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For example, a man who calls himself gay because he was molested as a kid and he internalised his abuse as a coping mechanism, believing that if he acted like he wanted it he’d feel less of a victim, and we all know that men don’t like being victims. Then he interacts with women and he starts to find them attractive, and realises he has feelings for them that he’s never had for other men, so he learns he is straight.

I've never heard this experience phrased like this before. Thank you for describing it. That makes a whole lot more sense, why a straight guy who was abused might mistakenly believe he is bi/gay just because he's avoiding accepting that he was a victim and did not want it. I almost wonder if Milo Yiannopoulos might be like this, since he said once that (basically) he was sexually abused as a young teen/child...?

Now, some of these straight men who previously thought they were bi or gay may mistakenly come to the conclusion that homosexuality isn’t real, or at least that bisexuality isn’t real. These men thought they liked men because they were deprived of male role models or they were abused then they were children, so they see homosexuality or bisexuality as something that is caused by environmental factors or mental illnesses that can be cured.

Ahh, okay. Wow, again, I didn't realize that this is the perspective that someone might come at it with.