Except that Bond is such a huge slut himself that he sleeps with at least one or two women before going off with the "right" one at the end. So it's not gender, it's just the Bond formula.

Hm, I guess that means that he *does* need to be gay, for the "right" one at the end to be a guy.....Hee. Albert Broccoli would be spinning so fast in his grave that he'd probably burrow out of the ground.