You're probably right.
...obviously, lesbians are not at risk of AIDS at all.
I don't know what you're trying to say with this thread but I think it's kind of common that high school students question their sexuality. Most people I know went through. Weather questioned it I grew up to be straight. It was just that I was in high school in the late 90s and in that era if you said you were gay that legal was stuck to you. No it doesn't seem like it is. That's not a bad thing.Record-High 70% in U.S. Support Same-Sex Marriage
U.S. support for legal same-sex marriage continues to grow, now at 70% -- a new high in Gallup's trend dating to 1996.news.gallup.com
Record one in FOUR high school students are gay or bisexual
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's 2021 yearly report found that just 75.5 percent of 14 to 18-year-olds in America said they were heterosexual in 2021 - a new low.www.dailymail.co.uk
I don't know what you're trying to say with this thread but I think it's kind of common that high school students question their sexuality. Most people I know went through. Weather questioned it I grew up to be straight. It was just that I was in high school in the late 90s and in that era if you said you were gay that legal was stuck to you. No it doesn't seem like it is. That's not a bad thing.
What's the point. Are you suggesting a permissive society is more likely to have more gay people or what?According to the article, it's double the amount in 2015, and likely much higher than it was in the late 1990s.
Same thing with support for same-sex marriage: from 27 pct in the late 1990s to 70 pct today.
According to the Kinsey scale, up to 50% of people are bisexual to some degree despite the fact that many never act on it.Record one in FOUR high school students are gay or bisexual
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's 2021 yearly report found that just 75.5 percent of 14 to 18-year-olds in America said they were heterosexual in 2021 - a new low.www.dailymail.co.uk
Would you consider someone that's a one on the Kinsey scale a bisexual person?According to the Kinsey scale, up to 50% of people are bisexual to some degree despite the fact that many never act on it.
Would you consider someone that's a one on the Kinsey scale a bisexual person?
OK.I think at one time probably a decade or two ago a four or five would be bisexual.
I was just trying to get an idea of where you place that sort of thing.Bisexual but only slightly.
A little explanation for why I said that if you're interested. I came out 16 or so years ago and that was the last time I thought about that stuff so my information is 16 years behind.
What's the point. Are you suggesting a permissive society is more likely to have more gay people or what?
Meaning they change sexuality by choiceAccording to the Kinsey scale, up to 50% of people are bisexual to some degree despite the fact that many never act on it.
That's a good thing.....right?According to the article, it's double the amount in 2015, and likely much higher than it was in the late 1990s.
Same thing with support for same-sex marriage: from 27 pct in the late 1990s to 70 pct today.
That's a good thing.....right?
I know. I'm asking you a questionI'm addressing the OP.
How do you measure that difference scientifically?There's a difference between people who may have at one point had homoerotic feelings early in life and those who are genuinely gay. Been a while since I've looked at the literature, but from what I remember in reading things like medical/psyche references, much of the research on up until the 1980s indicated that about 5% of the population self-identified as gay. Some sources suggested that this could be a low figure given the fact that there's stigma associated with such labels and, as best as I can recall, estimated that number to be closer to 10%. It wouldn't surprise me if the true number's a bit north of that. Frankly, 20-25% seems high, but who knows...
One of my crackpot hypotheses on gayness or other forms of non-heterosexuality is that it could be something that occurs naturally within the animal kingdom as a reaction to population pressure. If, for example, the human population were to become endangered, then assuming resources were somewhat abundant, there would be pressure to reproduce, and the species would need more individuals with reproductive capacity engaging in heterosexual reproductive activity. But in modern times, it's just not that necessary.
Record-High 70% in U.S. Support Same-Sex Marriage
U.S. support for legal same-sex marriage continues to grow, now at 70% -- a new high in Gallup's trend dating to 1996.news.gallup.com
Record one in FOUR high school students are gay or bisexual
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's 2021 yearly report found that just 75.5 percent of 14 to 18-year-olds in America said they were heterosexual in 2021 - a new low.www.dailymail.co.uk
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