Honestly, from the things I’ve heard, setting gays at ten percent of the population, the idea that gay men have 20 times as many partners as heterosexuals or lesbians isn’t that hard to imagine.
When it comes to self-identification most studies return results ranging from 1 to 4% depending on country (and most of these where done in Western countries). Even though obviously many people will remain closeted even on a anonymous poll even in a society like Norway, an estimate of 10% is not really the most likley one.
Lots of rounding. 9 is roughly twice 4. 20 times 10% would roughly double an average. It would actually be slightly less, but I don’t really care, especially seeing as the data is by it’s nature pretty fuzzy.
Ok, gotcha. Thanks. I was looking at the comment by itself and couldn’t figure out how to get from “gays are 10% of the population” to “gay men have 20 times as many partners”.
Honestly, from the things I’ve heard, setting gays at ten percent of the population, the idea that gay men have 20 times as many partners as heterosexuals or lesbians isn’t that hard to imagine.
When it comes to self-identification most studies return results ranging from 1 to 4% depending on country (and most of these where done in Western countries). Even though obviously many people will remain closeted even on a anonymous poll even in a society like Norway, an estimate of 10% is not really the most likley one.
Numbers like 5% or lower seem more plausible.
Could you explain the steps to me?
Lots of rounding. 9 is roughly twice 4. 20 times 10% would roughly double an average. It would actually be slightly less, but I don’t really care, especially seeing as the data is by it’s nature pretty fuzzy.
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_average_number_of_sex_partners_a_gay_man_has_in_a_lifetime
Ok, gotcha. Thanks. I was looking at the comment by itself and couldn’t figure out how to get from “gays are 10% of the population” to “gay men have 20 times as many partners”.