Wikipedia claims 8% of Brazil is gay based on bunk study from 2009

Good, bad, biased, paid or what-have-you. There's an endless supply.
Post Reply
User avatar
Bbb23sucks
Sucker
Posts: 1351
Joined: Fri Jan 06, 2023 9:08 am
Location: The Astral Plane
Has thanked: 1285 times
Been thanked: 274 times

Wikipedia claims 8% of Brazil is gay based on bunk study from 2009

Post by Bbb23sucks » Wed Jan 17, 2024 2:32 am

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_LGBTQ ... _in_Brazil

Wow, this is one of worst articles I have seen on Wikipedia. At first, it looks undersourced, but it's actually worse than that. The "sources" are just republished versions of the same study. The study is very obscure outside of pop science articles and was probably highly flawed.

A proper study in 2019 found the results you would expect, and that was 10 years later: https://agenciadenoticias.ibge.gov.br/e ... al-in-2019
Among persons aged 18 and over, 94.8% reported being heterosexual; 1.2% homosexual; 0.7% bisexual; 1.1% did not know their sexual orientation; 2.3% did not answer; and 0.1% reported having another sexual orientation.
"Globally banned" since September 5, 2023 for exposing harassment.

User avatar
boredbird
Sucks Mod
Posts: 514
Joined: Wed Jul 26, 2017 3:24 am
Has thanked: 657 times
Been thanked: 300 times

Re: Wikipedia claims 8% of Brazil is gay based on bunk study from 2009

Post by boredbird » Wed Jan 17, 2024 4:39 am

Bbb23sucks wrote:
Wed Jan 17, 2024 2:32 am
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_LGBTQ ... _in_Brazil

Wow, this is one of worst articles I have seen on Wikipedia. At first, it looks undersourced, but it's actually worse than that. The "sources" are just republished versions of the same study. The study is very obscure outside of pop science articles and was probably highly flawed.
More like 38.15%, in my experience. Damn I love Brazil.

Dr Mario
Sucks
Posts: 64
Joined: Sat Oct 10, 2020 12:54 pm
Has thanked: 20 times
Been thanked: 23 times

Re: Wikipedia claims 8% of Brazil is gay based on bunk study from 2009

Post by Dr Mario » Sat Feb 17, 2024 4:13 am

Wikipedia claims a bunch of junk is a reliable source and then cites it.
One man trash is another treasury.

User avatar
badmachine
Sucker
Posts: 457
Joined: Sat Feb 25, 2017 1:55 am
Has thanked: 556 times
Been thanked: 261 times
Contact:

Re: Wikipedia claims 8% of Brazil is gay based on bunk study from 2009

Post by badmachine » Sat Feb 17, 2024 4:18 am

Bbb23sucks wrote:
Wed Jan 17, 2024 2:32 am
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_LGBTQ ... _in_Brazil

Wow, this is one of worst articles I have seen on Wikipedia. At first, it looks undersourced, but it's actually worse than that. The "sources" are just republished versions of the same study. The study is very obscure outside of pop science articles and was probably highly flawed.

A proper study in 2019 found the results you would expect, and that was 10 years later: https://agenciadenoticias.ibge.gov.br/e ... al-in-2019
Among persons aged 18 and over, 94.8% reported being heterosexual; 1.2% homosexual; 0.7% bisexual; 1.1% did not know their sexual orientation; 2.3% did not answer; and 0.1% reported having another sexual orientation.
wow
This section needs expansion with: examples of culture, every day life, societal acceptance and high quality citations. You can help by adding to it. (November 2020)
ive never seen that tag in the lead paragraph before. wikipedia- always improving

User avatar
ericbarbour
Sucks Admin
Posts: 4621
Joined: Sat Feb 25, 2017 1:56 am
Location: The ass-tral plane
Has thanked: 1156 times
Been thanked: 1848 times

Re: Wikipedia claims 8% of Brazil is gay based on bunk study from 2009

Post by ericbarbour » Sat Feb 17, 2024 5:03 am

Missed this the first time. And who is the biggest contributor, writing about HALF of the article?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Hentzer

Post Reply