well they've scientifucally proved that transexuals actually have a 'female' brain (and female to male transexuals have a male brain) and believe its to do with a burst of oestrogen affecting the babys brain development and making it the opposite gender to that of the physical gender, hence why people feel trapped in the wrong body, if this is correct then the theory is that if the unborn foetus were sunjected to less oestrogen than it takes to totally turn the brain into a female one it may just affect some of the cranial development - therefore giving the male female tendencies, urges and emotions (sound like a lot of gay men) explaining why gay men are into clothes, nice furnishings and sensitive (building a nest, taking care of the loved ones etc) i think this theory goes a long way to explain a lot and on the large of it is scientifically backed up.
Therefore it's only natural that gay men would get on well with straight women - we share a lot of the same sensibilities, to put it simply - we think the same way as them. Saying that i have many straight male friends and we get on fantastically - i think the major difference is their obsession with sport which i totally don't get myself - but then this is part of the male brains 'problem solving' mechanism, whereas female brains access emotion first - sound familiar? again another female trait - it's all to do with brain activity. Gay men are usually sensitive and more emotional, not that sporty (of course there are exceltions - again perhaps due to the amount of oestrogen that has affected the brain development) where as guys just look at the problem and how to solve it - and worry about the emotions later - when they happen. An example of this is a straight couple i know very well, they had a huge fight, she wasnt getting enough love or attention in her opinion, so she said she was leaving, packed up all her stuff and stood there screaming at him because he offered to 'help her pack' - his way of looking at him, although he loved her - was that she was unhappy and that he wanted her to be happy, so his best way was to help her pack and get out of the situation she was sad in, her side of it was that she was trying to provoke him to beg her not to go, to get on his knees and cry and say "no no i love you DONT GO I CANT LIVE WITHOUT YOU"
but do you think she got that?
from a straight guy?
no
you'd get that from a LOT of gay guys, but not from a straight guy, again it's problem solving vs emotion, anyway before i go off on one i hope maybe that gives some insight into behavioural patterns and their underlying causes!