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I've since learned to embrace my weirdness.
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mee too. 
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The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
PhosphorusDecree wrote:
MaxE wrote:
I wonder if there's some evolutionary advantage to the fact that a consistent percent of the population is gay. If so, then it would have to be considered normal to be gay. Sorry if this is not a direct response to the OP, but it occurred to me when considering the question.
A few years back, there was a short piece in New Scientist about a gene that raised the odds of men being gay. Or rather, it affected how strongly the person (male or female) was sexually attracted to men. They hypothesised that the gene was producing gay men while their man-crazed sisters were getting pregnant a lot.... on balance the gene survived 'cos it didn't affect the number of babies in the next generation! That's just one gene and just one study- these things should always be taken with a pinch of salt. But an interesting idea.
And is there more gay men than gay women?
I wonder if it's true that there's more monosexual (is that the word? Non-bi, non-pan sexual people) cis men than cis women?
In which case there would be more gay men than gay women. But only in terms of exclusively.
I've heard the stereotype that female sexuality is more fluid.
Of course, society stigmatises straight men doing things which straight women do - such as showing emotion to each other, holding hands, hugging etc. My mum's straight & monogamous and you should hear her on the phone to her platonic female friends! "Hello darling, how are you sweetheart?" etc...
Hardly any straight men would talk to each other like that.
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10 Oct 2020, 1:22 pm
KT67 wrote:
The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
PhosphorusDecree wrote:
MaxE wrote:
I wonder if there's some evolutionary advantage to the fact that a consistent percent of the population is gay. If so, then it would have to be considered normal to be gay. Sorry if this is not a direct response to the OP, but it occurred to me when considering the question.
A few years back, there was a short piece in New Scientist about a gene that raised the odds of men being gay. Or rather, it affected how strongly the person (male or female) was sexually attracted to men. They hypothesised that the gene was producing gay men while their man-crazed sisters were getting pregnant a lot.... on balance the gene survived 'cos it didn't affect the number of babies in the next generation! That's just one gene and just one study- these things should always be taken with a pinch of salt. But an interesting idea.
And is there more gay men than gay women?
I wonder if it's true that there's more monosexual (is that the word? Non-bi, non-pan sexual people) cis men than cis women?
In which case there would be more gay men than gay women. But only in terms of exclusively.
I've heard the stereotype that female sexuality is more fluid.
Of course, society stigmatises straight men doing things which straight women do - such as showing emotion to each other, holding hands, hugging etc. My mum's straight & monogamous and you should hear her on the phone to her platonic female friends! "Hello darling, how are you sweetheart?" etc...
Hardly any straight men would talk to each other like that.Actually in my culture, old and middle age men do often use the words "sweetheart" and "my eyes" when they speak to other male friends in a total platonic context - despite the homophobia.
Younger generations don't do that tho, it's due to the westernization I guess.
Regarding fluidity:
Quote:
Males versus females
Research generally indicates that female sexuality is more fluid than male sexuality.[33] In a seminal review of the sexual orientation literature, stimulated by the findings that the 1970s sexual revolution affected female sexuality more so than male sexuality, research by Baumeister et al. indicated that when compared to males, females have lower concordance between sexual attitudes and behaviors, and sociocultural factors affect female sexuality to a greater degree; it also found that personal change in sexuality is more common for females compared to males.[34] Female sexuality (lesbian and heterosexual) changes significantly more than males on both dimensional and categorical measures of sexual orientation.[30] Furthermore, the majority of homosexual women who previously identified as a different sexual orientation identified as heterosexual; whereas for males, the majority previously identified as bisexual, which the authors believe support the idea of greater fluidity in female sexuality.[30] Females also report having identified with more than one sexual orientation, more often than males and are found to have higher levels of sexual orientation mobility. Females also report being bisexual or unsure of their sexuality more often than males, who more commonly report being exclusively gay or heterosexual.[35] Over a six-year period, women have also been found to display more shifts in sexual orientation identity and were more likely to define their sexual orientation with non-exclusive terms.[14]
Research generally indicates that female sexuality is more fluid than male sexuality.[33] In a seminal review of the sexual orientation literature, stimulated by the findings that the 1970s sexual revolution affected female sexuality more so than male sexuality, research by Baumeister et al. indicated that when compared to males, females have lower concordance between sexual attitudes and behaviors, and sociocultural factors affect female sexuality to a greater degree; it also found that personal change in sexuality is more common for females compared to males.[34] Female sexuality (lesbian and heterosexual) changes significantly more than males on both dimensional and categorical measures of sexual orientation.[30] Furthermore, the majority of homosexual women who previously identified as a different sexual orientation identified as heterosexual; whereas for males, the majority previously identified as bisexual, which the authors believe support the idea of greater fluidity in female sexuality.[30] Females also report having identified with more than one sexual orientation, more often than males and are found to have higher levels of sexual orientation mobility. Females also report being bisexual or unsure of their sexuality more often than males, who more commonly report being exclusively gay or heterosexual.[35] Over a six-year period, women have also been found to display more shifts in sexual orientation identity and were more likely to define their sexual orientation with non-exclusive terms.[14]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_fl ... us_females
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