So difficult to keep up! (Re: Memeber of the religious right running morally amuck)

I would argue, however, that homosexual behavior is a choice irregardless of inclinations.

if we trust the last source, i think it is quite safe to say that 5% of so called straight men have raped a child.

namely, maybe only in the west does abuse and rape contribute to homosexuality.

just because the rate is the same doesn't necessarily mean that the causes are the same.

what about instilled institutions of such bahaviors?

Contrary to the still prevalent idea that our sex and gender order is natural, eternal, and universal, this work contributes mightily to the breakdown of such ahistorical and ethnocentric arguments by furthering Thomas Laquer's excellent historical work in Making Sex. As there was once, Laquer argues, a transition from a one- sex model to a dual model for sex and gender ideology, Third Sex, Third Gender may now be challenging us to move beyond the limitations of our dualistic thinking. Our vision remains too limited by what we think we see: simple vision, therefore, prevents accurate vision.

Are rates of homosexual behaviour really similar cross-culturally? Do Sparta, Fuedal Japan and Rome really have similar levels of male-male sexual behaviour to post-war Britain? I find I very unlikely. Do you have data?

do you dispute this? cause that's cute.

Surveys would require equal honesty in all cultures, and I don't see how that could be guaranteed.

it may not be "intercourse" but sexual violation is sexual violation. i promise you.

And whether someone uses protective measures or not will not ameliorate the damage to the rectum, plus it increases the likelihood of the condom tearing. Aside from which, latex condoms do not provide adequate protection as is. The microscopic pores in a latex condom is approximately 50 times larger than the average spermatozoa. And the AIDS virus is 450 times smaller than the average sperm, thus only providing nominal protection.

straightdope.com writes:Mike Roland, (wrote a letter to the) editor of Rubber Chemistry and Technology, a publication of the American Chemical Society.Roland argued that "the rubber comprising latex condoms has intrinsic voids [pores] about 5 microns (0.00002 inches) in size. Since this is roughly 10 times smaller than sperm, the latter are effectively blocked.... Contrarily, the AIDS virus is only 0.1 micron (4 millionths of an inch) in size. Since this is a factor of 50 smaller than the voids inherent in rubber, the virus can readily pass through."This sounds scary, but there are a couple problems with it.First, Roland bases his statement about a 5 micron latex pore size on a study of rubber gloves, not condoms.The U.S. Public Health Service says that condoms are manufactured to higher standards than gloves.Condoms are dipped in the latex twice, gloves only once. If just 4 out of 1,000 condoms fail the leak test, the whole batch is rejected; the standard for gloves is 40 out of 1,000. A study of latex condoms by the National Institutes of Health using an electron microscope found no holes at a magnification of 2000.

Aside from diseases and infections, anal sex poses a risk of gay bowel syndrome, which is largely denied by the homosexual population, but nevertheless exists.

A clinical pattern of anorectal and colon diseases encountered with unusual frequency in these homosexual patients is termed the gay bowel syndrome. The clinical diagnoses in decreasing order of frequency include condyloma acuminata, hemorrhoids, nonspecific proctitis, anal fistula, perirectal abscess, anal fissure, amebiasis, benign polyps, viral hepatitis, gonorrhea, syphilis, anorectal trauma and foreign bodies, shigellosis, rectal ulcers and lymphogranuloma venereum.

the presence of the one does not nulify the other. one source of non-strictly-heterosxual behavior is likely innate desire. another source may be factors that affect the ability to trust and be close to certain people.

hemorrhoids, nonspecific proctitis, anal fistula, perirectal abscess, anal fissure