Editors' Note: Reading this won't make you any straighter or gayer than you already are.

From a sociological point of view, it's pretty fascinating. On the day we looked, there were 268 ads in Craigslist's men seeking men (or m4m) section that contained "Married" as a keyword. What's with all the married men? My mother used to say that all the good men were either married or gay. Look out, ladies, because now they're BOTH, simultaneously.

Well, I did notice that 99 percent of the Casual Encounters appear to be posted by straight men. Do women just never mention sex in dating ads? Is it because women are supposed to at least appear to be good girls? Or do they really not want casual sex from guys they meet online?

The men seeking women in the dating section are smart enough to say they are looking for dates, for the most part. They're a little racier than the women seeking men, though. I guess they know that fishing for a hookup with women is really probably not going to happen? This is just so different than the m4m section – 99 percent of those ads are looking for sex. Do straight people just not get to do that?

On the other hand, if you're gay and you want a date, you can find a match in lots of other places – but I don't think you're going to get one from Craig.

No, but if you want to explode with the stickiest adjectives available, you've got your digital bathhouse right there.

No, I'm sure there's a small, silent minority that doesn't have casual Internet-enabled sex on a regular basis. But the option's available to all of you all the time, isn't it?

Either you're an incorrect expert on gay sex all of a sudden or you're jealous, if not both. Every single gay man on earth COULD get laid in 15 minutes … if they wanted to. That's not true for you, is it?

For real now: Does this make you jealous of gay men?

Yes and no. Yes, because, well, yes. No, because I think that Internet-enabled casual hookups appeal to the drive-through/click-through mentality in everyone. I mean you can order food, movies, pay bills online. It naturally follows that folks would want to order a shag as well. It's possible to meet someone really amazing and special online, but just as rare as in real life. Most people get trained to click past, to find next new person, and never appreciate what's right in front of them.

Online hookups may be too easy for gays. Why put yourself out there trying to get the courage to meet someone in a bar when you can just order up a guy like so much takeout? “Hmm, what do I feel like tonight? Italian? Asian? Or all-American beef?” I think for some people, the variety and the excitement must be very interesting and fun. I have to think it cannot be completely fulfilling, though.

As someone who's been in three long-term relationships, it's hard for me to say. I've only been single for like a minute in between husbands. The last time I dated, mimeograph machines were all the rage. But here's what I think:

If women were available on Craigslist for hookups, you guys would be drinking at the trough like a bunch of thirsty race horses. But they aren't, for the most part. I guess women are built to be more selective and less driven to casual sex because of biology, or extreme social conditioning. Whatever the reason, they call the shots in straight sex. And because straight women don't easily hook up casually, it seems, that means you straight guys don't get to either.

Your theories seem sound to me. But don't look at Craigslist personals as real life. There are a lot of people in the world, online and offline, and we're only looking at the narrow subset that chose to look for partnership on CraigsList. They're a selective representation of real life – sort of a polarized lens to look through. But man, what a representation! Some of these ads are completely NUTS.

I know, I know. The best ones aren't representative of any group, gay or straight -- they're just oddly cut gems all their own. Check out these two, for example:

DRAGQUEEN HERE HONESTLY LOOKIN FOR MR. RIGHT. DOES HE EXIST?