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

  • 23-08-2015 03:36PM
    #1
    umop apisdn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 279 ✭✭


    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.

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    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)

    How hetrosexual / homosexual are you ? 501 votes

    Exclusively heterosexual
    0% 0 votes
    Predominantly heterosexual, only incidentally homosexual
    68% 344 votes
    Predominantly heterosexual, but more than incidentally homosexual
    12% 61 votes
    Equally heterosexual and homosexual
    4% 22 votes
    Predominantly homosexual, but more than incidentally heterosexual
    2% 15 votes
    Predominantly homosexual, only incidentally heterosexual
    1% 7 votes
    Exclusively homosexual
    2% 12 votes
    No socio-sexual contacts or reactions
    7% 40 votes


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Comments

  • #2
    mdwexford
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,318 ✭✭✭✭mdwexford


    Why is that good news?


  • #3
    Mantis Toboggan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 19,564 ✭✭✭✭Mantis Toboggan


    The Pope was right.

    Free Palestine 🇵🇸



  • #4
    suicide_circus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,801 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    No hetro


  • #5
    tomwaterford
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,768 ✭✭✭✭tomwaterford


    Q1:Sure what harm??


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


  • #6
    umop apisdn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 279 ✭✭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 ?


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  • #7
    The King of Moo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,207 ✭✭✭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.


  • #8
    theteal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,590 ✭✭✭theteal


    Boring old hetero here :(



    I'm never in with the cool gang!


  • #9
    Flint Fredstone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,519 ✭✭✭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.


  • #10
    oseia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 468 ✭✭oseia


    Should we all be non-heterosexual now?


  • #11
    Flint Fredstone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,519 ✭✭✭Flint Fredstone


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


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  • #12
    The_Valeyard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,452 ✭✭✭✭The_Valeyard


    Shouldn't even be news.


    It's not good or bad news.


    Let people be people.


  • #13
    strelok
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,162 ✭✭✭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


  • #14
    Flint Fredstone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,519 ✭✭✭Flint Fredstone


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


  • #15
    The King of Moo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,207 ✭✭✭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.


  • #16
    Henlars67
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,272 ✭✭✭Henlars67


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

    People are what they are. What about it?


  • #17
    Mint Aero
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,570 ✭✭✭Mint Aero


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


  • #18
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 2,732 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Which of the following best describes your sexuality?

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


  • #19
    mdwexford
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,318 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #20
    The King of Moo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,207 ✭✭✭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.


  • #21
    Bored_lad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 919 ✭✭✭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.


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  • #22
    magentis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,237 ✭✭✭magentis


    tomwaterford wrote: »
    Q1:Sure what harm??


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

    Depends on your aim.


  • #23
    Cuban Pete
    Closed Accounts Posts: 156 ✭✭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.


  • #24
    Hitchens
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,138 ✭✭✭Hitchens


    ISIS will be disappointed


  • #25
    FelineOverLord
    Closed Accounts Posts: 415 ✭✭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.


  • #26
    RayM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,973 ✭✭✭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.


  • #27
    foggy_lad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,373 ✭✭✭✭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!


  • #28
    ThinkProgress
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,634 ✭✭✭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... :(


  • #29
    barry181091
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,625 ✭✭✭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.


  • #30
    foggy_lad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,373 ✭✭✭✭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.


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  • #31
    foggy_lad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,373 ✭✭✭✭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.


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