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As it becomes completely acceptable to admit publicly that you're gay or bi, we see more and more of the population stating that.
The number of people who have experimented with homosexuality, an encounter in their teens or early adulthood, is over half the populations. The number of people who report they're not 100% heterosexual is VERY large.
When you make it absolutely unacceptable to admit to something, you'll find there isn't much of it in the population.
Make it acceptable to talk about and wow, springing up like mushrooms. When it was there all along, just hidden.
From my Human Sexuality class in college... Having "experimented" as a young person might be quite common, but it does not mean such a person is gay. Just like if a boy is sexually molested by a man, it does not mean the boy is gay (or that it will make him gay). There are life events and experiences, and then there is who a person truly is.
When you make something faddish and like a badge of honor to *claim* it (notice I didn't say *admit* it), you'll find a lot of false reporting because some people will do anything for attention (consciously or not).
I'm sticking with the 10%-ish estimate (or even less).
From my Human Sexuality class in college... Having "experimented" as a young person might be quite common, but it does not mean such a person is gay. Just like if a boy is sexually molested by a man, it does not mean the boy is gay (or that it will make him gay). There are life events and experiences, and then there is who a person truly is.
When you make something faddish and like a badge of honor to *claim* it (notice I didn't say *admit* it), you'll find a lot of false reporting because some people will do anything for attention (consciously or not).
I'm sticking with the 10%-ish estimate (or even less).
I suppose the difference, then, is how many stick with their experimentations, and what actually constitutes something outside of heterosexuality. Are you gay or bi or still hetero if as a male you experimented with homosexual anal relations, but marry a woman and engage with no men but have her engage in regular anal play on you? I know how I’d classify that, but that’s one of many gray areas I could come up with.
So it’s not cut and dried - I don’t know that any statistical method could come up with really solid numbers, but I’ll bet it’s higher than what current statistics say, if only current social norms didn’t discourage sexual proclivities other than hetero.
I think all of the population would have no problem engaging in same sex intimacy. Here are the reasons why:
- same sex mating takes place across the animal kingdom, humans are no different
- prison: you put enough dudes together with no women and they won't even last a day before dropping their drawers
- fact is, it is easy for women to be lesbians especially now that the stigma is mostly gone. Women have no problem getting naked in front of other women, just look at women's locker rooms. Modesty goes right out the window there. Also, women do use that to an advantage to attract men by getting with other women
- most men like pornography. Most pornography has male anatomy all over it. Men have no problem with it.
- The ancient Romans embraced homosexuality.
I think the only reason people say they aren't "gay" or would never act on it is because they are afraid of being judged by society or their family or religion. So yes, everyone is LGBTQIA+-
I think all of the population would have no problem engaging in same sex intimacy. Here are the reasons why:
- same sex mating takes place across the animal kingdom, humans are no different
- prison: you put enough dudes together with no women and they won't even last a day before dropping their drawers
- fact is, it is easy for women to be lesbians especially now that the stigma is mostly gone. Women have no problem getting naked in front of other women, just look at women's locker rooms. Modesty goes right out the window there. Also, women do use that to an advantage to attract men by getting with other women
- most men like pornography. Most pornography has male anatomy all over it. Men have no problem with it.
- The ancient Romans embraced homosexuality.
I think the only reason people say they aren't "gay" or would never act on it is because they are afraid of being judged by society or their family or religion. So yes, everyone is LGBTQIA+-
This is a fantasy. Gays might wish that all straight men were potentially available to them but that just isn't the case. The vast majority of men have zero sexual interest in other men.
This is a fantasy. Gays might wish that all straight men were potentially available to them but that just isn't the case. The vast majority of men have zero sexual interest in other men.
Take women out of the equation and all men would resort to homosexuality , most within days/weeks. The last holdouts would be incredibly lonely. The desire for human companionship and intimate relations is too strong for people to just ignore
Singular use of 'they/them' is perfectly acceptable and has been around for hundreds of years. It's not any more improper than the the plural and singular use of 'you'. Weird how people latch onto the the most trivial points to try to make their argument seem more 'right', such as wrongly assuming grammar usage to be some sort of nefarious plot to brainwash children. Now that's ridiculous!
I've never heard of an mainstream media nor entertainment making this claim.. of 50% is LGBTQ.
This thread is about ONE teacher...ONE individual.
This, they (Right wingers) are again trying to make something out of nothing, so they can create a false naritive and then be upset about it. They make up these "stories", conflate reality, and then use it to make false statements about what they BELIEVE the motivation of others is.
But even more importantly, why does it even matter how many people are LGBTQ. The FACT is that we are all protected under the same Bill of Rights, so if it is 1% or 99%, it really doesn't matter.
From my Human Sexuality class in college... Having "experimented" as a young person might be quite common, but it does not mean such a person is gay. Just like if a boy is sexually molested by a man, it does not mean the boy is gay (or that it will make him gay). There are life events and experiences, and then there is who a person truly is.
When you make something faddish and like a badge of honor to *claim* it (notice I didn't say *admit* it), you'll find a lot of false reporting because some people will do anything for attention (consciously or not).
I'm sticking with the 10%-ish estimate (or even less).
Agreed. Looking at the most recent Gallup survey based on self identification; some interesting points;
The Millenial generation has the highest percentage of self identifying as LGBT.
Minorities have a higher percentage then whites.
Those earning less the 36k have the highest percentage of income groups.
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