The survey of course will miss out people who are in the closet or lied on the survey.
Of course. They can't have polled people at the BBC can they, they are not so shy:p. However, I think it tends to blow the 10% myth out of the water. Surely in this day and age, 8.5% would not be in denial/in the closet, would they?
I wonder if they allow any discretion by the interviewer? They question someone dressed like some character from 'Priscilla' and he replies, 'Straight as a die, dearie':D
Of course. They can't have polled people at the BBC can they, they are not so shy:p. However, I think it tends to blow the 10% myth out of the water. Surely in this day and age, 8.5% would not be in denial/in the closet, would they?
I wouldn't have thought so.
And yet...
It just seems really low! Did they interview a lot of people in the Western Isles or something?
Of course. They can't have polled people at the BBC can they, they are not so shy:p. However, I think it tends to blow the 10% myth out of the water. Surely in this day and age, 8.5% would not be in denial/in the closet, would they?
I'd guess that if you took a realistic figure, including people who are gay but are lying or in the closet about it then it would be about 8% I reckon in the UK as a whole. Regional variations would give places like London, Brighton, and Manchester a bigger gay population. Major cities tend to have a larger "out" gay population than Little-Backwater-on-the-Stow, Nowhereshire.
I was involved in a discussion about this a while back and the figures can be quite dubious.
People claim that as much as 10% of the population is gay and usually base that on a particular survey.
That survey includes questions like "Have you ever participated in a sexual activity with a person of the same sex?"
Now, thing is, plenty of straight people get involved with stuff that might see them involved in a sex act with a member of the same sex.
Threesomes, fetish clubs, swingers and, if we're honest, some of the stuff you did as a kid probably all bring you into sexual contact with a person of the same sex.
I'd guess that if you took a realistic figure, including people who are gay but are lying or in the closet about it then it would be about 8% I reckon in the UK as a whole. Regional variations would give places like London, Brighton, and Manchester a bigger gay population. Major cities tend to have a larger "out" gay population than Little-Backwater-on-the-Stow, Nowhereshire.
I agree, this survey is absolute nonsense. There is no way such a tiny proportion of the population is actually gay.
I think the number of suppressed bisexuals is quite high. If you are bisexual you may as well suppress the homosexual urges since you still have the heterosexual ones, if you live in an area where there is still a taboo surrounding sexuality.
This survey is simply indicative of how far this country has to go before people can openly admit to the world (and themselves) who they are.
I wonder if they allow any discretion by the interviewer? They question someone dressed like some character from 'Priscilla' and he replies, 'Straight as a die, dearie':D
Just because you dress as a woman doesn't make you gay
I'd have thought most people who didn't think it was anyone else's business who only have the option of replying don't know rather than 'mind your neb'
I think straights are discriminated against within the BBC. There should be a quota to ensure that 98.5% of their employees are straight, this might also improve the standard of programming.
I think straights are discriminated against within the BBC. There should be a quota to ensure that 98.5% of their employees are straight, this might also improve the standard of programming.
I'd rather they just hired the best people for the job regardless of their sexuality.
I think straights are discriminated against within the BBC. There should be a quota to ensure that 98.5% of their employees are straight, this might also improve the standard of programming.
Hey, Snakesy! Are you really going to be a teacher soon?
I think straights are discriminated against within the BBC. There should be a quota to ensure that 98.5% of their employees are straight, this might also improve the standard of programming.
Having worked for the BBC I'd say the majority of their staff are heterosexual. On the whole you get more homosexual people working media than say in car manufacturing, but it would still be majority heterosexual.
And are you saying gay people don't make very good television programmes? How do you know which ones are made by gay people? I've never seen anything on the end credits saying "This is a gay production".
I recall, back in the earliest days of safe sex leaflets, how a print run aimed at gay men in Islington used all 100,000 copies inside of a couple of weeks, before the police seized the printing proofs under the Obscene Publications Act before a second print run.
Later on other surveys suggested there was a quarter million gay men in London, and yet the BBC suggests there's less than double that throughout the whole of the UK.
