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My reasons for writing this book are rather complex because I have seen no other books on the shelves that were comprehensive enough to interest the straight population as well. This book is as much for them as it is for gay people because I believe it provides important information to help them understand themselves better and why many gay men behave the way they do. The gay culture has always seemed mysterious to the straight culture as if we were hiding something. Perhaps we have been. I hope this book helps them to better understand themselves and also provide the necessary insight into gay culture so that the straight culture doesn't feel so left in the dark about what gay culture is all about. This seemingly hidden culture only creates unnecessary suspicion, therefore distrust between each other. I also provide a bit of a history lesson on how and why it is likely that gay culture became its own separate entity apart from the dominant culture in which it lives. My hope is that this will also aide in a better understanding between the two cultures. This I believe is absolutely essential. My greatest hope is that this book will cause the much needed discussion about why many of us behave the way we do. My thoughts are that the high school girlish behaviors are the manifestations of unhealed wounds, which I refer to as "ghost wounds". These wounds I believe are a direct result of the damage that has been done during the very critical school age years when many of us were trying to find out who we were and develop a sense of self. Unfortunately, most gay men I have spoken to or interviewed from many countries from all over the world have very similar childhood experiences. Most felt lonely, isolated, picked on at school, and they most often felt like outsiders. I believe these experiences have done more emotional damage to gay people then we have ever given credit too. As a result, these ghost wounds have never been healed and follow them around for a lifetime unl

"Why Gay Men Do What They Do"

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