Half of UK 18-24 year olds no longer fully hetrosexual

umop apisdn

Good news :

According to the poll, conducted by YouGov, when asked to plot themselves on a seven-point Kinsey scale, a whopping 49 percent of British 18-to-24-year-olds, now chose an option other than completely heterosexual.




https://yougov.co.uk/news/2015/08/16/half-young-not-heterosexual/

So where are you on the heterosexual / homosexual scale ?

(Poll is anonymous btw)

mdwexford

Why is that good news?

Mantis Toboggan

The Pope was right.

suicide_circus

No hetro

tomwaterford

Q1:Sure what harm??


Q2:Where does **** fall in all this??

umop apisdn

mdwexford wrote: »

Why is that good news?

Because after years of being told they had to be hetrosexual, and that anything else is was abnormal etc., now people are free to be more bisexual and homosexual.
Now tell us : Why do you think that is a bad thing, and who are you to say so ?

The King of Moo

mdwexford wrote: »

Why is that good news?

Teenagers don't feel pressured into conforming to complete heterosexuality as a norm.

Even when I was 18 back in 2001, it would've been unusual for someone that age to feel comfortable identifying themselves as bring somewhere on the spectrum other than the straight end.

Even if all those surveyed would be more reticent in public, we've come along way in terms of young people accepting their own sexual identity.

theteal

Boring old hetero here



I'm never in with the cool gang!

Flint Fredstone

umop apisdn wrote: »

Because after years of being told they had to be hetrosexual, and that anything else is was abnormal etc., now people are free to be more bisexual and homosexual.
Now tell us : Why do you think that is a bad thing, and who are you to say so ?

He didn't say it was a bad thing. It's not good or bad news, it's just news.

oseia

Should we all be non-heterosexual now?

Flint Fredstone

Sounds like a lot of assumption and nonsense to me to be honest. What constitutes not fully heterosexual?

The_Valeyard

Shouldn't even be news.


It's not good or bad news.


Let people be people.

strelok

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Shouldn't even be news.


It's not good or bad news.


Let people be people.

unless they're cishet scum

**** those things

Flint Fredstone

Looks like the fully heterosexuals are dominating the boards poll but you could never say that it's good news......

The King of Moo

oseia wrote: »

Should we all be non-heterosexual now?

Yes, a slim majority of UK 18-24 year-olds identify as being completely heterosexual, so naturally heterosexuality will now banned.

Or, you know, we reflect on ourselves for a few minutes and decide where we think we fall on the spectrum, like the participants in the survey did.

Henlars67

Don't see how it's "good news".

People are what they are. What about it?

Mint Aero

As if. Ye'd believe anythiing ye read won't ye lads :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

Which of the following best describes your sexuality?

Yet the poll states for this age group in answer to the question: 83% heterosexual.

mdwexford

umop apisdn wrote: »

Because after years of being told they had to be hetrosexual, and that anything else is was abnormal etc., now people are free to be more bisexual and homosexual.
Now tell us : Why do you think that is a bad thing, and who are you to say so ?

I never said it was a bad thing.

It's neither good or bad news as far as I'm concerned.

The King of Moo

Mint Aero wrote: »

As if. Ye'd believe anythiing ye read won't ye lads :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

Explain why you think people would lie on an anonymous survey like this.

Bored_lad

As a bi 16 year old who's predominantly straight I don't see this as a surprise. People of my age are becoming more comfortable with their sexuality and exploring it this means that I think we are more likely to act on bisexual tendencies and to accept them where as older generations may not have when they were our age instead they may have ignored these feelings and never acted on them.

magentis

tomwaterford wrote: »

Q1:Sure what harm??


Q2:Where does **** fall in all this??

Depends on your aim.

Cuban Pete

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Shouldn't even be news.

In an ideal world, perhaps. But this is the kind of thing that helps create a culture where people feel it's okay to come out and be honest with themselves and others.

The more that people are exposed to the idea that not being heterosexual is perfectly normal, the better and I'd like to see anyone provide a good argument otherwise.

Hitchens

ISIS will be disappointed

FelineOverLord

So, a lot of people aren't fussy and will shag anything with a pulse, it's hardly news.:D People are what they are.

RayM

In the run up to the marriage equality referendum, I saw a load of lads wearing 'Yes Equality' stickers on their school uniforms. When I was in school, back in the late 1990s, expressing any kind of positive sentiment towards gay people would have been a red flag to a bully.

foggy_lad

The King of Moo wrote: »

Yes, a slim majority of UK 18-24 year-olds identify as being completely heterosexual, so naturally heterosexuality will now banned.

Or, you know, we reflect on ourselves for a few minutes and decide where we think we fall on the spectrum, like the participants in the survey did.

Don't ban it or we will all want it!

ThinkProgress

umop apisdn wrote: »

Because after years of being told they had to be hetrosexual, and that anything else is was abnormal etc., now people are free to be more bisexual and homosexual.
Now tell us : Why do you think that is a bad thing, and who are you to say so ?

Firstly, I don't see how one random anonymous poll can really tell you anything about anything...

The anonymous aspect is very important here. People give all sorts of answers on anonymous polls - for many different reasons.

Secondly, your original post is very oddly worded. You appear to be declaring some kind of victory for homo/bisexuals over hetros... like it's some kind of competition.

