I’m a little bit afraid to Google my query, but I’m curious what country has the highest reported percentage of non-homosexual/non-bisexual inhabitants.
I imagine it would be pretty hard to gather truly accurate data, since there are so many places where people would be afraid to admit to their sexual orientation, even in an anonymous survey. And I don’t think orientation is usually asked about on a census (though it may report prevalence of different-sex couples living together, which might be a helpful metric - again though only in countries that tolerate alternatives to it).
Jamaica, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Zimbabwe, Iran and Uganda?
Like you said, it’s basically impossible to gather accurate data. I’m sure the countries I mentioned have the highest rates of supposed-heterosexuals, though.
Congo, Guinnea and Liberia have the highest birth rates in the world so there is a lot of straight sex going on in those places, does that make them more straight?
It’s not very straight if you consider the 3rd dimension.
And I don’t know if the Jamaican government claims anything like this. Or that random anti-homosexual (err… anti-batty boy) types claim that none exist, just rather that they should be persecuted :rolleyes:.
Zimbabwe and Jamaica are good suggestions, the others have too much restrictions on hetrosexual activity and thus have lots of behind-doors M4M W4W sex.
I think for a country to be very hetrosexual it needs the following.
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[li]No strong social, religious or legal restrictions on hetrosexual dating or sex.[/li][li]Widespread homophobia.[/li][li]Unseperated genders[/li][/ul]
Jamaica has all three, so it’s a very good candidate for the straightest country.
Actually, I believe Iran is the least gay Sharia-state. Many people date before marriage, and women aren’t repressed or chattelised.
This doesn’t mean the men don’t experiment with other men. Sometimes, when cultural norms go against premarital or non-reproductive sex, M4M sex is a preferable alternative.
I use M4M sex, as it is a lot more complex identity-wise than sexual orientation in the West.
This is a strange question to me. What does a country’s boundaries have to do with gayness.
Plenty of countries outlaw homosexuality outright.
From a statistical standpoint, assuming that homosexuality is a constant in an entire population, wouldn’t all countries be gay in about the same rate?
In reference to China and their “momma don’t allow no gay folks here” BS, it always struck me as being extremely similar to the three monkeys: Hear no evil, Speak no evil, See no evil mindset; it was as if it was true because they said it was. I was also told by several Chinese folk that the Great Wall was visible from orbit, it being the largest man-made object and all. I guess a totalitarian government can say what it wants to say; if you don’t believe, you’d best keep it to yourself. It’s all a very small point anyway, though.