well Ake, I was going to provide a definition of homosexual, but that's already been provided acurately. However some other terms might be useful. Gay is now generally used to mean male homosexuals however in it's original use in connection with homosexuality it was used to refer to all of it...much as one could use the word "queer" nowadays, although some people find that offensive. for the record when I say "gay" I mean anything _not_ heterosexual.

I was thinking about the question of male promiscuity...the most obvious thing that can be drawn form this is that men are, in general, mnore promiscuous. It is also more acceptable for them to be. They might be called a player possibly...but no one will really accuse them of sleeping around or any of the unpleasant names that come with that. So it stands to reason that in a lot of situations two men will not form a permanent relationship, because it is more natural for them not too. However there are some permanent relationships, possibly because of the more feminine side present in a lot of gay men.