Women More Likely To Admit Having Same Sex Encounters Than Men

By Peter R - 07 Jan '16 17:00PM

Increasing number of women is identifying themselves as bisexual, a new survey finds.

According to NDTV, the 2011-2013 National Survey of Family Growth found that 17.4 percent of the women said they had same-sex contact as against 6.2 percent men. The survey involved 9,100 adults aged 18-44 years. While trends for homosexuality remain the same compared to findings in the last survey, the number of women claiming to be bisexual was higher at 5.5 percent. During the 2006-10 survey, 3.9 % claimed to be bisexual.

A higher percentage of men in the survey admitted to having feelings of attraction to the opposite sex than women; 81 % women against 92.1 % men.

CNN reported that the results on homosexuality and bisexuality for women are consistent with other surveys. However, questions in the Family Growth survey may have caused fewer men to respond accurately to questions about homosexuality or bisexuality. The findings for men are also not consistent with other surveys.

"Studies on STIs or HIV often use different measures to identify U.S. populations at risk, including measures of sexual behavior, sexual attraction (e.g., desires), and sexual orientation," the survey reads.

"These different measures can lead to variation in the estimates of STI or HIV risk in a specific population."