“Straight women may experience increased trust in their relationships with gay men,” explain the authors: It’s an ancient alliance, they reason, that is unique among human social bonds for one important reason: the absence of ulterior motives in the domain of sexual behavior. The authors of this piece, the psychologist Eric Russell and his colleagues from Texas Christian University, claim that the age-old relationship between the homosexual male and the heterosexual female served (and likely continues to serve) a biologically adaptive function. But according to a recent article in Evolutionary Psychology, every one should. Not every gay man has a female best friend, nor does every straight woman have a gay man as her most trusted confidant.
