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Why Aren’t There More Gay People?
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 11:08 am
by andy7171
This is an interesting read.
I have a sensitive, inconvenient, and undoubtedly politically incorrect question: Why aren’t there more gay people?
I ask because there’s something confusing about our “culture war.” Given the prominence of the issue, you would expect homosexuality to be rampant in America. When asked to estimate how many gay people there are, most people guess that it’s on the order of 20% to 25% of the population. But yet another study has been released by the CDC giving a more scientific estimate, and it finds that almost 97 percent of Americans describe themselves as straight — the actual number who describes themselves as gay, lesbian, or bisexual is 2.3%. So the public’s perception is off by a whole order of magnitude.
http://thefederalist.com/2014/07/21/why ... ay-people/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
And let me add, that I don't know if the source is a left leaning, right leaning, hack, conk, donk or what ever. I just thought it was an interesting article.
Re: Why Aren’t There More Gay People?
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 11:13 am
by dbackjon
Because you don't choose to be gay, or straight, or bi, etc. Whether it is 3% or 5%, etc is irrelevant. No guy is going to suck dick just because they think it is "in"
Re: Why Aren’t There More Gay People?
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 11:20 am
by CAA Flagship
Re: Why Aren’t There More Gay People?
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 11:22 am
by Baldy
dbackjon wrote:Because you don't choose to be gay, or straight, or bi, etc. Whether it is 3% or 5%, etc is irrelevant. No guy is going to suck dick just because they think it is "in"
That's not what GATW told me...he said all the cool kids were doing it.
Re: Why Aren’t There More Gay People?
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 11:29 am
by CAA Flagship
Baldy wrote:dbackjon wrote:Because you don't choose to be gay, or straight, or bi, etc. Whether it is 3% or 5%, etc is irrelevant. No guy is going to suck dick just because they think it is "in"
That's not what GATW told me...he said all the cool kids were doing it.
See?
Re: Why Aren’t There More Gay People?
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 11:30 am
by Grizalltheway
Baldy wrote:dbackjon wrote:Because you don't choose to be gay, or straight, or bi, etc. Whether it is 3% or 5%, etc is irrelevant. No guy is going to suck dick just because they think it is "in"
That's not what GATW told me...he said all the cool kids were doing it.
Thanks for, err, blowing it for me, dback.
Re: Why Aren’t There More Gay People?
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 11:32 am
by CAA Flagship
Re: Why Aren’t There More Gay People?
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 11:34 am
by Grizalltheway
What was that? Couldn't understand you with all that shit in your lip.
Re: Why Aren’t There More Gay People?
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 11:53 am
by CAA Flagship
Grizalltheway wrote:
What was that? Couldn't understand you with all that shit in your lip.
How did you know?
Re: Why Aren’t There More Gay People?
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 12:05 pm
by LeadBolt
By the nature of their sexual orientation, Gays have a hard time reproducing, therefore natural selection takes over and the gay genes are bred out of the pool.
Re: Why Aren’t There More Gay People?
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 12:42 pm
by Bronco
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National Health Statistics Report (Number 77 - July 15, 2014) ...
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhsr/nhsr077.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Results—Based on the 2013 NHIS data, 96.6% of adults identified as straight, 1.6% identified as gay or lesbian, and 0.7% identified as bisexual. ...
Based on what I read on the CDC web site it isn't a very healthy lifestyle
http://www.cdc.gov/search.do?subset=nch ... ion=search" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Re: Why Aren’t There More Gay People?
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 12:43 pm
by dbackjon
LeadBolt wrote:By the nature of their sexual orientation, Gays have a hard time reproducing, therefore natural selection takes over and the gay genes are bred out of the pool.
Then why haven't we disappeared? It depends on WHERE the genes are coming from. If it is mainly from the maternal side, passed on via females, then gays reproducing or not is irrelevant.
Are biological children of gay couples (or at least one gay partner) more or less likely to be gay than from hetero couples?
Re: Why Aren’t There More Gay People?
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 12:46 pm
by andy7171
I knew I'd be sorry for posting this.
