Survey, 49% of 18-24 year-olds in UK Are Neither All Gay nor All Straight
Introduction
This is a new concept this blog has been talking about for a year and that is that sexuality is fluid. When we try to neatly box everything and give it a label nature throws a monkey wrench into it and we have to stop and scratch our heads. The fact is no matter what you or I believe there are people out there that live very happy contempt lives without being gay nor straight.
A new survey by YouGov and others since 2011 are giving us shockingly(to some) high numbers, like in 2011 NCRM reported on a groundbreaking new survey that found that children – gay and straight – raised in conservative areas were far more likely to attempt suicide than children raised in more liberal areas.
Now this new YouGov study in Great Britain finds “an increasingly open minded approach to sexuality” among young people, and that’s good news.
This remind us that nature is not completely this or that. As we explore other worlds as out technology improves we will see shocking samples that will rock many of our familiar, popular beliefs. Right now many scientists believe that we have an alien on our mists in the oceans. An animal we have discovered has a high level of intelligence but by it looks we never would have guessed it. I will leave it at that because that is a subject for another issue. The point is that there is much we don’t know about ourselves and our surroundings. Keeping an objective and open mind is best. Wish parents would teach that to their kids. It would make them better human beings with tolerance for those things and people we don’t understand.
Now this new YouGov study in Great Britain finds “an increasingly open minded approach to sexuality” among young people, and that’s good news.
This remind us that nature is not completely this or that. As we explore other worlds as out technology improves we will see shocking samples that will rock many of our familiar, popular beliefs. Right now many scientists believe that we have an alien on our mists in the oceans. An animal we have discovered has a high level of intelligence but by it looks we never would have guessed it. I will leave it at that because that is a subject for another issue. The point is that there is much we don’t know about ourselves and our surroundings. Keeping an objective and open mind is best. Wish parents would teach that to their kids. It would make them better human beings with tolerance for those things and people we don’t understand.
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According to a new YouGov survey, 49% of 18-24 year-olds in Britain define
themselves as something other than completely heterosexual.
The Kinsey scale invented in the 1940s placed people on a range of
sexual preferences from exclusively heterosexual at 0 to exclusively
homosexual at 6.
themselves as something other than completely heterosexual.
The Kinsey scale invented in the 1940s placed people on a range of
sexual preferences from exclusively heterosexual at 0 to exclusively
homosexual at 6.
In the YouGov study, individuals were asked to put themselves on that
sexuality scale. In total, 72% of the British public scored themselves at the
completely heterosexual end of the scale, while 4% were at the completely
homosexual end, with 19% stating they were somewhere in between –
classed as bisexual by Kinsey.
sexuality scale. In total, 72% of the British public scored themselves at the
completely heterosexual end of the scale, while 4% were at the completely
homosexual end, with 19% stating they were somewhere in between –
classed as bisexual by Kinsey.
One of the most striking findings of the new study is that with each generation,
people see their sexuality as less fixed and more fluid. The results for 18-24
year-olds are particularly telling, with 43% placing themselves in the non-binary
area between 1 and 5 and 52% place themselves at one end or the other.
Of these,
only 46% say they are completely heterosexual and 6% as completely
homosexual.
people see their sexuality as less fixed and more fluid. The results for 18-24
year-olds are particularly telling, with 43% placing themselves in the non-binary
area between 1 and 5 and 52% place themselves at one end or the other.
Of these,
only 46% say they are completely heterosexual and 6% as completely
homosexual.
Public opinion seems to accept the concept that sexual orientation exists
along a continuum, rather than being a either/or choice between being
straight and gay. According to YouGov, 60% of heterosexuals support
this idea, as do 73% of homosexuals.
along a continuum, rather than being a either/or choice between being
straight and gay. According to YouGov, 60% of heterosexuals support
this idea, as do 73% of homosexuals.
Only 28% of heterosexuals believe that “there is no middle ground –
you are either heterosexual or you are not".
Kinsey estimated that around 10% of the population was gay,
although this percentage was criticized by the American Statistical
Association. However, a 2011 Gallup poll asked over 1,000 people
in the US “what percentage of Americans today would you say
are gay or lesbian?" On average, respondents guessed
that 1-in-4 Americans were.
When it comes to breaking down in terms of gay men
and women 1.5% of men in
and women 1.5% of men in
According to research by Biscuit, a website for bisexual women,
38% of respondents have at one point engaged in some form of
sexual activity with a same-sex partner, often as part of a group.
38% of respondents have at one point engaged in some form of
sexual activity with a same-sex partner, often as part of a group.
Charlotte Dingle, editor-in-chief of Biscuit, told Pink News:
“Women are increasingly viewing their own sexuality as fluid.I believe that the old definitions of ‘gay’, ‘straight' and 'bi' are
increasingly irrelevant in a society in which an individual’s sexual
and gender identity is becoming more and more complex and diverse."
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