the first homosexual

[Jon Miller]

Yeah, well, I read about when I was in college, over 5 years ago.

JM

[Proteus_MST]

Originally posted by Jon Miller
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I think a lot of people have had a same-sex experience. That does not make one homosexual. (especially not genetically, which is what we have been discussing recently) However, if you look at sexual practices/etc, there is a pretty clear cut distinction, according to the research I have seen.

I personally don't think that bisexuality is genetic based (unlike homosexuality/heterosexuality).

I also have heard numbers all over the place (from 2% to 100%), but most real research I have seen puts it about 10%. This includes for other societies that aren't western.

JM
(edit: I said majority, but that is stupid. The statistic was a straight person averaged .5 same sex partners... of course, some will have a small number, some will have 1, and most will have 0. I am not sure how they determined who was homosexual or not in this study (the homosexuals did average for more same sex sexual partners thoguh).)

This number doesn´t seem to hold true for other species. If you look at Bonobos, there seems to be a much higher percentage of same sex encounters.
But AFAIK there hasn´t been any scientific study about it yet (well, AFAIK there are generally very few studies about homosexuality in non human species, maybe researchers fear that it might damage their scientific reputation if they do research about homosexuality in animals or that people believe they´re homosexuals themselves)

[molly bloom]

Originally posted by Jon Miller
Yeah, well, I read about when I was in college, over 5 years ago.

JM

In which case why bother saying things with apparent certainty, such as:

There was some bird that had a very clear correlation.

and

I also have heard numbers all over the place (from 2% to 100%), but most real research I have seen puts it about 10%.

and

Additionally, the correlation of increased homosexuality (in the animal kingdom) with increased pollution is very interesting

and then fail to back any of this up with external references ?