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Development of Heteroflexibility
In the 60's and 70's, sexual identity was defined with much more fluidity than during the 80's and 90's when clear, defined orientations were considered acceptable. Recently, scientists have noticed a return of flexible sexualities, notably in the case of what it means to be heterosexual. Social scientists Carillo and Hoffman, have seen that men who have occasional sex with other men include the identity of heterosexuality in their behavior. The men in Carillo and Hoffman's study do not identify as bisexual. They see themselves as heterosexual and behave with masculinity while not being inherently attracted to men. In addition, some men in the study state that occasional sex with men is a result of female unavailability, or perversion. Sexual attraction is a combination of physical and emotional attraction according to the men in Carillo and Hoffman's study. They claim that while they feel romantically, physically, and emotionally attracted to women, their attraction to men is purely sexual lacking any emotional attraction. Furthermore, some of these heteroflexible men do not find other men to be handsome or attractive themselves, but are physically attracted to penises. A heteroflexible management strategy for these men is to interpret their sexual practices with women to be more important than their sexual encounters with men.

An analytical review article looking at the experiences and meanings of same-sex sexual encounters among men and women who identify as heterosexual found that a large portion of same sex encounters occur among those who identify as heterosexual.