Vaniver comments on 2014 Survey Results - Less Wrong

87 Post author: Yvain 05 January 2015 07:36PM

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Comment author: Vaniver 05 January 2015 12:08:24AM *  6 points [-]

I'd be interested to see the orientation numbers broken down by sex/gender.

Using the "Sex" (not gender) and "Sexuality" columns, omitting blanks, asexuals, and others:

Male Heterosexual: 999
Male Bisexual: 142
Male Homosexual: 40
Female Heterosexual: 79
Female Bisexual: 62
Female Homosexual: 6

So the male/female ratio by sexuality is:

Heterosexual: 12.6
Bisexual: 2.3
Homosexual: 6.7

The sexuality percentage by sex is:

Male: 84.6% / 12.0% / 3.4%
Female: 53.7% / 42.2% / 4.1%

So while female bisexuality is almost as common as female heterosexuality here, the total bisexual ratio resembles the male bisexual ratio closely, as you would expect from the male/female ratio being so high overall (8 men per woman in this restricted sample).

Comment author: Error 05 January 2015 01:59:25PM 6 points [-]

almost as common as female heterosexuality here, as you would expect

I initially misparsed this as "the female bisexuality rate is as expected." I see that isn't what you meant, but had to re-read two or three times. Just FYI.

I feel like a 42.2% bisexuality rate among LW women is surprising enough to say something, but I'm not sure what.

Comment author: Vaniver 05 January 2015 11:29:07PM 1 point [-]

I initially misparsed this as "the female bisexuality rate is as expected." I see that isn't what you meant, but had to re-read two or three times. Just FYI.

Grammar modified to be clearer, thanks for pointing that out.