The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #154345   Message #3624233
Posted By: Don Firth
05-May-14 - 02:45 PM
Thread Name: BS: the demise of the boring thread
Subject: RE: BS: the demise of the boring thread
It's been long known but little noted that the environment a man lives in can affect his sexual behavior, such as Ed notes above. Prisons, or in times gone by, long sea voyages with an all-male crew. But—given a choice, they resume heterosexual activity. In this kind of situation, the majority of men generally abstain, but not all. Some men seem to require an outlet—any outlet—for their libido

This does NOT mean that sexual orientation is merely a matter of choice.

II don't recall the exact figures right now and I don't have time to look them, but as I recall, Kinsey's 1950s study said that something like 15% of males surveyed had had homosexual relations. Some interpreted that as "15% of males are homosexual," but this was an error. Some 15% had experimented with homosexual behavior (In some cases, had been molested), but this was generally a one-time thing and in no way indicated that they had "chosen" to be homosexual.

Don Firth

P. S. As to Goofball, he's totally hopeless.