Post Date April, 15 2023
Homosexuality is not unique to humans, and many primate or sub-primate mammals have similar behaviors. However, humans are the only species that have been observed to have consensual or compulsive homosexual behavior in adulthood under natural conditions. Homosexuality is not the dominant sexual behavior mode in adulthood. In most (49) of the 76 cultures with gay men, homosexual behavior is considered normal and acceptable to society.
Homosexuality is usually more common among men than among women. Although the data are incomplete, female homosexuality is found in 17 cultures around the world, and in 11 of them, female homosexuality is recognized by the society.
It can be seen from recent studies that the prevalence and acceptance of homosexuality in every society are different. Taking the United States as an example, most studies point out that about 80% of men or women are heterosexual, 2-4% of men and 1-3% of women are homosexual, and the rest 17-19% have had different degrees of homosexuality or temporary homosexuality.
In the past ten years, due to the prevalence of AIDS, scientists have reviewed the past data on human sexual behavior. After the correction of statistical methods, it is found that at least 20% of men have had orgasmic sexual experience with another man in their lifetime, of which 7% occurred in adulthood, and 2% occurred in the year before the survey.
The same study also pointed out that men who had never married had more experience of same-sex sexual contact than other men, and half of the subjects were married or married men. Unfortunately, the study did not publish data on women. Similarly, up to now, studies in Taiwan are mostly case reports, and there is no more formal and reliable epidemiological data for reference.
A recent study, after synthesizing the previous research report and re-analyzing the post-analysis, pointed out that the more reliable data is 5% for boys and 2-3% for girls.
