From: b.scott@csuohio.edu   
      
   On Sun, 24 Aug 2008 16:44:50 -0500, Suzanne Blom   
    wrote in   
    in   
   rec.arts.sf.misc:   
      
   > "David Friedman"  wrote in   
   > message  news:ddfr-4D2C3D.11253023082008@newsfarm.ams.high   
   > winds-media.com...   
      
   [...]   
      
   >> As best I can tell, male homosexuals are considerably   
   >> more promiscuous than heterosexuals, less likely to end   
   >> up in long term relationships, female homosexuals less   
   >> promiscuous, more likely.   
      
   > Since all the male homosexuals I currently know are either   
   > married or in equivalent relationships, & most of the   
   > lesbians I know are not, this hypothetical does not at   
   > all match my experience.   
      
   I hadn't really thought about it, but I think that all of   
   the gay men and most -- possibly all -- of the gay women   
   whom I know are in stable relationships.   
      
   > I suspect, in fact, that  it is the stereotype of men in   
   > general as promiscuous that leads to the  feeling that   
   > gay men must be "considerably more promiscuous" rather   
   > than actual facts.   
      
   I don't know what the actual statistics are, but I can't   
   imagine that the stereotype helps.  The fact that male   
   homosexuality arouses a more virulent brand of bigotry than   
   its female counterpart also doesn't help.   
      
   Brian   
      
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