| | Dr. Alice Dreger is a professor of clinical medical humanities and bioethics at [[Northwestern University]]'s Feinberg School of Medicine. She has written for The ''[[New York Times]]'', ''The [[Wall Street Journal]]'', and ''The [[Washington Post]]''.<ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/12/where-masturbation-and-homosexuality-do-not-exist/265849/ Where Masturbation and Homosexuality Do Not Exist] by Dr. Alice Dreger, The Atlantic, December 4, 2012</ref> On December 4, 2012 Dr. Degrer reported in the ''The Atlantic'' that among Aka and Ngandu people of central Africa homosexuality was rare or nonexistent.<ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/12/where-masturbation-and-homosexuality-do-not-exist/265849/ Where Masturbation and Homosexuality Do Not Exist] by Dr. Alice Dreger, The Atlantic, December 4, 2012</ref> | | Dr. Alice Dreger is a professor of clinical medical humanities and bioethics at [[Northwestern University]]'s Feinberg School of Medicine. She has written for The ''[[New York Times]]'', ''The [[Wall Street Journal]]'', and ''The [[Washington Post]]''.<ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/12/where-masturbation-and-homosexuality-do-not-exist/265849/ Where Masturbation and Homosexuality Do Not Exist] by Dr. Alice Dreger, The Atlantic, December 4, 2012</ref> On December 4, 2012 Dr. Degrer reported in the ''The Atlantic'' that among Aka and Ngandu people of central Africa homosexuality was rare or nonexistent.<ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/12/where-masturbation-and-homosexuality-do-not-exist/265849/ Where Masturbation and Homosexuality Do Not Exist] by Dr. Alice Dreger, The Atlantic, December 4, 2012</ref> |
| − | In 1976, Gwen J. Proude and Sarah J. Green of Harvard University published in the journal ''[[Ethnology]]'' there were societies in which homosexuality was rare or absent.<ref>[http://www.jstor.org/view/00141828/ap060059/06a00080/0 Gwen J. Broude and Sarah J. Greene Cross cultural codes on twenty sexual attitudes and practices. Ethnology 1976;15;409-430]</ref> In addition, Proude and Green in the aforementioned journal article had data which showed a positive correlation between societies which accepted or ignored homosexuality in their cultures and societies which were more likely to report that homososexuality was not uncommon.<ref>[http://www.jstor.org/view/00141828/ap060059/06a00080/0 Gwen J. Broude and Sarah J. Greene Cross cultural codes on twenty sexual attitudes and practices. Ethnology 1976;15;409-430]</ref> | + | In 1976, Gwen J. Proude and Sarah J. Green of Harvard University published in the journal ''Ethnology'' there were societies in which homosexuality was rare or absent.<ref>[http://www.jstor.org/view/00141828/ap060059/06a00080/0 Gwen J. Broude and Sarah J. Greene Cross cultural codes on twenty sexual attitudes and practices. Ethnology 1976;15;409-430]</ref> In addition, Proude and Green in the aforementioned journal article had data which showed a positive correlation between societies which accepted or ignored homosexuality in their cultures and societies which were more likely to report that homososexuality was not uncommon.<ref>[http://www.jstor.org/view/00141828/ap060059/06a00080/0 Gwen J. Broude and Sarah J. Greene Cross cultural codes on twenty sexual attitudes and practices. Ethnology 1976;15;409-430]</ref> |
| | In 1993, M. Baron wrote in ''[[BMJ]]'' (British Medical Journal) the following: | | In 1993, M. Baron wrote in ''[[BMJ]]'' (British Medical Journal) the following: |