<p>I would have thought the survey would have put the gay thing to rest. Slightly under 11% of the Smith population is lesbian, roughly 5X that of the general population, but well less than the gay male population at Yale and a host of other fine institutions. 23% claim to be bisexual, slightly under the 24.6% reporting such tendencies among women in the general population in a study comissioned by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.</p>
<p>The big difference is Smith women tend to be open, honest, and outfront about it (unlike the gay male friends I had in college, all of whom except one was in the closet, and who committed suicide at the rate of one or two a year.) Oh, and teenagers/post-teenagers have more sex, generally speaking. (But there may be fewer heterosexual acts at Smith - opportunity counts for somethun.)</p>
<p>I would think that having strong women of all stripes is a plus, not a minus.</p>
<p>By the way, did anyone see this, on self-abuse?</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,198220,00.html[/url]”>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,198220,00.html</a></p>
<p>This I found disturbing! I had no idea it is that common. Did anyone come upon it much in high school?</p>