What percentage of women are gay?

Answer 1

The latest polls indicate that only 2-3% of women are actually bisexual. Only 10% of women actually go on to experiment with each other and this is usually in college and referred to "one time girls gone wild" type incidents.

The popular estimate that 10 percent of the male population and 5 to 6 percent of the female population are exclusively or predominately gay and lesbian is based on the Kinsey Institute data.

Laumann and associates (1994), using the national probability Health and Social Life Survey combined with data collected in the General Social Survey, found that 2.8 percent of men and 1.4 percent of women identified as gay or lesbian, while 7.7 percent of men and 7.5 percent of women reported homosexual desire.

Michaels (1996) analyzed the limited available data and estimated that in the United States 9.8 percent of men and 5 percent of women report same-gender sexual behavior since puberty; 7.7 percent of men and 7.5 percent of women report same-gender desire; and 2.8 percent of men and 1.4 percent of women report homosexual or bisexual identity.

An analysis of U.S. census data has provided the most solid evidence of the presence and certain social characteristics of lesbians and gays among the general population. In the 1990 census, gay and lesbian respondents could identify themselves as unmarried partners. Estimates from the 1990 census indicate that 1.63 percent of people aged 15 and older nationwide reported themselves as unmarried partners of the householder.

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Answer 2

A lot more than they want to admit!

Answer 3

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