I was just wondering, because France (and maybe even Europe in general) seems to be significantly more open to sexuality in general than here in the US. Any input?
2007-12-07 05:53:09 · 3 answers · asked by m-cha 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
To a much greater and significant degree they ( the French)
are more tolerate on a general scale to homosexuality then Americans.
- I live in France.
2007-12-07 06:05:09 · answer #1 · answered by ✡ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Europe is significantly less religious than the US is. While many say that they're religious on the census (in the UK for instance many many people put C of E rather than "no religion" - even if they never ever go to church)
The Financial Times in the UK did a survey which found the US is much more likely to believe in a form of God - 73%, wheras France was only 27%, even the highest country surveyed in Europe, Italy, only had 62%. I believe that religion is a major factor in tolerance of homosexuality; atheists don't really have any reason to dislike homosexuals - wheras it's written in just about every holy book that homosexuality is a sin.
In the UK gays are usually pretty well tolerated; of course there are those who hate them, but IMO there are far less than in the US.
2007-12-07 06:08:58 · answer #2 · answered by Mordent 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
gay america-smell good, gay france-smell bad
2007-12-07 05:57:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