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To: Conservative Coulter Fan
Among women, 86% said they were attracted only to males

Meaning 14% are not.

Many women are attracted to women, and I can't blame them--women are beautiful creatures. :-) I also know women who aren't attracted to women yet say they can easily see how others are. So that's a large chunk of the population with empathy for those with these sexual desires.

But a lot of the disconnects are based on definitions of "homosexuality." I prefer using a term like "homophilia" for those who are attracted to same sex, with "homosexual" for those who act upon the attractions. But even that doesn't get to the definitional question...what about those who "tried it" but don't continue? Activists twist Kinsey's numbers to include them as "homosexual."



I also think a being a victim of abuse tends to lead to some of this.

33 posted on 11/25/2008 8:01:44 AM PST by Gondring (Paul Revere would have been flamed as a naysayer troll and told to go back to Boston.)
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To: Gondring
But a lot of the disconnects are based on definitions of "homosexuality." I prefer using a term like "homophilia" for those who are attracted to same sex, with "homosexual" for those who act upon the attractions. But even that doesn't get to the definitional question...what about those who "tried it" but don't continue? Activists twist Kinsey's numbers to include them as "homosexual."

My definition of homosexual is anyone who is sexually attracted only to members of their own sex. I don't think that behavior is relevant- a celibate homosexual is still a homosexual, just as a celibate heterosexual is still a heterosexual.

The percentage of the population that is exclusively homosexual is probably very small, but there is probably a larger (but still fairly small) percentage of the population that is bisexual, to a lesser or greater extent.

36 posted on 11/25/2008 8:06:41 AM PST by Citizen Blade (What would Ronald Reagan do?)
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To: Gondring

No matter what a queer is still a queer.


37 posted on 11/25/2008 8:07:06 AM PST by jocko12
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To: Gondring

Being a woman, I suspect that when a woman says she is attracted to women, it may not be in quite the same way a man would be. Because I think women look for something different in a partner than men do. Having said that, I much prefer men, warts and all!


43 posted on 11/25/2008 8:43:31 AM PST by brytlea (You can fool enough of the people enough of the time.)
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