there's a new study the by researchers from
Ohio State University and Boston University published by the National
Bureau of Economic Research
and the authors of the study are are Catherine Kaufman Lucas Kaufman and
Keith
Marzilli Ericsson and
what their research indicates is that the true percent of the population
that is attracted to their own gender maybe
nineteen percent nineteen percent
now so you might here then say
well okay that seems like a relatively straightforward number
and some you might hear that and say wow that's actually higher than I thought
and a the reason why this is interesting is because
there was an article or a study in 1948 that estimated that same-sex attraction
was the 10 percent of the population
and since then by and large people have used that number is a benchmarking
people say
a ten-percent oh and there's also been other polls done
on this over the years and its comeback with
much lower percentages the population so some polls had like five percent some
polls that is low in like 3 percent or 2 percent
and the reality is that wall are people mad at all what's
gotta be the number because it has a bear that's not really true because you
always have to look at the methodology always have to look at
a possible downside to the way to the polls were conducted on the way to study
in 1948 was conducted
and the reality is that the way to the polls they set it up so that a lot of
people
but would have no problem just flat out lying BS they're uncomfortable divulging
personal information you know about themselves to a random
due to just call them on your phone tech do a random poll so the reason why this
study is more accurate and why it's
really interesting to me is that what they did is they found out a way
and they described as in in no detail on the article on alternate about this
they found out a way to but really guarantee me
and more importantly convince people in this study that nobody would know their
answers
at all at all likenesses just between them and the friggin computer screen
that they're typing on
and probably the NSA had a different story for another day
arm and so when you actually put the people I
he is and you let them know look nobody's gonna judge in any way shape or
form this is literally not get anybody else's you
your totally random as part as partners thing here knowing territories back you
when people really think that then they're gonna be honest what happens
when people are honest
a lot more people like yeah I'm attracted to the same sex
so but nineteen percent man 19 percent and
I mean look just go of my own gut
what I would have guessed beforehand the percentage of people that are gay I
probably would have said between 10 percent and 20 percent
anywhere in that ballpark range there and it turns out that is probably the
higher number
and remember here's another fact about sexuality that's very rarely discussed
and it should be discussed more because this is the way it really is
sexuality is actually is spectrum where
you can be the totally bisexual and the equally attracted to both sides
or you can be bisexual and be mostly attracted to the same sex
or you can flip in be bisexual mostly attracted opposite sex but sometimes in
the same sex
or you can be on the very ends of the spectrum where one side would be
you know totally but gay and the others I will be totally straight
so the way we discuss sexualy nowadays is
you know very very didactic in a way because we say
where are you gay straight or bisexual and looked to be clear those labeled to
apply
because by and large you do fit into one of those three camps
but the question is to what extent and to what degree because
again you can the way that this spectrum works you can lean heavily towards
you know one thing but kinda at like the other thing as well
so this is an even more to our understanding about sexual attraction
and how
who the american people are trying to do a
how they define themselves sexually and this is really interesting and by the
way
final point here the fact that about 19 percent of population
is attracted to the same sex and we're still debating whether or not
this is a group that deserves equal rights under the law
is mind-numbingly stupid