First off, similar to weed, alcohol lowers people’s inhibitions and makes them more open to trying new things.

That being said, there are several reasons why we’re much less surprised that alcohol makes straight men more open to sex with other men.

So why does booze increase straight people’s same-sex attraction? We’re actually surprised by this last finding as a previous “beer goggle” study showed otherwise. Does alcohol have any affect on heterosexual attraction to the opposite sex?Īs far as heterosexual attraction, booze made women more interested in men but didn’t seem to increase straight men’s interest in women - that is, the men remained a consistent interest in women whether the men were drunk or not.