::WEB:: Data-Backed Shocker! Gay People Are Basically The Same As Everyone Else

http://gizmodo.com/5661086/data+backed-shocker-gay-people-are-basically-the-same-as-everyone-else

just a quick study.

"There are a lot of preconceptions about gay sex versus straight sex. Gays are more promiscuous? Straight people longer relationships? Turns out it's not that simple—OkCupid's data doesn't always bear that out...

Gay issues have been in the news a lot lately, from the debate over same-sex marriage in Congress to a sickening rash of gay-bashing here in New York City. We see a lot of emotion out there, instead of information, and we wanted to provide some data-based context on sexuality so that people might make better choices about what they say, think, and do.

We run a massive dating site and therefore have unparralleled insight into sex and relationships. Here's what we've found, in numbers and charts.
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First of all, gay sexuality is not a threat.
Gay people are not sexually interested in straights

The subtext to a lot of homophobic thinking is the idea that gays will try to get straight people into bed at the first opportunity, or that gays are looking to "convert" straights. Freud called this concept schwanzangst; the U.S. Army calls it Don't Ask Don't Tell.

We combed through over 4 million match searches, and found virtually no evidence of it:
Match Search Returns

* only 0.6% of gay men have ever searched for straight matches.
* only 0.1% of lesbians have ever searched for straight matches.
* only 0.13% of straight people's profile visitors are gay.

Furthermore......."

In our dataset, there was not a single gay user, male or female, who primarily searched for straight people.
Gay people aren't promiscuous.

Another common myth about gay people is that they sleep around, but the statistical reality is that gay people as a group aren't any more slutty than straights.
Median Reported Sex Partners

* straight men: 6
* gay men: 6
* straight women: 6
* gay women: 6

Here's how the distribution curves compare:

* 45% of gay people have had 5 or fewer partners (vs. 44% for straights)
* 98% of gay people have had 20 or fewer partners (vs. 99% for straights)