daemon@decwrl.UUCP (The devil himself) (10/24/84)
Re: Around the World___________________________________________________________
This is a bit late...
Somebody asked how homosexuality was viewed in cultures around the
world. Here's an answer.
In 1951, a pair of anthropologists collected data on sexual behavior
from around the world. Their names are Clellan Ford and Frank Beach, and
their findings are published in a book called _Patterns_of_Sexual_Behavior_.
Regarding homosexuality, a whopping
>>> 64% <<<
of cultures around the world approve of or even encourage homosexuality!
(Note: I said 61% in a previous article, "What's Wrong With It?" Consider
it a typo. The number is 64%.)
Now I don't know how these cultures add up in terms of population,
but this figure does indicate that the majority of value systems in the
world accomodate homosexuality.
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