wintermute Posted November 11, 2016 Posted November 11, 2016 I have always been surprised by Stefan's openness toward homosexuality. While I appreciate the libertarian philosophical principals that motivate him to approve of homosexuality, I wonder if people are fully aware of the physical and psycholigical dangers statistically associated with the gay lifestyle. I read this article titled "Medical consequences of homosexual sexual behaviors" that describes some of the medical problems with homosexual intercourse. A few highlights from the article are: * 75% of white gay males (3 of every 4) claimed to have had more than 100 lifetime male sex partners * Syphilis: gay men contracted syphilis at 3 to 4 times the rate of heterosexuals. * HIV/AIDS: A study based upon statistics from 1986 through 1990 estimated that 20-year-old gay men had a 50% chance of becoming HIV positive by age 55. As of June 2001, nearly 64% of men with AIDS were men who have had sex with men. * An extremely high rate of parasitic and other intestinal infections is documented among male homosexual practitioners because of oral-anal contact. There are so many infections that a syndrome called “the Gay Bowel” is described in the medical literature. The root cause of these problems was identified in the article as being the immunological vulnerability of the rectum combined with the unsanitary nature of feces, both of which play an essential role of homosexual intercourse. Mental health problems are also well known to be prevalent among gay men, and the article cites evidence indicating that this is not due to homophobia or other cultural antagonism: "The Dutch study, published in the Archives of General Psychiatry, found a high rate of psychiatric disease associated with same-sex sex. Gay men were much more likely to experience major depression, bipolar disorder, panic disorder, agoraphobia and obsessive compulsive disorder". If all this is true, then encouraging or approving the gay lifestyle is like telling people it's okay to drink sewer water from an urban ghetto, eat dinner out of an unwashed bed pan, or spend a week sleeping without repiratory protection in a hospital ward full of coughing influenza patients. Do people who aren't gay themselves, yet approve the gay lifestyle simply not know the medical consequences of homosexual intercourse, or are all these statistics bogus such that homosexuality is perfectly safe and sanitary?
Wuzzums Posted November 11, 2016 Posted November 11, 2016 Shouldn't this be an issue for the homosexual community to tackle?
dsayers Posted November 11, 2016 Posted November 11, 2016 * 75% of white gay males (3 of every 4) claimed to have had more than 100 lifetime male sex partners If this is true, then some of what follows would be attributed to promiscuity not homosexuality. * An extremely high rate of parasitic and other intestinal infections is documented among male homosexual practitioners because of oral-anal contact. Everybody has a mouth and an anus. Oral-anal contact is not strictly a characteristic of homosexuality. Mental health problems are also well known to be prevalent among gay men, and the article cites evidence indicating that this is not due to homophobia or other cultural antagonism How could a lack of causal cultural antagonism be measured? How could it even be controlled for? Because even if a homosexual was surrounded by people who would accept that in them, they might still be fearful of being honest about it because of social stigmas. If all this is true, then encouraging or approving the gay lifestyle is like telling people it's okay to drink sewer water from an urban ghetto, eat dinner out of an unwashed bed pan, or spend a week sleeping without repiratory protection in a hospital ward full of coughing influenza patients. Not at all. Homosexuality refers to a sexual preference, not a behavior.
deadflagblues Posted November 11, 2016 Posted November 11, 2016 * 75% of white gay males (3 of every 4) claimed to have had more than 100 lifetime male sex partners Are you sure about this one? I keep finding conflicting statistics on male homosexual promiscuity. Even if this is true and male homosexuality is extremely unsafe, I don't really see how this is a libertarian issue unless forcible subversion into homosexuality is a thing. If these stats are true, I do see an issue in countries in which healthcare is owned and distributed by the state, though that's more of a gripe with government healthcare than homosexuality. Also, it seems likely that homosexual promiscuity isn't a problem with homosexuality qua homosexuality, but of homosexuality qua it does away with the need for a highly selective person in the pairing, that is, the woman.
SoCaliGirl Posted November 16, 2016 Posted November 16, 2016 * 75% of white gay males (3 of every 4) claimed to have had more than 100 lifetime male sex partners If this is true, then some of what follows would be attributed to promiscuity not homosexuality. * An extremely high rate of parasitic and other intestinal infections is documented among male homosexual practitioners because of oral-anal contact. Everybody has a mouth and an anus. Oral-anal contact is not strictly a characteristic of homosexuality. Mental health problems are also well known to be prevalent among gay men, and the article cites evidence indicating that this is not due to homophobia or other cultural antagonism How could a lack of causal cultural antagonism be measured? How could it even be controlled for? Because even if a homosexual was surrounded by people who would accept that in them, they might still be fearful of being honest about it because of social stigmas. If all this is true, then encouraging or approving the gay lifestyle is like telling people it's okay to drink sewer water from an urban ghetto, eat dinner out of an unwashed bed pan, or spend a week sleeping without repiratory protection in a hospital ward full of coughing influenza patients. Not at all. Homosexuality refers to a sexual preference, not a behavior. I agree with all the responses here.
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