The latest data on American sexual behavior and identity from the CDC has some interesting nuggets. Money quote: “90 percent [of adult males aged 15 – 44] have had oral sex with a female, and 40 percent, anal sex with a female.” If sodomy is defined as non-procreative sexual intercourse (and that is the basic definition), then it is now practiced by 90 percent of heterosexuals. So on what rational moral basis do we discriminate against gays – who, according to the CDC, make up around 3 percent of the population? Meanwhile, mixed news on the safer sex front:
Among men 15-44 years of age who had at least one sexual partner in the last 12 months, 39 percent used a condom at their most recent sex. Among never married males, this figure was 65 percent, compared with 24 percent of married males. Among males who had ever had sexual contact with another male, 91 percent used a condom at their last sex, compared with 36 percent of men who never had sex with another male.
Of course, this requires honesty on the party of survey respondents. But it’s encouraging nonetheless, with gay men understandably far safer than straight men in their sex lives.
The Dish 