Straight Men Benefit from Homosexual Label

Yahoo! News ^ | October 31, 2002 | N/A

[H8DEMS]

Nearly 80 percent of heterosexual men have admitted to pretending to be gay at some point in their lives in order to achieve something of benefit, according to a U.K. dating site's survey.

When respondents were asked to explain situations where a "benefit" may occur from pretending to be gay, popular answers included gaining preferable seats or upgrades when checking in for a flight, gaining entry to a fashionable club or when negotiating discounts in shops.

The Dating Channel's panel of relationship experts, including "text jockeys" and viewers, were surveyed on the subject of sexuality and dating as part of the research required for the launch of the new gay channel TDC2.

Over 70 percent of straight male respondents also admitted to having visited a gay club in order to meet single women.

Surprisingly the survey also found that nearly 50 percent of straight men that work in a media environment have felt under pressure at some point in their career to not reveal their sexuality. This shows an increasing trend in negative discrimination, claim the survey's authors.

The results also suggest that 90 percent of straight women have had a one-time gay sexual experience. However, in most cases the experience happened over 3 years ago.

[ImaGraftedBranch]

These numbers are so full of krap. 90% of all women have had at least one sexual encounter with a homosexual man?

Are you s**tting me? If you go WAY out of bounds, and say that 10% of the male population is homosexual, then women would have to wait in lines to find a homosexual man to have an encounter with.

The homosexuals want to align themselves with normal people to be accepted --- that is all these cooked numbers suggest.

[lelio]

Hmmm, the UK. Isn't that the place where half the Royal Navy was gay according to a FR article? :)

[Izzy Dunne]

Nearly 80 percent of heterosexual men have admitted to pretending to be gay at some point in their lives in order to achieve something of benefit, according to a U.K. dating site's survey.

HORSE PUCKEY!

What they probably mean is:
Nearly 80 percent of the people claiming to be heterosexual, who visited a "dating" site's survey, admitted to pretending to be gay.

[BikerNYC]

I'm interested to see what is going to happen the next time there is a draft. I think the number of men claiming to be gay will be relatively quite large.

[Nyralthotep]

I think what it's saying is that 90% of women respondents have had a homosexual experience, not sex with a gay man.

[Desdemona]

ping

[Samwise]

The results also suggest that 90 percent of straight women have had a one-time gay sexual experience.

I think they are saying that 90 percent of women have had a lesbian experience--which is also crap.

[wienerdog.com]

90% of all women have had at least one sexual encounter with a homosexual man? With another woman, Einstein. Geez.

[Landru]

"Nearly 80 percent of heterosexual men have admitted to pretending to be gay at some point in their lives in order to achieve something of benefit, according to a U.K. dating site's survey."
~snip~
"The results also suggest that 90 percent of straight women have had a one-time gay sexual experience."

So.
This is what the empire's citizens are up to these day, Aye?
Aye; a horney lot, those Brits.

Curiously enough the Limeys liked to say during WWII that we yanks were, "Over Paid, Over Sexed, & Over Here."

...such chutzpah.

[The Great Satan]

I think they are saying that 90 percent of women have had a lesbian experience--which is also crap.

Maybe. But I'd still like to hear the details.

[Welsh Rabbit]

"Listen Hilda, it's not that I don't find you attractive, it's just that I'm..... well..uh... I'm gay (yeah, that's the ticket)."

[xzins]

for the women who are into that thing with men who also have sex with other men -- that's one of the major methods of HIV transmission to females.

[unixfox]

That's not what it says. It says...

The results also suggest that 90 percent of straight women have had a one-time gay sexual experience.

That means with another woman.

[jae471]

You wrote: These numbers are so full of krap. 90% of all women have had at least one sexual encounter with a homosexual man?

The article said: 90 percent of straight women have had a one-time gay sexual experience.

I took this to mean 90% of women have had a lesbian sexual experience. (Although using "gay" and "lesbian" interchangably is uncommon, it is not wrong to say a woman had a "gay" encounter with another women.)

This forces the Clintoneesque question of "What is a sexual experience?" Ninety percent could be 100% correct, if sexual encounter is defined loosely enough.

[Chancellor Palpatine]

I think they are saying that 90 percent of women have had a lesbian experience--which is also crap.

Be still my beating heart. Of course, how come I can't convince the Empress Palpatine to, oh, never mind....

[Samwise]

Only a guy would say that. LOL.

[RWG]

These numbers are so full of krap. 90% of all women have had at least one sexual encounter with a homosexual man?...the article is vague in its wording but I think it means with another woman.

[Chancellor Palpatine]

"yeah, thats it, I'm gay, and, uh, never really have been interested in women before, and if you and your girlfriend were to come home with me, maybe you could get me interested in women and being straight by really working on each other and me - plus, I don't relly know what women want and you, uh, will have to show me."

[Samwise]

And only a guy would say that. You guys are embarassing me....Blush...