Personally I'd have to question the whole matter of logistics. Lets say you're gay and single for 15 years before finding a life partner (or whatever the terminology is). At a total of 1,000 partners over 15 years, that 66.67 new partners per year, or one new partner about every 6 days. That's a serious amount of sex. And whatever happened to going back for a second helping.
I do believe that gay men on average have more partners than heterosexual men, but 1,000 partners seems an order of magnitude too high. Although I'm sure that some small percentage reaches these heights.
Plus I'd be scared to screw that many people. You'd have every known veneral disease in no time at all. Safe sex is one of the many advantages of marriage.
Not to mention the fact that these studies have to be done with people who admit to being gay. A lot of people would not, even today. So these studies can skew to people who have no inhibitions about answering frank questions about their sex lives. People who are free about talking about it may just be the people who are free about doing it. They could be getting information entirely from the "Circuit Boys" who party all the time.
Having said that, gay men are men. We are possibly more likely to get to the point, as it were, faster than hetero couples.
So this means that in the interest of catching up, Xidius can give his brother my phone number.
The logistics issue: my point exactly. Besides. I've had 4 partners. That means that following the 1000 person thing, sone guy out there would have to have sex with 1,996 people in order to average me out. ridiculous.
Now, I am not saying that there are not guys out there that do have an overactive sex life, but not that overactive.
safe sex isn't an advantage of marriage. safe sex is an advantage of not being stupid.
So these studies can skew to people who have no inhibitions about answering frank questions about their sex lives.</strong><hr></blockquote>
It also involves asking guys about how many people they have had sex with. remember, men are notorious for lying about that, multiplying the actual number so that they look more, um, i'm not really sure what the reason for it is...
<strong>I've had 4 partners. That means that following the 1000 person thing, some guy out there would have to have sex with 1,996 people in order to average me out. ridiculous.
<strong>Why didn't anyone flame my potentially homophobic response "UGH?" Thought I would get SOME type of gays-are-people-too response.</strong><hr></blockquote>
No, the more mature members of these forums know that you typed that in order to start a flame war.
<img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" /> No, I'm sorry. I was just disgusted at my current virginal state.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Aaah I see. I really do need to take a trip over to the States.
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I do believe that gay men on average have more partners than heterosexual men, but 1,000 partners seems an order of magnitude too high. Although I'm sure that some small percentage reaches these heights.
Plus I'd be scared to screw that many people. You'd have every known veneral disease in no time at all. Safe sex is one of the many advantages of marriage.
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Just remembered what I forgot:
You also have to remember that a LARGE population of gay man (and lesbians, and straights, for that matter) don't live in major cities.
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Not to mention the fact that these studies have to be done with people who admit to being gay. A lot of people would not, even today. So these studies can skew to people who have no inhibitions about answering frank questions about their sex lives. People who are free about talking about it may just be the people who are free about doing it. They could be getting information entirely from the "Circuit Boys" who party all the time.
Having said that, gay men are men. We are possibly more likely to get to the point, as it were, faster than hetero couples.
So this means that in the interest of catching up, Xidius can give his brother my phone number.
Now, I am not saying that there are not guys out there that do have an overactive sex life, but not that overactive.
safe sex isn't an advantage of marriage. safe sex is an advantage of not being stupid.
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So these studies can skew to people who have no inhibitions about answering frank questions about their sex lives.</strong><hr></blockquote>
It also involves asking guys about how many people they have had sex with. remember, men are notorious for lying about that, multiplying the actual number so that they look more, um, i'm not really sure what the reason for it is...
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safe sex isn't an advantage of marriage. safe sex is an advantage of not being stupid.</strong><hr></blockquote>
...and saves messy clean-up.
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True, but if you werent in the survey to begin with, then you wouldnt need to be averaged out.
oh. i was thinking that maybe i could use telepathy to submit my numbers. It doesn't work that way?! damn, those surveyors need to get with it!
<img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" />
<strong>I've had 4 partners. That means that following the 1000 person thing, some guy out there would have to have sex with 1,996 people in order to average me out. ridiculous.
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Ridiculous?
J :cool:
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Ridiculous?
J :cool: </strong><hr></blockquote>
Okay Jamie, I can see that you're just begging to be asked.....how many partners?
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Okay Jamie, I can see that you're just begging to be asked.....how many partners?</strong><hr></blockquote>
No, not at all. I happen to think it?s a very private thing actually.
J :cool:
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Ridiculous?
J :cool: </strong><hr></blockquote>
oh Jamie, you're such a tease. I'm a sucker for the accent, but there's this thing called the atlantic ocean...
<strong>Why didn't anyone flame my potentially homophobic response "UGH?" Thought I would get SOME type of gays-are-people-too response.</strong><hr></blockquote>
No, the more mature members of these forums know that you typed that in order to start a flame war.
Grow up mate.
J :cool:
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oh Jamie, you're such a tease. I'm a sucker for the accent, but there's this thing called the atlantic ocean...
There's also those things called aeroplanes.
J :cool:
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No, the more mature members of these forums know that you typed that in order to start a flame war.
Grow up mate.
J :cool: </strong><hr></blockquote>
<img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" /> No, I'm sorry. I was just disgusted at my current virginal state.
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There's also those things called aeroplanes.
J :cool: </strong><hr></blockquote>
oh yeah, i forgot. silly me. i'll see you in a few hours.
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<img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" /> No, I'm sorry. I was just disgusted at my current virginal state.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Aaah I see. I really do need to take a trip over to the States.
J :cool:
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oh yeah, i forgot. silly me. i'll see you in a few hours.
Kettle's on
J :cool:
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Aaah I see. I really do need to take a trip over to the States.
J :cool: </strong><hr></blockquote>
I am STRAIGHT! Whew.
Jamie, Aeroplanes go both ways. Unlike most everyone on this thread.