What really bugs me about the whole "What percentage?" question is it assumes a 50/50 society. We don't have one of those.
If you assume the old "10% of the population is attracted to same-sex" figure (because I like 10, it's an easy number) that means that even before you get to levels of attractiveness, personal compatibilty, other complicating factors, only 10% of men would even consider looking at me, even if I looked like Johnny Depp or something. Whereas 90% of women might. So it stands to reason that regardless of what I want, I'm going to have more chances to date women than to date men*.
So I feel like this skews things. If we're looking at pictures of hot actors, or porn, or something like that, then I'll go 50/50. If we're talking real life, I'll pay attention to people I might have a chance in hell with, and not someone I can assume would freak out that I even asked.
(*Also, thanks to the fact my hobbies are mostly slash and knitting, I'm going to be around more women and fewer men, which skews the statistics even further.)
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If you assume the old "10% of the population is attracted to same-sex" figure (because I like 10, it's an easy number) that means that even before you get to levels of attractiveness, personal compatibilty, other complicating factors, only 10% of men would even consider looking at me, even if I looked like Johnny Depp or something. Whereas 90% of women might. So it stands to reason that regardless of what I want, I'm going to have more chances to date women than to date men*.
So I feel like this skews things. If we're looking at pictures of hot actors, or porn, or something like that, then I'll go 50/50. If we're talking real life, I'll pay attention to people I might have a chance in hell with, and not someone I can assume would freak out that I even asked.
(*Also, thanks to the fact my hobbies are mostly slash and knitting, I'm going to be around more women and fewer men, which skews the statistics even further.)