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It's a real small sample but enough to get my attention. I register donors at blood drives. At one university there are a quite a few foreign students.

One question all donors have to answer is if they have ever had sex with another male. Gay males are not allowed to donate blood because they are considered high risk. One exception to that is if it was a molestation by a male as a child. In just the last couple of years, we've had three Saudi students answer yes to that question and explain they were molested as kids. That vs one American kid.

Even though there are a lot of foreign students, Americans of course way outnumber them. That would be an unbelievably high percentage for the Saudi kids if that was the norm. It was enough to get my attention and make me wonder if pedophilia was way more common over there.

One question all donors have to answer is if they have ever had sex with another male. Gay males are not allowed to donate blood because they are considered high risk. One exception to that is if it was a molestation by a male as a child. In just the last couple of years, we've had three Saudi students answer yes to that question and explain they were molested as kids. That vs one American kid.

The Red Cross blood center in my neighborhood doesn't contain the "have you ever had sex with another male" question -- WITH the childhood molestation qualification -- in its screening questionnaire.

"One exception to that is if it was a molestation by a male as a child."

Strange exception. Did the blood-drive company think children are immune from AIDS?