Richard Burton's lovers would agree. But it's not surprising that Burton found so many willing lovers. Consequently, Burton felt that in many ways he was monogamous, because when he was with one woman, he never thought of another. Needless to say, the highly creative are highly creative at rationalizing their behavior. Lastly, something need be said with regard to the highly creative who are lovers of the same sex.
Most people are a mixture of impulses.
But before the days of George Michael and public toilet rendezvous, sex for those driven by a desire for their own gender often took an even more mystical form than heterosexual love. All rights reserved.