"Because a homosexual orientation is complex and multi-dimensional,
some academics and researchers, especially in Queer studies, have
argued that it is a historical and social construction. In 1976 the
historian Michel Foucault argued that homosexuality as an identity did
not exist in the eighteenth century; that people instead spoke of
"sodomy", which referred to sexual acts. Sodomy was a crime that was
often ignored but sometimes punished severely (see sodomy law).
Foucault further argued that it was in the nineteenth century that
homosexuality came into existence as practitioners of emerging
sciences and arts sought to classify and analyze different forms of
sexuality. Finally, Foucault argues that it was this emerging
discourse that allowed some to claim homosexuality as a human
identity.
The term homosexual is often used in European and American cultures to
encompass a person’s entire social identity, which includes self and
personality. In Western cultures some people speak meaningfully of
gay, lesbian, and bisexual identities and communities. In other
cultures, homosexuality and heterosexual labels don’t emphasize an
entire social identity or indicate community affiliation based on
sexual orientation"
Personally i've never found males sexuallly thrilling although i've
admired a males body; in the same sense that i might admire any form
of "beauty".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuals
