MORE than 17 per cent of Australians are involved in gay or lesbian relationships, putting the country equal first in the world for its proportion of homosexuals, according to a new worldwide survey. READ MORE
Yep. I've always thought Paul Hogan had purty lips.
What the survey says is that 17% of those taking an "on-line" survey were involved in gay relationships... I am pretty sure the results are tilted towards the young who are experimenting MTV style.
Originally posted by N8 Australia 'world's gayest country'
23sep03
MORE than 17 per cent of Australians are involved in gay or lesbian relationships, putting the country equal first in the world for its proportion of homosexuals, according to a new worldwide survey. READ MORE
yeah, doesn't sound very scientific to me. I would doubt the validity of the results.
Second, If we are to believe that homosexuality is genetic, which I dont, and NOT learned behavior, then the statistics should be the same across all nations. I could be wrong here but it makes sense to me.
Originally posted by mr_dove yeah, doesn't sound very scientific to me. I would doubt the validity of the results.
Second, If we are to believe that homosexuality is genetic, which I dont, and NOT learned behavior, then the statistics should be the same across all nations. I could be wrong here but it makes sense to me.
Originally posted by Silver Why do African Americans have a much greater incidence of sickle-cell anemia? That's about as genetic as it gets, methinks.
(Caveat...It's been a LONG time since I took biology.)
Originally posted by Silver Why do African Americans have a much greater incidence of sickle-cell anemia? That's about as genetic as it gets, methinks.
(Caveat...It's been a LONG time since I took biology.)
Is that not due to the fact that one of the side effects of carrying the gene that causes sickle-cell anemia also gives resistance to some other disease (possibly malaria but I can't remember). Hence natural selection favours those with that gene who live longer and are more likely to have kids. Hence the population in Africa has a greater percentage with that gene.
That would therefore be carried over into the African-American population although probably less so than in Africa after a few generations.
Originally posted by fluff Is that not due to the fact that one of the side effects of carrying the gene that causes sickle-cell anemia also gives resistance to some other disease (possibly malaria but I can't remember). Hence natural selection favours those with that gene who live longer and are more likely to have kids. Hence the population in Africa has a greater percentage with that gene.
That would therefore be carried over into the African-American population although probably less so than in Africa after a few generations.
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