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Why would anyone make a news article out of it?

by mahoro 5y ago

brighton36 5y ago
There was once a time in America, when this was a marginalized group.
- LatteLazy 5y ago
  Just 6 years ago they (we) were banned from marrying. And that was fixed by scotus, not democracy because plenty of people were more than happy with that situation.
- im3w1l 5y ago
  It wouldn't surprise me if that's part of it. Imagine growing up in a conservative rural working class family. For straight people, staying there and living a working class life could easily happen by default. But for a homosexual the educated city life seems more attractive.
- devwastaken 5y ago
  Still is in rural America, which is a little less than half the population.
- deleted 5y ago
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- abeppu 5y ago
  The numbers in this study aren't about recent grads either; the top-level figures include people that got their degrees decades ago, so it's like a survival-weighted integral over time.
- klyrs 5y ago
  Meanwhile, gay-bashing is still quite popular in rural areas. Are gay men overrepresented in places that aren't overtly dangerous to them?
sidlls 5y ago
Things like Matthew Shepard[1] were--and are--a thing in America. That was middle- or high-school or undergrad for some of us--times when we're exploring our sexuality and how to be in relationships. Imagine wanting to be with someone of the same sex and then seeing news reports about a similar person being beaten to death for that reason. Imagine being immersed daily in negative language regarding homosexual relationships ("fag", "queer", "dyke", "fairy", "disgusting", "sin", "evil", "pedophile", etc.)--relationships you know you need, and which are put on a level with murder and pedophilia regularly. The study may be flawed, and that itself might be noteworthy. If it's not, that, too is. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Shepard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Shepard
- mahoro 5y ago
  That's absolutely devastating incident. Actually, I read an article and it doesn't looks odd to me anymore. At first glance, it looked as too focused on someone's sexual orientation while totally ignoring personal traits of people. Now it's obvious that it's just a stats report. My bad.

Why would anyone make a news article out of it?

by mahoro 5y ago

Why would anyone make a news article out of it?

brighton36 5y ago

There was once a time in America, when this was a marginalized group.

LatteLazy 5y ago
Just 6 years ago they (we) were banned from marrying. And that was fixed by scotus, not democracy because plenty of people were more than happy with that situation.
im3w1l 5y ago
It wouldn't surprise me if that's part of it. Imagine growing up in a conservative rural working class family. For straight people, staying there and living a working class life could easily happen by default. But for a homosexual the educated city life seems more attractive.
devwastaken 5y ago
Still is in rural America, which is a little less than half the population.
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abeppu 5y ago
The numbers in this study aren't about recent grads either; the top-level figures include people that got their degrees decades ago, so it's like a survival-weighted integral over time.
klyrs 5y ago
Meanwhile, gay-bashing is still quite popular in rural areas. Are gay men overrepresented in places that aren't overtly dangerous to them?

sidlls 5y ago

Things like Matthew Shepard[1] were--and are--a thing in America. That was middle- or high-school or undergrad for some of us--times when we're exploring our sexuality and how to be in relationships. Imagine wanting to be with someone of the same sex and then seeing news reports about a similar person being beaten to death for that reason. Imagine being immersed daily in negative language regarding homosexual relationships ("fag", "queer", "dyke", "fairy", "disgusting", "sin", "evil", "pedophile", etc.)--relationships you know you need, and which are put on a level with murder and pedophilia regularly. The study may be flawed, and that itself might be noteworthy. If it's not, that, too is. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Shepard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Shepard

mahoro 5y ago
That's absolutely devastating incident. Actually, I read an article and it doesn't looks odd to me anymore. At first glance, it looked as too focused on someone's sexual orientation while totally ignoring personal traits of people. Now it's obvious that it's just a stats report. My bad.