Data was smoothed and averaged in Excel, then graphed using Datawrapper.
Is it an increase, or is it more acceptable to answer “yes” these days?
It is not young men who have had sex with a male partner, but those who will say they did in a survey.
There probably were a lot more who wouldn’t admit it in the past.
It might also help to put in the share of those who say they had a female sex partner for comparison.
i love everyone saying “yeah well all this shows is that they are more comfortable answering the question, it doesnt actually mean the rate has increased.”
thats what data is for. you cant draw huge conclusions from a single census lol
Don’t show this to Alex Jones
12% is way higher than I expected
Since this is Reddit is this a good time for a rookie numbers meme?
What’s the criteria for being considered gay sex? Asking for a friend.
Classic case of: “You’re not measuring what you think you’re measuring”
Genuinely didn’t expect 12%. I would’ve guessed like 4 or 5%.
Not sure if I’m underestimating how many people are gay, or how many people experiment or something.
A lot of people are suggesting it is more likely a change in honesty rather than underlying activity, but I am not convinced by that. Since 2000, it has become far far less consequential to be found out engaging in same-sex activity, and the advent of hookup apps makes it far easier to actually get in a position to hook up in a discreet and relatively low risk way.
Maybe some correlation with the AIDs epidimic (teh decimation of our population) the way it was treated and how it is treated now. Along with more socially acceptable.
We’re at least double the gay now.
Does it matter what kind of sexual acts are in here? Because I know stories from old times that are wildly sexual but all participants would not perceive it as being having sex.
Is it an increase or just more people willing to admit yes.
“young men who ADMITTED to having sex with men”
Could also be random responding—young people just skip thru surveys and answer whatever. About the same percentage answer on surveys that they are certified to operate an SSGN submarine.
Hard to really know what is reality. Some still feel shame and won’t report as ‘yes’. Some will say ‘yes’ just to mess with the data. Ask the same question to as many Russians or Nigerians and you will get drastically lower numbers, and not because their numbers are actually fewer.
I’d be interested to see how the advent of the internet, social media, and dating apps affects the percentage of young men who have had straight sex
I would guess it’s more to do with social acceptibility and willingness to talk about it, rather than an actual increase.
Norm once again ahead of his time
An analogue is the graph of left-handed people over time. It’s become more culturally acceptable over time.
I’m surprised it’s rising with the fact that a lot less young people are having sex in general
Fellas, is it more gay to fuck a dude in the ass or get fucked in the ass?
Also, many would say oral and hand jobs don’t count as anything.
Lastly, everything is fine as long as socks stay on.
Correction, share of men who ADMIT to having sex with another man.
All this while sex has been going down in general too.
I think this can be attributed to the widespread use of grindr at CPAC/GOP conferences
Need to see the next couple years so we know whether COVID caused a bump or a…hump.
Cross post to /shitposting
*number of men willing to share they’ve had sex with other men
*admitted to
Yeah men seem gay… plus women tend to be grossed out by our horrible culture so I have often lamented at how stifling our cultures lack of sensuality is… life is weird
Makes sense. The stigma and social barriers are lower now.
that is a of dudes saying “yes” to camping..
Most men can’t even get a woman to talk to them, so this is going to continue.
With the advent of gay marriage, and workplace protections (lgbtq didn’t receive workplace protection until 2020, whereas everyone else became protected in 1964) the increase may be from people disclosing their sexuality more openly, without refrain.
Male loneliness epidemic: SOLVED
Ok we got the smooth average, what about the hairy average?
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Data taken from the General Social Survey, results reported on UC Berkeley’s SDA webpage, [https://sda.berkeley.edu/sdaweb/analysis/?dataset=gss24rel1](https://sda.berkeley.edu/sdaweb/analysis/?dataset=gss24rel1)
Data was smoothed and averaged in Excel, then graphed using Datawrapper.
Is it an increase, or is it more acceptable to answer “yes” these days?
It is not young men who have had sex with a male partner, but those who will say they did in a survey.
