts, the two groups are coming together in the heterosexual society as 'meterosexuals'. More and more previously straight identifying heterosexuals are now identifying as 'meterosexuals', because the straight space is too restricting for their innate sense of femininity. While many so-called 'homosexuals' are now identifying as 'straights'. The truly homosexual men are however too cosy in their 'homosexual' category. This space amply accomadates their femininity as well as their sexual needs + gives them social/ political power and that powerful minority/ victim status. True Homosexuals defend this 'homosexual' identity like a matter of life and dealth, not allowing heterosexual transexuals or meterosexuals into the queer space. They are the most ardent supporters of the 'sexual orientation' theory --- more than any heterosexual (true or not!).
It is hardly amazing that the height of heterosexuality is transexuality --- when the person starts identifying with the female so much that he wants to be a female himself --- so that he can remove all the differences between himself and women. In the initial surveys conducted, more than 90% of transexuals have admitted to being heterosexuals. This is no mean thing!
But it is also true that the society has forcibly kept transexuals from the definition of heterosexula --- when they are the best specimens of heterosexuals. This is of course done so that heterosexuality can be shown as a masculine trait. The media and films help in this artificial masculinisation of heterosexuality by never showing heterosexuals as harbouring any feminine traits. While a man harbouring sexual desire for men is always depicted as queer. Films/ media mind you have the deepest impact onn the minds of the young who shape their behaviour and attitudes likewise, forcing the people to be heterosexuals from a very young age.