The next Census was going to feature a question about sexual orientation, but in trials the results were found to be meaningless because a high number of people reacted strongly to being asked (and the interviewers were embarrassed to be made to ask), and respondents fought shy of answering such a personal question (which also provided an 'other' option). I dare say the same applies to the BBC survey.
I would have thought around 5% of adults were gay, and would also imagine that there's far more bisexuals than gay.
Having worked for the BBC I'd say the majority of their staff are heterosexual. On the whole you get more homosexual people working media than say in car manufacturing, but it would still be majority heterosexual.
And are you saying gay people don't make very good television programmes? How do you know which ones are made by gay people? I've never seen anything on the end credits saying "This is a gay production".
It might explain why there are so few programmes around nowadays that appeal predominantly to straight men.
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If we listened to you, we'd think it was 90%.
I must admit that is a puzzle. I am aware of my own sexual orientation, I would never reply 'don't know'. None of your business,possibly:D
Some of you will have to go I'm afriad!
I know I do
Of course. They can't have polled people at the BBC can they, they are not so shy:p. However, I think it tends to blow the 10% myth out of the water. Surely in this day and age, 8.5% would not be in denial/in the closet, would they?
I wonder if they allow any discretion by the interviewer? They question someone dressed like some character from 'Priscilla' and he replies, 'Straight as a die, dearie':D
I wouldn't have thought so.
And yet...
It just seems really low! Did they interview a lot of people in the Western Isles or something?
I'd guess that if you took a realistic figure, including people who are gay but are lying or in the closet about it then it would be about 8% I reckon in the UK as a whole. Regional variations would give places like London, Brighton, and Manchester a bigger gay population. Major cities tend to have a larger "out" gay population than Little-Backwater-on-the-Stow, Nowhereshire.
People claim that as much as 10% of the population is gay and usually base that on a particular survey.
That survey includes questions like "Have you ever participated in a sexual activity with a person of the same sex?"
Now, thing is, plenty of straight people get involved with stuff that might see them involved in a sex act with a member of the same sex.
Threesomes, fetish clubs, swingers and, if we're honest, some of the stuff you did as a kid probably all bring you into sexual contact with a person of the same sex.
I agree, this survey is absolute nonsense. There is no way such a tiny proportion of the population is actually gay.
I think the number of suppressed bisexuals is quite high. If you are bisexual you may as well suppress the homosexual urges since you still have the heterosexual ones, if you live in an area where there is still a taboo surrounding sexuality.
This survey is simply indicative of how far this country has to go before people can openly admit to the world (and themselves) who they are.
Just because you dress as a woman doesn't make you gay
I'd have thought most people who didn't think it was anyone else's business who only have the option of replying don't know rather than 'mind your neb'
I'd rather they just hired the best people for the job regardless of their sexuality.
Hey, Snakesy! Are you really going to be a teacher soon?
Having worked for the BBC I'd say the majority of their staff are heterosexual. On the whole you get more homosexual people working media than say in car manufacturing, but it would still be majority heterosexual.
And are you saying gay people don't make very good television programmes? How do you know which ones are made by gay people? I've never seen anything on the end credits saying "This is a gay production".
and of that 1.5% 90% work in tv?
I recall, back in the earliest days of safe sex leaflets, how a print run aimed at gay men in Islington used all 100,000 copies inside of a couple of weeks, before the police seized the printing proofs under the Obscene Publications Act before a second print run.
Later on other surveys suggested there was a quarter million gay men in London, and yet the BBC suggests there's less than double that throughout the whole of the UK.
The next Census was going to feature a question about sexual orientation, but in trials the results were found to be meaningless because a high number of people reacted strongly to being asked (and the interviewers were embarrassed to be made to ask), and respondents fought shy of answering such a personal question (which also provided an 'other' option). I dare say the same applies to the BBC survey.
I would have thought around 5% of adults were gay, and would also imagine that there's far more bisexuals than gay.
It might explain why there are so few programmes around nowadays that appeal predominantly to straight men.
I doubt they are really that desperate for teachers.