At first glance the 98% and the 90% seemed similar to me, as in a “high” percentage of people are decent.
But if you break it down into 1 in 10 gays will molest, but only 2 in 100 straights will molest - that is a HUGE difference.
It’s the difference between having a known sex offender on every street in your neighborhood or having one in the entire neighborhood.