well, being one of the 1-10% (however you want to look at it...) i feel a slight desire to put in my 2 cents. the percentage is all relevant to who admits to being gay, and who doesn't. so there is no accurate way to judge any percentage at all. human nature and human error corrupt the data, and then you have no legs to stand on. *shrug* such is life. the standard argument is that its 10% to help reinforce the whole "minority" aspect.
so what? how can we rely on the numbers when you can at least assume that at approximately 50% of the population has _thought_ about what it would be like to be gay, and approximately 50% of those people have tried it at least once. then if we can safely guess that at least 30% of those people decide that they are _definitely_ not interested in the whole deal...we're left with that small percentage that is incredibly variable, and reliant on who will admit it.
so you see...numbers are irrelevant. they can be easily twisted to suit anyone's fancy, and thus should not be relied upon in a situation so subject to human error and nature.
now, before you complain...i know i just took a ton of space to prove an obvious point. but it made you think didn't it??;)
fighting for equality (or against it) is all well and good...but don't let it detract from the essence of a question, or the simple intention behind it.
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well, being one of the 1-10% (however you want to look at it...) i feel a slight desire to put in my 2 cents. the percentage is all relevant to who admits to being gay, and who doesn't. so there is no accurate way to judge any percentage at all. human nature and human error corrupt the data, and then you have no legs to stand on. *shrug* such is life. the standard argument is that its 10% to help reinforce the whole "minority" aspect. so what? how can we rely on the numbers when you can at least assume that at approximately 50% of the population has _thought_ about what it would be like to be gay, and approximately 50% of those people have tried it at least once. then if we can safely guess that at least 30% of those people decide that they are _definitely_ not interested in the whole deal...we're left with that small percentage that is incredibly variable, and reliant on who will admit it. so you see...numbers are irrelevant. they can be easily twisted to suit anyone's fancy, and thus should not be relied upon in a situation so subject to human error and nature. now, before you complain...i know i just took a ton of space to prove an obvious point. but it made you think didn't it?? ;)
fighting for equality (or against it) is all well and good...but don't let it detract from the essence of a question, or the simple intention behind it.