Men aren’t equally regarded in such matters. In fact, there’s a chance they’d find it hot. In response to the sharp remarks, Williams argues if a young woman were to make the same claims, people wouldn’t be surprised. Williams wrote in The Cut that when he speaks of his work, people often assume these men are joking, or are closeted. While strides toward sexual equality are being had, we’re far from the finish line. I’d even like to see it celebrated and represented in all types of media,” he says. “The key is to normalize it as prevalent and acceptable. He hopes by igniting the conversation now, we can encourage men to further embrace sexual fluidity. “One cannot underestimate the acceptance of sexual and gender diversity among youth culture,” Williams states. The reason we’re hearing about it now is youth culture has taken the mic and manifested a progressive culture that recognizes nuances in sexuality. In examining national data, Williams traces men have long-reported a slight degree of sexual attraction to men. ”Mostly straight” may be newly articulated, but the orientation has history. But I think defining yourself as 100 percent anything is kind of near-sighted and close-minded.”
“But who knows? In a fucking year, I could meet a guy and be like, ‘Whoa, I’m attracted to this person’ … I’ve met guys all the time that I’m like, ‘Damn, that’s a good-looking guy,’ you know? I’ve never been like, ‘Oh, I want to kiss that guy.’ I really love women. “Maybe I could say right now I’m 100 percent straight,” he began. Williams often references a 2013 interview Out magazine had with Hunger Games actor Josh Hutcherson, where the 25-year-old casually copped to identifying as mostly straight. And as for identifying as bisexual, Williams has found that it registers “too gay” to these men and doesn’t feel true to their desires.
“But bi-curious appears more of a ‘temporary’ position between straight and something else-perhaps bisexual or gay.” He contests mostly straight men are more certain of their orientation than “bi-curious” indicates. “A few mostly straight men initially identified as bi-curious before identifying as mostly straight,” Williams tells Playboy. Playing devil’s advocate, I approached Williams with skepticism, asking if “mostly straight” is just an extraneous rephrasing of bi-curious.