I found this quite interesting. What makes him so defensive?
You have got it all wrong here. Maybe your being gay makes you think that 'normal' (heterosexual) guys have sub-concious (knowingly or unknowingly) 'desires' to see scantily clad guys pose (bodybuilding) or fight (wrestling etc) to feed an unacknowledged need or something like that. Not at all. Someone once said we are in contact with only our own mind/conciousness and thus, think others think like us or have similar patterns of perception etc. But this is hardly the case. That is why, people sometimes find it hard to understand other people's opinion, especially if its opposed to their own.
To take the above case for example (and judging from your past posts) - you often say that bodybuilding consists of nearly naked, muscular men in thongs all oiled up and shaved down and posing for an audience consisting mostly of cheering men. That doesnt necessarily mean any or all of the guys in the audience or the bodybuilder(s) are gay (though in reality, there probably are a few). You see the audience cheering the bodybuilders and seem to conclude its because they are.
I myself am straight - always have and always will be (If I was gay or even bisexual, i would admit it, since no one knows me here + no one cares in this day and age). I have been following bodybuilding for years now. I buy magazines and even training / competition videos and watch them before going to the gym to psych myself up. And I can say in all honesty (as i'm sure can a lot of other guys here) that I have NEVER experienced any arousal at all when I go through the mags or watch a video. And I'm old enough to know when I'm aroused - happens all the time and ALWAYS can be attributed to a female(s).
Because you are gay and you look at guys (in your case, due to the nature of your taste - bodybuilders), you seem to think other guys looking at bodybuilders have similar feelings. NOT AT ALL. When I look at a bodybuilder, i am looking at his body and the focus /fixation is purely on the body (and nothing else). BUT that DOES NOT mean i'm gay or getting aroused. What I get out of seeing a bodybuilders body is motivation and sometimes envy. It helps me get to my goal in a way. When you are exhausted during your workout or in a lot of pain, the image of a bodybuilder you are a fan of definitely helps you go the extra step/mile.
In other words, straight guys looking at bodybuilders is no different than gay guys in the fashion industry looking at female models. We've all seen gay guys make a huge fuss over the way a girl looks (often, they pick up details that the model herself misses). But just because his primary purpose of being there is to solely look / judge / think about the looks of a woman(s body) doesnt mean he has an unacknowledged / innate tendency to want to bone her.
JMO
