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From: daemon@decwrl.UUCP (The devil himself)
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Subject: Re: Around the World
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Date: Wed, 24-Oct-84 11:11:06 EDT
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Posted: Wed Oct 24 11:11:06 1984
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Re: Around the World___________________________________________________________

	This is a bit late...

	Somebody asked how homosexuality was viewed in cultures around the
world.  Here's an answer.
	In 1951, a pair of anthropologists collected data on sexual behavior
from around the world.  Their names are Clellan Ford and Frank Beach, and
their findings are published in a book called _Patterns_of_Sexual_Behavior_.
	Regarding homosexuality, a whopping

			>>> 64% <<<

of cultures around the world approve of or even encourage homosexuality!
(Note:  I said 61% in a previous article, "What's Wrong With It?"  Consider
it a typo.  The number is 64%.)
	Now I don't know how these cultures add up in terms of population,
but this figure does indicate that the majority of value systems in the
world accomodate homosexuality.
		<_Jym_>

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