I think this is probably the reason that many of us make the distinction between youthful experimentation, and continued behaviors.That may well have been the intent of the OP, but the fact remains that there is a difference between experimenting during youth, and continued behavior.
Using the word "lifestyle" was probably just a poor word choice on your part; there is no "gay lifestyle." But that's something that does invite more discussion. If the intent of the OP was to get more men to identify as gay in order to mainstream the concept of "gay," there's some validity to that. As long as men continue to engage in gay sex, but claim to be straight, they help to perpetuate that "gay" is not mainstream, and therefore contribute to societal homophobia.
I honestly don't think that
straight men accounting for their homosexual experience, however current or extensive, by identifying as
gay is going to do anything, but confuse people even more than we're already confused. I think what we can safely acknowledge and, maybe, agree that some [SOME] homosexual experiences are more common or 'mainstream' than we've allowed ourselves to believe. It's our judgment of these
behaviors that form the basis for the stigmatization and demonization of gay culture or whatever, etc.
Of two guys who cornholed each other a few times in junior highschool, but also dated girls, one may identify himself as
straight, and the other as
gay. Who are we to say one is wrong, and the other is right? It really depends on how they view the experiences they shared, I think.
I suggest that, if oral sex is not as common between males of any age as anal or butt-related [?] homosexual experiences, we may view
oral sex between guys as
gayer or more involved, than
anal. Maybe, it's because sucking something is a little too much like
kissing something, and we've firmly established that kissing between males
is definitely gay. But, who knows why?