Bisexuality: More Or Less

It’s happening, folks. The world is turning more gay by the minute and we’ve got the numbers to prove it.

According to the latest national survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more Americans are identifying as bisexual than ever before. Not only that, but more straight guys are admitting to having had gay sex.

Researchers interviewed more than 9,000 men and women ages 18 to 44 years between 2011 and 2013. Respondents were asked about the types of sexual experiences they’ve had, whether they are attracted to the same or opposite sex and how they label their sexual orientations.

Here’s what they learned: 1.9 percent of men said they were homosexual, which is on par with the CDC’s last survey conducted between 2006-2010. Meanwhile, 2 percent of men said they identified as bisexual, up from 1.2 percent in the last survey.

And this is where it gets really interesting. Because 6.2 percent of men said they had engaged in either oral or anal sex with another guy.

Let’s grab our calculators and do a little basic math here…

If 1.9 percent of men said they were gay and 2 percent said they were bisexual, but 6.2 percent said they had engaged in same-sex sexual activity, that means 2.3 percent of men engaging in same-sex sexual activity are straight. Or at least straight-identifying. Or maybe bi-curious? ...

Queerty.

That number again... 2.3%. *

Wooh! etc.

* This could be called 'statistically insignificant', the margin of error in surveys is 3% (and it's far, far lower than Kinsey).

PS A statistician would pee themselves laughing at over-excited headlines like this in the Express.

FROM ONE PER CENT TO TWO PER CENT FFS!!!!

Guardian: Pleasurable

Guardian online becomes even more insane.

YouGov Sexuality Survey: 'But What Does It Mean...'

Taken as a whole, 72% of the British public place themselves at the completely heterosexual end of the scale, while 4% put themselves at the completely homosexual end and 19% say they are somewhere in between – classed as bisexual in varying degrees by Kinsey. Of the people that do place themselves in this 1-5 area, the majority incline away from homosexuality – 15% are closer to the heterosexual end, 2% directly in the middle and 2% are closer to the homosexual end.

With each generation, people see their sexuality as less fixed in stone. The results for 18-24 year-olds are particularly striking, as 43% place 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 of all generations now accept the idea that sexual orientation exists along a continuum rather than a binary choice - overall 60% of heterosexuals support this idea, and 73% of homosexuals. 28% of heterosexuals believe that 'there is no middle ground – you are either heterosexual or you are not'.

But what does it mean to be at 1 on the scale, and what is the difference being here or at 2? According to the research, progressing further away from 'completely heterosexual' (0) towards the midpoint (3, or 'completely bisexual') increases the chance that you have had a sexual experience with a member of the opposite sex. 23% of those at level 1 have had a sexual encounter with a member of the opposite sex, while 52% of people at level 2 have had such an experience.

Clearly, these figures are not measures of active bisexuality - overall, 89% of the population describes themselves as heterosexual - but putting yourself at level 1 allows for the possibility of homosexual feelings and experiences. More than anything, it indicates an increasingly open minded approach to sexuality. In a further set of questions asking if respondents could conceivably be attracted to, have sex with or have a relationship with someone of the same sex (if the right person came along at the right time), level 1s were at least 35% more likely to say they could than level 0s.

'Respected pollsters' YouGov.

No idea. Anyone?

Not sure what we can extrapolate from this beyond some sex surveyors ask rather convoluted questions.

Time Out Sex Survey: Phwoar!

An amazing 60% of London’s women and 23% of the UK capital’s men either have had or would have a same-sex experience.
That means almost 42% of the city’s population are in to gay sex.
It’s the shock figure coming out of a Time Out survey... 

Gay Star News. 

No, dear.
It's a survey.
It doesn't tell us anything about Londoners, only about the people who replied to this self-selecting survey.*
How many nuns do you think filled this in? 
And further, there is no survey as unreliable as one that asks people about their sex lives.
Which was the only thing anyone ever really learned from The Kinsey Report.
You fool.

* I'm working on the assumption Time Out hasn't sexed-up the results, like some magazines I could mention.