 As a result, parents offer advice about dating although it may not be heeded.A report in "Psychology Today" found that homosexual men were attracted to men in their late teens and early twenties and did not care much about the status of a prospective partner; rather, physical attractiveness was the key.Gay men, on average, tend to have more sexual partners, while lesbians tended to form steadier one-on-one relationships, and tend to be less promiscuous than heterosexual women.