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by neuro_image2 1591 days ago
If the prevalence of HIV in bisexual men is significantly higher than it is in heterosexual men (it is) then clearly they represent a higher risk.

Sorry if numbers offend you.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10461-018-2083-8

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Numbers don't prove anything. Can you be 100% sure you're heterosexual? There's no scientific test for sexual orientation.

In reality, there are 2 kinds of orientations: bisexual, and closet bisexual.

> Numbers don't prove anything. Can you be 100% sure you're heterosexual?

Why is this relevant? Surely I can be 100% sure that I'm not having sex with men, regardless of how bisexual you think I am.

Is this seriously your argument?

The point is that men who have sex with men (commonly abbreviated to MSM in sexual health literature) have higher incidence of HIV and STDs.

I think your point is ridiculous (from both personal experience and published surveys), homosexual and bisexual men make up a small minority. Regardless though, it's easy enough to say whether or not you've had sex with a man.

And in answer to your question, seeing as I've never had sex with a man (nor intend to), I'm 100% sure that for all intents and purposes, I'm heterosexual.

Just to be clear, there's nothing intrinsically wrong with homosexual/bisexual activity, but there are provable additional risks for MSM.

>In reality, there are 2 kinds of orientations: bisexual, and closet bisexual.

Woke reality-bending. The "everyone is a little bit gay" is perhaps hip and PC but it's mainly wishful thinking by gays who want to coerce straight guys into sexual intercourse.

'numbers don't prove anything'...

Sir, this isn't 'The Huffington Post' discussion forum.