wrote:
>
> On 7/6/07, Doyle Tavener <doyletavener_at_...> wrote:
> > I do think that you will find same-sex sexual behavior in Vingans as
> > a whole in about the same proportions as you find it among female
> > professional athletes or female soldiers in the real world – a
much larger
> > proportion, perhaps 50% to 75%, but that's an anecdotal assertion
on my
> > part, I freely admit.
>
> Anecdotally, I think you're incorrect in this. My short stint in the
> military was at a male chauvinist fortress, admittedly, and I didn't
> study this in school, but I think the assertion about the 50-75% among
> female soldiers is way too high. The proportion may be higher than in
> the rest of the population, but I doubt it's that high. This assertion
> seems like a good way to either make friends or start fights. I don't
> have any opinion on professional athletes.
>
> Thanks,
> Andy
I also think this sounds wrong by a large margin. Estrogen/testosteron
balance effects sexuality and temperament, but it's nothing as clear
as that. I'm also sure that the 1,5% of finnish recruits that are
women aren't 50% gay, and neither are out top athletes, judging from
the fact that they get married and have children.
I'm pretty sure that's a myth. Sounds like the usual sort of guy
thinking to me.
-Adept : a biology major