Re: Why Aren’t There More Gay People?
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 12:53 pm
by Ibanez
This thread has potential.
Re: Why Aren’t There More Gay People?
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 12:55 pm
by bandl
Can we get straight to the point here?
Re: Why Aren’t There More Gay People?
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 12:59 pm
by dbackjon
bandl wrote:Can we get straight to the point here?
I thought you'd rather beat around the bush?
Re: Why Aren’t There More Gay People?
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 1:12 pm
by CID1990
dbackjon wrote:LeadBolt wrote:By the nature of their sexual orientation, Gays have a hard time reproducing, therefore natural selection takes over and the gay genes are bred out of the pool.
Then why haven't we disappeared? It depends on WHERE the genes are coming from. If it is mainly from the maternal side, passed on via females, then gays reproducing or not is irrelevant.
Are biological children of gay couples (or at least one gay partner) more or less likely to be gay than from hetero couples?
maybe gayness is just mother nature's way of keeping the dumb ones from breeding
Re: Why Aren’t There More Gay People?
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 1:13 pm
by Grizalltheway
CAA Flagship wrote:Grizalltheway wrote:
What was that? Couldn't understand you with all that shit in your lip.
How did you know?
You answered the question above you.
Re: Why Aren’t There More Gay People?
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 1:17 pm
by SeattleGriz
dbackjon wrote:LeadBolt wrote:By the nature of their sexual orientation, Gays have a hard time reproducing, therefore natural selection takes over and the gay genes are bred out of the pool.
Then why haven't we disappeared? It depends on WHERE the genes are coming from. If it is mainly from the maternal side, passed on via females, then gays reproducing or not is irrelevant.
Are biological children of gay couples (or at least one gay partner) more or less likely to be gay than from hetero couples?
How about epigenetics playing a role?
Re: Why Aren’t There More Gay People?
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 1:20 pm
by dbackjon
CID1990 wrote:dbackjon wrote:
Then why haven't we disappeared? It depends on WHERE the genes are coming from. If it is mainly from the maternal side, passed on via females, then gays reproducing or not is irrelevant.
Are biological children of gay couples (or at least one gay partner) more or less likely to be gay than from hetero couples?
maybe gayness is just mother nature's way of keeping the dumb ones from breeding
Mother Nature knows that the world can only stand so much Fab-u-lusss-ness!!
Did you just call your brother dumb?
Re: Why Aren’t There More Gay People?
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 1:21 pm
by dbackjon
SeattleGriz wrote:dbackjon wrote:
Then why haven't we disappeared? It depends on WHERE the genes are coming from. If it is mainly from the maternal side, passed on via females, then gays reproducing or not is irrelevant.
Are biological children of gay couples (or at least one gay partner) more or less likely to be gay than from hetero couples?
How about epigenetics playing a role?
It very well could.
Re: Why Aren’t There More Gay People?
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 1:23 pm
by Ibanez
bandl wrote:Can we get straight to the point here?
Stop dicking around, fellas.
Re: Why Aren’t There More Gay People?
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 1:36 pm
by Grizalltheway
Ibanez wrote:bandl wrote:Can we get straight to the point here?
Stop dicking around, fellas.
Agreed. We need to violently penetrate to the meat of this issue.
Re: Why Aren’t There More Gay People?
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 1:41 pm
by Ibanez
Grizalltheway wrote:Ibanez wrote:
Stop dicking around, fellas.
Agreed. We need to violently penetrate to the meat of this issue.
Exactly! We need to grab hold, of the issues and forcefully push through the sticking points. Even if we have to ram it down peoples throats.
Re: Why Aren’t There More Gay People?
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 1:49 pm
by dbackjon
Ibanez wrote:Grizalltheway wrote:
Agreed. We need to violently penetrate to the meat of this issue.
Exactly! We need to grab hold, of the issues and forcefully push through the sticking points. Even if we have to ram it down peoples throats.
Stop pussy-footing around. We need to lick this issue, and lick it well. Scissor-through any red-tape.
Mostly genetics though.