Comments on: It Takes (At Least) Two http://www.republicoft.com/2007/08/13/it-takes-at-least-two/ Black. Gay. Father. Vegetarian. Buddhist. Liberal. Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:20:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Amanda Marcotte http://www.republicoft.com/2007/08/13/it-takes-at-least-two/#comment-170111 Amanda Marcotte Wed, 15 Aug 2007 21:41:43 +0000 http://www.republicoft.com/2007/08/13/it-takes-at-least-two/#comment-170111 Well, the CDC <em>usually</em> specifies what kind of sex you're having instead of relying on labels like "straight" or "gay". They found in the 80s that if you focused on identity rather than behavior, it was hard to track the number of men who have sex with men but identify as straight. So now they ask about specific acts with specific genders most of the time, to figure out disease risk rates, etc. That said, I don't know if that's what's going on here. Well, the CDC usually specifies what kind of sex you’re having instead of relying on labels like “straight” or “gay”. They found in the 80s that if you focused on identity rather than behavior, it was hard to track the number of men who have sex with men but identify as straight. So now they ask about specific acts with specific genders most of the time, to figure out disease risk rates, etc.

That said, I don’t know if that’s what’s going on here.

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