Posted: Apr 30, 2012 3:23 pm
But, Thommo, the issue here is the correlation between anal sex and male homosexuality. As you say, "it is entirely unreasonable to suppose that a predilection for anal sex causes men to want to have sex with men." But then you are making the assumption that homosexuality in males causes them to want to have anal sex.
Suppose we were to determine that black men are more likely to smoke cigarettes than men of other races and, as a result, have higher rates of lung cancer. Would it be correct to say that being black increases your risk of lung cancer? I think that would be deceptive, if not outright incorrect.
Suppose we were to determine that black men are more likely to smoke cigarettes than men of other races and, as a result, have higher rates of lung cancer. Would it be correct to say that being black increases your risk of lung cancer? I think that would be deceptive, if not outright incorrect.