Worldwide, seven in 10 people declared themselves to be heterosexual. According to a global survey conducted in 2021, 70 percent of respondents from 27 countries declared to be sexually attracted only to people of the opposite sex. Five percent of interviewees, instead, stated to be homosexual, while some four percent were bisexual.

In 2022, a survey of people in Great Britain showed that ** percent of Gen Z were exclusively attracted to the opposite sex, with *** percent advising they were attracted to both sexes equally, and ** percent that they were mostly or only attracted to the same sex.

In a global survey conducted in 2023, ***** percent of respondents from 30 countries declared that they were homosexual, gay, or lesbian, with **** percent who identified as bisexual. *** percent of the interviewees said that they were pansexual or omnisexual. Pansexuality describes people who feel attracted to other people regardless of their biological sex, gender, or gender identity, whereas omnisexuality refers to people attracted to people of all gender identities and sexual orientations. Finally, *** percent of respondents were asexual, which means they experience little to no sexual attraction to anyone, regardless of their gender. LGBT people around the world LGBT stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender. Introduced in the 1990s, LGBT generally includes anyone who is not heterosexual or cisgender. Heterosexual refers to a person attracted to people of the opposite gender, whereas cisgender describes a person whose gender identity is the same as their sex at birth. Acceptance of other gender identities and sexual orientations is usually higher in Western countries. In a study conducted among 34 countries, acceptance of homosexuality was higher in Sweden, the Netherlands, and Spain. Homosexuality in African countries Worldwide, 71 countries criminalize homosexuality as of 2021, most of which are located in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. In Africa, 32 out of 54 countries criminalize homosexuality. In four countries, the legislation imposed the death penalty for sexual relations between people of the same sex. In fact, in most African countries, homosexuality has low levels of acceptance, or is not accepted at all. In a recent survey, most respondents in Africa showed high levels of intolerance towards LGBT+ in their vicinity.

This layer shows Household Pulse Survey data on gender identity and sexual orientation. Gender identity is the internal perception of gender, and how one identifies based on how one aligns or doesn’t align with cultural options for gender. This is a different concept than sex assigned at birth. Sexual orientation is the type of sexual attraction one has the capacity to feel for others, generally labeled based on the gender relationship between the person and the people they are attracted to. This is not the same as sexual behavior or preference.Learn more about how the Census Bureau survey measures sexual orientation and gender identity. This page includes nation-wide characteristics such as age, Hispanic origin and race, and educational attainment. Also read some of their findings about experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic, such as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) adults experiencing higher rates of both economic hardship and mental health hardship. See the questionnaire used in phase 3.2 of the Household Pulse Survey.Source: Household Pulse Survey Data Tables. Data values in this layer are from Week 34 (July 21 - August 2, 2021), the first week that gender identity and sexual orientation questions were part of this survey. Top 15 metros are based on total population and are the same 15 metros available for all Household Pulse Data Tables.This layer is symbolized to show the percent of adults who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) as well as adults whose gender or sexual orientation was not listed on the survey (LGBTQIA+). The color of the symbol depicts the percentage and the size of the symbol depicts the count. *Percent calculations do not use those who did not report either their gender or sexual orientation in either the numerator or denominator, consistent with methodology used by the source.*Data Prep Steps:Data prep used Table 1 (Child Tax Credit Payment Status and Use, by Select Characteristics) to perform tabular data transformation. SAS to Table conversion tool was used to bring the tables into ArcGIS Pro.The data is joined to 2019 TIGER boundaries from the U.S. Census Bureau.Using the counties in each metro according to the Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Area Reference Files, metro boundaries created via Merge and Dissolve tools in ArcGIS Pro.In preparing the field aliases and long descriptions, "none of these" and "something else" were generally modified to "not listed."

As of April 2022, ** percent of survey respondents stated government bonds were a less attractive investment product compared to six months ago. Cash investments came in second place with ** percent of respondents stating this investment type was less attractive. Cash investments are typically highly liquid. Investors typically allocate funds to savings accounts, money market funds, or certificates of deposit.

In a global survey conducted in 2021, on average, ** percent of respondents from 27 countries declared to be sexually attracted only to people of the opposite sex. Russia and Hungary had the highest shares of interviewees who stated to be heterosexual. The largest percentages of homosexual respondents, instead, came from Australia, Great Britain, Belgium, and the Netherlands. In these countries, between ***** and **** percent of the interviewees were attracted only to the same sex. On the other hand, more than *** in 10 people worldwide are mostly attracted to people of the opposite sex.

