Well don't we typically call those guys "metrosexual"? I mean, if a girl can say that a girl looks pretty or sexy without being a lesbian, than it only makes sense that a guy can say that another guy is hot or sexy without being gay. Right?

WORNG!

We live in such a matriarchal society that women can get away with a whole lot more things than guys can, and they have it set up in such a way that they make us guys think it is a patriarchal society when it is really the women that are in control. It's some scary shit man. (;

Absolutely! Attraction is larger than mere sexuality. There are many aspects of a human beings, and people are free to find any of those aspects attractive. I'm a man who has the friends I have because I find their personalities attractive. More than that, I would venture to say that many of my male friends are attractive and I admire their looks.

Sociological studies have provided enough evidence to suggest that we (people in general) form friendships with others based in part on how attractive others are in comparison to us, i.e., we pick out friends who we feel are about as attractive as ourselves. I for one love being around people I find beautiful, male and female alike.

There is also enough statistical evidence to support the claim that only a small percentage of people are exclusively heterosexual or homosexual. Nearly everyone falls somewhere in the gray area between. Now, the number of men who would say that they're either not attracted to other men or merely recognize conventionally attractive features in other men is statistically much higher than the number of men who should fall somewhere between 'bisexual' and 'heterosexual'. There's a major discrepancy there. I'd argue that discrepancy is a testament to just how homophobic our culture is.

How free am I in a society where I'm pegged as gay if I tell a friend I think he's a very handsome fellow? Such a statement shouldn't connote any latent sexual desire, but to most people it does. Sure, I can freely say such things, but I don't have the freedom to have society at large continue to accept my own perceptions of myself. Society would rather project it's assumptions and expectations on me. The whole phenomenon turns systemic and now we're left with a repressive hegemony that denies people the right to be anything but the image of the ideal consumer. Let's keep sacrificing true individuality for capitalist gain, America!