title: On the validity of typologies of gay males.
abstract: The classical dichotomization of male homosexuals into passive and active or insertee and inserter types is tested against empirical evidence. Data on the sexual preferences of 243 male homosexuals are analyzed to determine the extent to which they fit the insertee-inserter dichotomy. The fit between the dichotomy and the data is found to be very poor. The most popular set of sexual preferences is for all roles combined, both active and passive anal and oral. It is suggested that the concepts of oral and anal may better characterize the sexual preferences of male homosexuals than those of insertee and inserter. A variety of complex interaction effects among sexual preferences are also reported.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001519:Behavior; D004291:Dominance-Subordination; D006716:Homosexuality / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D013239:Stereotyped Behavior