Social Comparison Social Comparison Theory (Festinger, 1954) is centered around the idea that individuals seek self-evaluations. The theory suggests a possible way in which these self-evaluations occur: individuals compare themselves to others to reduce uncertainty and discover the definition of the self. Self-evaluation has been proposed as one of the functions of social comparison (Thorton & Arrowood, 1966), serving as a self-enhancement process with the help of downward and upward comparisons (Wills, 1981). Downward social comparison refers to a defensive tendency of self-evaluation, and these comparisons can elevate self-regard (Gibbons, 1986). However, the intention or impact of upward social comparison is less clear. On the one hand, it has been suggested that comparing oneself to better individuals could lower self-regard (Tesser et al., 1988), but on the other hand, upward comparisons might result in self-improvement (Collins, 1995).

Self-Perceived Attractiveness Individuals’ beliefs about the quality of their physical appearance are referred to as self-perceived attractiveness (Belmi & Neale, 2014). Previous research has found a relationship between social comparison and self-perception, wherein women exposed to less attractive same-sex participants described themselves as being more attractive (Castro et al., 2014). Likewise, it has been shown that in females, exposure to attractive others decreased the ratings of both face and body attractiveness, yet exposure to unattractive same-sex individuals increased the ratings of self-perceived attractiveness (Little & Mannion, 2005). Similarly, when rating their own desirability as a marriage partner, women‘s self-ratings were significantly lower after exposure to physically attractive women, but unaffected by exposure to socially dominant ones. On the contrary, it has been demonstrated that men‘s self-evaluations were significantly lower after exposure to socially dominant men (Gutierres et al., 2012).

The Ideal Standards of Mate Preference The mechanism underlying these findings is claimed to be the perception of the available population of desirable members of one‘s own sex with whom one must compete. In other words, exposure to highly dominant or highly attractive same-sex individuals could draw attention to the distribution of physically attractive or dominant individuals that are available to the members of the opposite sex, which brings us to the ideals of mate preference (Gutierres et al., 2012).

The ideal standards of mate preference could also be named as demands or minimum acceptable criteria (Kenrick, Groth, Trost, & Sadalla, 1993; Kenrick et al., 1990; Regan, 1998). It has been shown that exposure to images of highly physically attractive women or dominant males might influence individuals' perceptions of their own mate value, and therefore, the awareness of an abundance of highly attractive women or, in the case of males, the abundance of highly dominant men could negatively impact their perceived mate value (Gutierres et al., 2012).

Likes-Attract and Potentials-Attract The exploration of mate preferences introduces two hypotheses: The "Likes-Attract" hypothesis and the „Potentials-Attract“ hypothesis (Buston & Emlen, 2003). The "Likes-Attract" hypothesis posits that individuals are drawn to those who share similar qualities, characteristics, or attitudes. This theory asserts that people naturally gravitate toward partners with whom they share common ground, fostering a sense of similarity and compatibility. In the context of self-perceived attractiveness, the "Likes-Attract" hypothesis suggests that individuals prioritize qualities in potential mates that align with their own self-perception. For instance, an individual who rates themselves highly in terms of physical attractiveness may accord greater importance to the physical appearance of a potential partner. Conversely, the „Potentials-Attract“ Hypothesis postulates that people are drawn to potential partners based on specific attributes they consider advantageous or enriching to their own lives. When applied to self-perceived attractiveness, individuals who regard themselves as highly attractive prioritize qualities such as wealth, status, and family commitment in prospective long-term mates.

A study on mate preferences in Western society provides strong support for the "likes-attract" hypothesis (Buston & Emlen, 2003). The findings suggest that individuals tend to seek long-term partners who share similar traits to their own self-perception across various evolutionarily relevant categories. These findings resonate with earlier research that observed women with high self-perceived physical attractiveness modifying images of male faces to align with their ideals of masculinity and symmetry (Little et al. 2000). What sets Buston and Emlen's study apart is its explicit support for the likes-attract hypothesis. While previous research demonstrated conditionality in mate choice, this study underscores the active preference for partners who resemble one's self-perceived attributes.

Social Comparison and Self-Perceived Attractiveness & Its Impact on Ideals of Mate Preference Our aim is to investigate the impact of social comparison on self-perceived attractiveness and the relationship between this well-founded effect and mate-selection criteria of female participants. Social comparisons, whether in real life or on social media, automatically occur in society. It is crucial to understand how these upward or downward comparisons impact the standards and preferences of an individual in choosing a partner. Likewise, we will investigate if women with altered high self-perceived attractiveness will place great importance on wealth and status and family commitment in a male, or if the high ratings of self-perceived attractiveness are positively related to their physically attractive mate demands. These research questions should provide us with data supporting the potentials-attract and likes-attract hypotheses in terms of physical attractiveness only, which will provide us a deeper understanding of mate selection regarding physical appearance.

Abstract: Does politics cause people to be perceived as more or less attractive? As a type of social identity, party identifiers often exhibit in-group bias, positively evaluating members of their own party and, especially under conditions of competition, negatively evaluating out-party members. The current experiment tests whether political in-party and out-party status affects perceptions of the physical attractiveness of target persons. In a nationally representative internet sample of U.S. adults during the 2012 presidential election, we presented participants with photos of individuals and varied information about their presidential candidate preference. Results indicate that partisans, regardless of gender, rate target individuals as less attractive if they hold a dissimilar candidate preference. Female partisans, however, were more likely to rate target persons as more physically attractive when they held a similar candidate preference whereas no such effect was found for male partisans.

