A survey shows that gay male teenagers are several times more likely to conceive girls than straight male teenagers.
Does “conceive” mean “have sex with” here? Because according to what I think of as the standard definition of that word, you would be saying that gay male teenagers are more likely to produce female offspring (which sounds pretty silly). Did the survey use that word?
House Beaver is talking about surveys which find a correlation between saying one is gay and saying one has impregnated someone/become pregnant. So like House Beaver’s idea is if those who say they are gay teen boys in surveys also have a greater tendency to say they’ve impregnated someone, then House Beaver thinks this is probably because gay teen boys are more likely to impregnated teen girls than straight teen boys are. Whereas I’d be inclined to say it’s because some teens find it funny to say they are 7 foot tall blind gang members who are addicted to heroin.
Does “conceive” mean “have sex with” here? Because according to what I think of as the standard definition of that word, you would be saying that gay male teenagers are more likely to produce female offspring (which sounds pretty silly). Did the survey use that word?
House Beaver is talking about surveys which find a correlation between saying one is gay and saying one has impregnated someone/become pregnant. So like House Beaver’s idea is if those who say they are gay teen boys in surveys also have a greater tendency to say they’ve impregnated someone, then House Beaver thinks this is probably because gay teen boys are more likely to impregnated teen girls than straight teen boys are. Whereas I’d be inclined to say it’s because some teens find it funny to say they are 7 foot tall blind gang members who are addicted to heroin.