People's sexuality is not a competition. It's not us Vs them...

I think your post was designed to offend certain people and cause controversy! I find it rather sad when people feel the need to do this...

barry181091

I'm sorry but there is no way over half of a species population is not heterosexual. Unless biology has changed greatly recently, this just isn't possible. I wouldn't trust this poll at all to be honest.

foggy_lad

Bored_lad wrote: »

As a bi 16 year old who's predominantly straight I don't see this as a surprise. People of my age are becoming more comfortable with their sexuality and exploring it this means that I think we are more likely to act on bisexual tendencies and to accept them where as older generations may not have when they were our age instead they may have ignored these feelings and never acted on them.

People your age always experimented but now for many teens it does not come with the same stigma, guilt or sense of doing something wrong as it did in the recent past! There are still gay and bi teens though who will never be open about their sexuality or feelings as in their circle it would be seen as a failing or weakness.

foggy_lad

RayM wrote: »

In the run up to the marriage equality referendum, I saw a load of lads wearing 'Yes Equality' stickers on their school uniforms. When I was in school, back in the late 1990s, expressing any kind of positive sentiment towards gay people would have been a red flag to a bully.

The bully's are lost because everyone was wearing stickers badges etc but they will still be singling out vulnerable people because that is what cowards do.

Avatar MIA

I'm 100% straight, and frankly it is bordering on discrimination. Why do I only have a 50% choice. It's so unfair!

BTW, poll would be more interesting, if a bit long, if it were asked separately if you are male or female to see if we'd replicate the findings.

magentis

FelineOverLord wrote:

So, a lot of people aren't fussy and will shag anything with a pulse, it's hardly news. People are what they are.

A hole is a hole and all that.

Luke92

Sex is Sex. Interfere with anything that moves*

* Once they're of legal age and willing. And not animals.

BMJD

I'd stroke David Beckham's beard maybe, but I wouldn't touch his pecker. Where on this ridiculous scale does that leave me? I spend most of my life thinking about female boobies.

mr.anonymous

BMJD wrote: »

I'd stroke David Beckham's beard maybe, but I wouldn't touch his pecker. Where on this ridiculous scale does that leave me? I spend most of my life thinking about female boobies.

Heterosexual but with incidental Bromances?

the evasion_kid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvOFj2GArKM

How Soon Is Now

Who gives an absolute **** in fairness.

Why do we even need to know about this? I dont care and im not the only one who has no interest in the sexual orientation of other people especially strangers. This aint news its just more pigeon holing.

This bollox of everyone needing to be labeled as something now a days is getting ridiculous.

If your gay your gay if your straight your straight if your bi your just greedy :pac:whats the big deal?

Flint Fredstone

The more I read that OP the more annoying it is. You're straight, gay, bi, whatever. Why break it down any further?
Am I still Caucasian in the Summer? Or Caucasian with Hispanic tendencies?

BMJD

The op is looking for something to be outraged by. IMHO

wakka12

I heard about this , only something like 150 students were interviewed. Hardly representative enough to make such a bold statement that almost half of Brits aged 18-24 Arent heterosexual ..

It feels like people are making up sexual preferences lately.

wakka12

Also I'm guessing the students interviewed were liberal middle class twats who think that because their gal pals look hot in their new dress that it means They're bisexual.

And as a gay guy, trust me when I say Id be delighted if almost half of the male population were that way inclined but this just simply could not be true! Sadly haha

Niemoj

Wahoo!.... I s'pose.

wakka12

Funnily enough our own boards poll isn't turning out all that different :pac: 41% of voters identifying as non straight so far. Im quite shocked by that tbh.

kowloon

No poll option for furry animals.

How can someone be incidentally homosexual? I slipped and a penis happened to fall into my mouth?

foggy_lad

The problem is that young people who have engaged in even a once off bit of messing around even if just watching each other masturbate or even if they get a bit excited watching some gay porn will not pick the exclusively hetro choice even when that will be most likely what they are. Same goes for gay people and that leaves a very high number identified as somewhere in the muddle.

wakka12

Deleted User wrote: »

How can someone be incidentally homosexual? I slipped and a penis happened to fall into my mouth?

Lol, incidentally homosexual would probably mean sometimes fantasising about the same sex or watching gay/lesbian porn etc . Or maybe even trying it in real life with same gender, but limited exposure.

Brian?

[Deleted User] wrote: »

How can someone be incidentally homosexual? I slipped and a penis happened to fall into my mouth?

Most of the time I use ketchup on my chips, but every now and then I use chef brown sauce.

Like that, but the ketchup is women and brown sauce is men.

It's really that simple. If you look at the history of mankind, between the Middle Ages and the 1960s homosexuality was repressed more than any other time before or after. What's happening now is that with the stigma around homosexuality receding, the more natural spectrum of sexuality is being explored.

Paramite Pie

Deleted User wrote: »

It feels like people are making up sexual preferences lately.

The Kinsey Scale was created in 1948..... the poll options are not new

wakka12 wrote: »

Funnily enough our own boards poll isn't turning out all that different :pac: 41% of voters identifying as non straight so far. Im quite shocked by that tbh.

Well if someone says they're predominantly straight I'd still say their straight overall, they just wander off from time to time. So it's about 70% straightish with still another 8% who are on the "straight" side of the bi continuum.