Chemical cues produced by late-stage embryos of the cane toad (Rhinella marina) attract older conspecific larvae, which are highly cannibalistic and can consume an entire clutch. To clarify the molecular basis of this attraction response, we presented captive tadpoles with components present in toad eggs. As previously reported, attractivity arises from the distinctive toxins (bufadienolides) produced by cane toads, with some toxins (e.g., bufagenins) much stronger attractants than others (e.g., bufotoxins). Extracts of frozen toad parotoid glands (rich in bufagenins) were more attractive than were fresh MeOH extracts of the parotoid secretion (rich in bufotoxins), and purified marinobufagin was more effective than marinobufotoxin. Cardenolide aglycones (e.g., digitoxigenin) were active attractors, whereas C-3 glycosides (e.g., digoxin, oubain) were far less effective. A structure-activity relationship study revealed that tadpole attractant potency strongly correlated with Na+/K+ ATPase...

In a survey conducted between April and May 2021, ** percent of individuals in Japan stated they were only attracted to the opposite sex. Four percent of respondents reported being only or mostly attracted to the same sex.

In a global survey conducted in 2023, three percent of respondents declared to be homosexual, gay, or lesbian. In Brazil and the Netherlands, for instance, nine percent, instead, identified as bisexual, representing the largest group of bisexual respondents among the 30 surveyed countries. Moreover, two percent of the interviewees in Switzerland said to be pansexual or omnisexual. Pansexuality describes people who feel attracted to other people regardless of their biological sex, gender, or gender identity, whereas omnisexuality refers to people attracted to people of all gender identities and sexual orientations.

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In 2018, football was the sport activity to which Italian LGBTQ+ individuals felt more attracted and from which they felt more excluded. According to the survey, those who indicated football as the sport to which they felt more attracted and from which they felt more excluded accounted for almost ** percent of all respondents in the selected year. Similarly, approximately ** percent of all interviewees felt attracted to boxing and excluded from this sport in Italy over the period considered.

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A survey conducted in Japan in May 2022 showed that a combined share of ** percent of the respondents found digital product placements attractive. About four out of ten respondents stated that they find digital product placements neither attractive nor unattractive.

Points of attraction for simulations using the single, high return rate scenario

This statistic shows respondents answers after they were asked if it was conceivable that they could be attracted to a person of the same sex. 56 percent of respondents stated that they were absolutely not attracted to same-sex individuals, whereas 10 percent of respondents stated "maybe".

This statistic shows the results of a 2015 survey among adult Americans on the perception of people with tattoos. During the survey, 40 percent of respondents stated that they perceive people with tattoos as more rebellious than people without tattoos, while 6 percent stated they think tattooed people are less rebellious, and 54 percent did not see a difference between people with or without tattoos when it comes to being rebellious.

Tattoos in American society

As can be seen above, compared to people without tattoos, 40 percent of people find those with tattoos to be characteristically rebellious while only 16 percent of respondents find people with tattoos characteristically attractive. However, in most cases, people do not believe that having a tattoo can characterize someone as being spiritual, healthy or rebellious in addition to a number of other characteristics. This may be because tattoos are becoming more and more mainstream, with close to 30 percent of Americans now having one or more tattoos; that means three out of every ten people. Furthermore, body ink is most common among Americans between the ages of 30 and 39, a demographic where more than half have tattoos - i.e. one out of every two people. Another interesting fact is that slightly more women have tattoos than men.

It the end, it appears rather difficult to characterize someone with a tattoo, especially when so many people now have them. However, at the same time, it is not always obvious to know who has one or not; it turns out that a vast majority of tattooed Americans hide their tattoos in everyday life, with less than 20 percent having visible ones. However, this too may change as tattooed skin becomes more and more accepted. One indicator for this is the fact that Americans seem to be comfortable with tattoos in the workplace regarding a number of different professions - with one interesting exception: People appear less comfortable with tattoos on those who are presidential candidates.

73 percent of people find digital payment methods attractive because they are quicker and more convenient. Feeling safe because one is not carrying cash is outlined as a benefit by 65 percent of respondents. The concept of cashless society refers to an economic state in which financial transactions are executed in an electronic format and without banknotes. The figures stem from a nationally representative survey among consumers in the United Kingdom conducted in November 2018,

This statistic presents the result of a survey on the most attractive foreign people according to Finnish travelers in 2017. That year, 21 percent of respondents stated to find the local people in Spain most attractive. 15 percent of surveyed Finns liked Italians best, while 17 percent were most attracted by people from their home country Finland.