Poll: Significant other and you.

[Donbett1974]

There's about 3.5 to 4.5 million more straight women than men in America base on the larger gay male to the gay female population. So the question is would you share or go without a significant other of your sexual orientation or change your orientation.

 

[Labyrinth]

This is a fundamentally flawed question which makes a number of assumptions about the audience and the context.

1. Male audience
2. Heterosexual audience.
3. Heterosexual and homosexual are the only two orientations.
4. No other populations exist
5. The statistics (not shown) are representative.
6. That the male partner's decision to 'share' is the only one involved.
7. That orientations can be changed at will
8. That there is always and only a one-to-one ratio of partnerships, ie. that people only ever have one partner unless in a 'share' situation
9. That only male and female exist as genders
10. That there are no other factors involved.

It may be worth addressing some of these and putting together a more coherent discussion in order to get a worthwhile response.

 

[funguy2121]

There's about 3.5 to 4.5 million more straight women than men in America base on the larger gay male to the gay female population. So the question is would you share or go without a significant other of your sexual orientation or change your orientation.

Labyrinth ninja'd the Hell out of me.

Aren't there simply more women on earth, regardless of sexual orientation? I also think you lack understanding of the nature of sexual orientation. I can't wake up in the morning and decide to be attracted to men any more than Ellen DeGeneres, so it's impossible to answer the question, 'cos it's broken.

 

[Donbett1974]

This is a fundamentally flawed question which makes a number of assumptions about the audience and the context.

1. Male audience
2. Heterosexual audience.
3. Heterosexual and homosexual are the only two orientations.
4. No other populations exist
5. The statistics (not shown) are representative.
6. That the male partner's decision to 'share' is the only one involved.
7. That orientations can be changed at will
8. That there is always and only a one-to-one ratio of partnerships, ie. that people only ever have one partner unless in a 'share' situation
9. That only male and female exist as genders
10. That there are no other factors involved.

It may be worth addressing some of these and putting together a more coherent discussion in order to get a worthwhile response.

The first sentence was the bases for the question. If you live in a world where there is not enuff mates to go around. Seeing that "your" is the most descriptive word in the second sentence you had to read a lot in to it to get straight male out of it.

Labyrinth ninja'd the Hell out of me.

Aren't there simply more women on earth, regardless of sexual orientation? I also think you lack understanding of the nature of sexual orientation. I can't wake up in the morning and decide to be attracted to men any more than Ellen DeGeneres, so it's impossible to answer the question, 'cos it's broken.

Sexual orientation isn't just about who your attracted to but also about who you have sex with. Taking Ellen Degeneres as your example once dated a woman named Anne Heche who was a straight women in a lesbian relationship.

 

[Labyrinth]

The first sentence was the bases for the question. If you live in a world where there is not enuff mates to go around. Seeing that "your" is the most descriptive word in the second sentence you had to read a lot in to it to get straight male out of it.

"So the question is would you share or go without a significant other of your sexual orientation or change your orientation."

"You" describes the audience for the question, the desired responder. In this case the question implies that the respondent is of the proportion of the population who are more numerous and hence face the possibility of not having a partner ("Share or go without"). By what you said before ("3.5 to 4.5 million more straight women than men in America"), this more numerous proportion is the heterosexual male demographic. It's the only logical way I could find to read your post. I realise this is probably something you did automatically what with male and heterosexual being the default 'forum-goer' which is more of an indication of what is the normative perspective than any reflection upon you. I just think it's something you ought to be aware of.

Sexual orientation isn't just about who your attracted to but also about who you have sex with.

Not so. There's a demographic known as "men who have sex with men". These are not necessarily people who identify as being homosexual, bisexual or otherwise. They may just be experimenting. Sexual orientation is based off of a complex array of attractions not off of what one does. It can certainly dictate the people one sleeps with, but it is not defined by them. Someone does not become heterosexual the second they have sex with someone of the opposite gender, nor does pansexuality require that a person has had sex with members of all genders.

 

[bjj hero]

The OP also assumes that everyone out there is looking for a relationship. This is not the case.

 

[Brandon237]

Err... I have a girlfriend. I am not sharing. I am not letting go. I am not changing my sexual orientation. I would not be willing to these things... give a poll option for "already in relationship and not changing".

 

[funguy2121]

Labyrinth ninja'd the Hell out of me.

Aren't there simply more women on earth, regardless of sexual orientation? I also think you lack understanding of the nature of sexual orientation. I can't wake up in the morning and decide to be attracted to men any more than Ellen DeGeneres, so it's impossible to answer the question, 'cos it's broken.

(1)Sexual orientation isn't just about who your attracted to but also about who you have sex with. (2)Taking Ellen Degeneres as your example once dated a woman named Anne Heche who was a straight women in a lesbian relationship.

Two things. 1. These are one and the same. Aside from prostitutes (not being metaphorical here) and opportunists, no one agrees to have sex with people to whom they are not attracted. I can't believe I just had to underscore that A is still A. Thank you, internet. 2. Why "using" Anne Heche as your example and not Portia de Rossi, then? Obviously Anne Heche is not straight.

 

[funguy2121]

I can't wake up in the morning and decide to be attracted to men any more than Ellen DeGeneres

No but you can decide to fuck them. The term is "Situational homosexuality" or in a general sense "Situational sexual behavior" which basically means dudes without access to chicks get so hard up they will go after anything with a hole. Exactly what happens in prison.

But yeah, op needs to clarify on wording.
As far as I can tell hes asking would I share my GF, go without or bang other dudes... Id go without. Sharing a chick is to me still kinda gay since youre stirring the other mans porridge. No fucking thank you.

Never heard of situational homosexuality. Homosexuality in prison is remarkably rare. Rape has nothing whatsoever to do with sexuality or sexual orientation. Rape is about power and power only.

A lot more straight people outside of prison, particularly teenagers who haven't yet learned to relate to the opposite sex, would be experimenting or surrendering to this mythical situational homosexuality.

Again, thanks, internet. Please tell me how, particularly as a guy, someone is going to achieve the erection necessary to perform not only for a person to whom they're not attracted but who is part of a gender to which the person isn't attracted at all.