[user104658]

Originally Posted by Glenn.

Well if 1.8% is the percentage of gay men and nearly half (45%) have experienced sexual violence. I just halved 1.8%

Well for one that would be 0.9% not 0.009% and for two that would be saying:

"0.9% of the overall general population are gay men who have experienced sexual assault"

Which (by these numbers) is correct as a statement, but it doesn't really mean anything .

[Good King Glennceslas]

Originally Posted by Soldier Boy

Well for one that would be 0.9% not 0.009% and for two that would be saying:

"0.9% of the overall general population are gay men who have experienced sexual assault"

Which (by these numbers) is correct as a statement, but it doesn't really mean anything .

Well the calculator came out with 0.009% not me.

And either way that’s the percentage of gay related sexual crimes.

[ChristmasNeeve]

Originally Posted by Glenn.

Well the calculator came out with 0.009% not me.

And either way that’s the percentage of gay related sexual crimes.

It's around 52% of women who experience sexual assault so quite close to the percentage of gay men as victims. What that tells me is it doesn't really matter if a man is straight or gay, men in general are by far the biggest perpetrators of sexual assaults

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

It's around 52% of women who experience sexual assault so quite close to the percentage of gay men as victims. What that tells me is it doesn't really matter if a man is straight or gay, men in general are by far the biggest perpetrators of sexual assaults

For me I suspect if you boiled down all factors that's what would come out in the wash -- there's a proportion of men who are perpetrators of sexual assault, and sexuality doesn't really seem to make much if any difference at all, other than that straight men assault women and gay men assault men.

More or less impossible to compile ACTUAL stats on that though because of the number of other considerations and factors that play into the numbers.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Glenn.

And either way that’s the percentage of gay related sexual crimes.

It isn't. I dunno what to say. Both the maths and the interpretation are just not correct.

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Glenn.

Well the calculator came out with 0.009% not me.

You need a calculator to half 1.8? Why? It's exactly the same as halving 18, but you move the decimal point.

And I guarantee no calculator had trouble with dividing 1.8 by 2 ... that is the problem you entered into your calculator, right?

[bots]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

You need a calculator to half 1.8? Why? It's exactly the same as halving 18, but you move the decimal point.

And I guarantee no calculator had trouble with dividing 1.8 by 2 ... that is the problem you entered into your calculator, right?

1.8 divided by 2 is 0.9, but if .9 is then converted to a % (ie its further divided by 100) then it becomes 0.009.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

1.8 divided by 2 is 0.9, but if .9 is then converted to a % (ie its further divided by 100) then it becomes 0.009.

But it was already a percentage . You don't have to make a percentage of your percentage.

[bots]

Originally Posted by Soldier Boy

But it was already a percentage . You don't have to make a percentage of your percentage.

i know