There probably were a lot more who wouldn’t admit it in the past.
It might also help to put in the share of those who say they had a female sex partner for comparison.
i love everyone saying “yeah well all this shows is that they are more comfortable answering the question, it doesnt actually mean the rate has increased.”
thats what data is for. you cant draw huge conclusions from a single census lol
Don’t show this to Alex Jones
12% is way higher than I expected
Since this is Reddit is this a good time for a rookie numbers meme?
What’s the criteria for being considered gay sex? Asking for a friend.
Classic case of: “You’re not measuring what you think you’re measuring”
Genuinely didn’t expect 12%. I would’ve guessed like 4 or 5%.
Not sure if I’m underestimating how many people are gay, or how many people experiment or something.
A lot of people are suggesting it is more likely a change in honesty rather than underlying activity, but I am not convinced by that. Since 2000, it has become far far less consequential to be found out engaging in same-sex activity, and the advent of hookup apps makes it far easier to actually get in a position to hook up in a discreet and relatively low risk way.
Maybe some correlation with the AIDs epidimic (teh decimation of our population) the way it was treated and how it is treated now. Along with more socially acceptable.
We’re at least double the gay now.
Does it matter what kind of sexual acts are in here? Because I know stories from old times that are wildly sexual but all participants would not perceive it as being having sex.
Is it an increase or just more people willing to admit yes.
“young men who ADMITTED to having sex with men”
Could also be random responding—young people just skip thru surveys and answer whatever. About the same percentage answer on surveys that they are certified to operate an SSGN submarine.
I’d bet Grindr is a huge influence on that.
[I’ll try anything once.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sj5bVc2kyVs)
Hard to really know what is reality. Some still feel shame and won’t report as ‘yes’. Some will say ‘yes’ just to mess with the data. Ask the same question to as many Russians or Nigerians and you will get drastically lower numbers, and not because their numbers are actually fewer.
I’d be interested to see how the advent of the internet, social media, and dating apps affects the percentage of young men who have had straight sex
I would guess it’s more to do with social acceptibility and willingness to talk about it, rather than an actual increase.
Norm once again ahead of his time
An analogue is the graph of left-handed people over time. It’s become more culturally acceptable over time.
Grindr was founded in 2009…
https://preview.redd.it/eqzyhaydyn0g1.png?width=687&format=png&auto=webp&s=8e9fe7086a64b1b21bfa0d808d3700eff81986b7
surprisingly it matches perfectly with this statistic and ‘under 30’ is strictly Gen Z
[https://news.gallup.com/poll/332522/percentage-americans-lgbt.aspx](https://news.gallup.com/poll/332522/percentage-americans-lgbt.aspx)
Kalshi better let me bet on this
Homies help homies. Always.
I’m surprised it’s rising with the fact that a lot less young people are having sex in general
Fellas, is it more gay to fuck a dude in the ass or get fucked in the ass?
Also, many would say oral and hand jobs don’t count as anything.
Lastly, everything is fine as long as socks stay on.
Correction, share of men who ADMIT to having sex with another man.
All this while sex has been going down in general too.
I think this can be attributed to the widespread use of grindr at CPAC/GOP conferences
Need to see the next couple years so we know whether COVID caused a bump or a…hump.
Cross post to /shitposting
*number of men willing to share they’ve had sex with other men
*admitted to
Yeah men seem gay… plus women tend to be grossed out by our horrible culture so I have often lamented at how stifling our cultures lack of sensuality is… life is weird
Makes sense. The stigma and social barriers are lower now.
that is a of dudes saying “yes” to camping..
Most men can’t even get a woman to talk to them, so this is going to continue.
With the advent of gay marriage, and workplace protections (lgbtq didn’t receive workplace protection until 2020, whereas everyone else became protected in 1964) the increase may be from people disclosing their sexuality more openly, without refrain.
Male loneliness epidemic: SOLVED
Ok we got the smooth average, what about the hairy average?
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