Do gay men "get" Gabriel's mojo like straight women do?

First things first: This thread is not in any way meant to cast dispersions on anyone?s sexual orientation. I do not wish to discuss the pros and cons of gay vs straight.

Rather, I am more interested in the differences in sexual attraction as it applies to men vs women. I believe that men tend to focus on very different things than women when they are looking for a partner and I believe that difference can be discussed at length by focusing on Gabriel Byrne?s effect on gay men vs heterosexual women.

My Theory: The majority of gay men would respond well to the younger Gabriel Byrne, especially if they could see him sans shirt, preferably completely naked and if, the younger Gabriel Byrne were appropriately cut/pumped/chiseled and muscular. I believe that gay men, like heterosexual men, love youth and all its perfections. I believe men are extremely visual creatures and are stimulated more by what they see than what they imagine, and its likely that many gay men were fans of Gab in his younger days.

But I suspect that the majority of gay men would not share our hysteria over the 58 year old Gabriel Byrne/Paul Weston. I suspect they would not, could not ?get? this latter day Gab?s mojo.

I think for a myriad of reasons, discussed at length on many other threads, the Paul/Gabriel of today is a sexual dynamo to women almost exclusively. Most of us that have been struck by the sheer force of this man?s sensuality still can?t verbalize exactly why, but many of us think the older Gab far surpasses the younger, more aesthetically perfect one. As a matter of fact, a great deal of us agree that his physical imperfections only serve to intensify our feelings. His wrinkles, his crooked smile, his magnificently oversized nose combine to create a logic defying masterpiece; and we cant stop looking at it no matter how hard we try. The fact that we cannot explain this phenomenon, we cannot balance this equation, we cannot make the numbers add up, only serves to fan the flames of our imagination further and ultimately, it whips our affections into an ever increasing "perpetual motion" of breathless adoration.

In other words, it drives us wild that he drives us wild.

I know there will be exceptions to this rule. There will be a minority of gay men who feel about him the way we do and I also know there are plenty of girls out there who like Gab for his looks and his looks alone. But a great deal of us adore this man for the subtle delivery of a word, the squint of an eye, the gesture of a hand, beyond that, our imaginations run wild and concentrate on that which we cannot see. We love what we imagine Gabriel Bryne to be.

His secret is not overt, its not in-your-face, its not completely visual. For these reasons, I suspect many gay men would not fuly appreciate this man's mojo but am curious to know if any of you have heard different? Does the 58 year old Gabriel Byrne appeal to that audience?

Talk amongst yourselves.

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Edited by TouchedByThPoet at 04/09/2008 11:50 AM PDT