Study: Gay Life at the Ivies

Colleges and Universities A-Z Yale University
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<p>Using the very unscientific tool of the facebook, I have researched the ivies for the best gay life. Basically for each ivy I did a search for men interested in men and women in women. </p>

<p>Here are the results (keep in mind some schools are smaller than others)</p>

<p>MEN interested in MEN:</p>

<p>1-Harvard (211)
2-Columbia (137)
3-Yale (128)
4-Brown (111)
5-University of Pennsylvania (106)
6-Cornell (93)
7-Dartmouth (74)
8-Princeton (31)</p>

<p>NORMALIZED BY CLASS SIZE:</p>

<p>1-Columbia
2-Harvard
3-Yale
4-Brown
5-Dartmouth
6-University of Pennsylvania
7-Cornell
8-Princeton</p>

<p>WOMEN interested in WOMEN:</p>

<p>1-University of Pennsylvania (37)
2-Cornell (31)
3-Columbia (27)
4-Harvard (25)
5-Yale (22)
6-Dartmouth (11)
7-Brown (9)
8-Princeton (5)</p>

<p>NORMALIZED BY CLASS SIZE:</p>

<p>1-Columbia
2-Yale
3-Harvard
4-University of Pennsylvania
5-Dartmouth
6-Cornell
7-Brown
8-Princeton</p>

<p>COMBINED (an indicator of culture):</p>

<p>1-Harvard (236)
2-Columbia (164)
3-Yale (150)
4-Penn (143)
5-Cornell (124)
6-Brown (120)
7-Dartmouth (85)
8-Princeton (36)</p>

<p>NORMALIZED BY CLASS SIZE:</p>

<p>1-Columbia
2-Harvard
3-Yale
4-Dartmouth
5-Brown
6-University of Pennsylvania
7-Cornell
8-Princeton</p>

<p>CONCLUSIONS:</p>

<p>Though this study is not scientific by any means, its results are remarkably persuasive. If you are gay and looking for a large community, look into Columbia, Harvard or Yale--The Winners. Dartmouth, Brown, and Penn are in the middle. Cornell and especially Princeton are to be avoided.</p>

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<p>i guess this just proves that harvard is in fact gayer than yale.</p>

<p>jkjk no offense meant to anyone.</p>

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<p>Interesting information.</p>

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<p>how did you get on facebook for all those schools? i thought you could only search kids from a school where you had an email address.</p>

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<p>Hmm, it could also mean that those schools have more openly "out" people, but the data is interesting for you to compare. </p>

<p>P.S. Northrams, would you try to get a cheap laugh with a racial joke, or would that just be in too poor of taste? I don't mean to be a downer. I really would have thought that was funny a while ago, but I mean, it is just weird how gay jokes aren't considered as bad as jokes about ethnicity. Plus it is the fact that by gay, you mean something negative or bad. I know you didn't mean anything by it, and it better than most people that call everything "gay." However, the fact that hardly anyone will get mad at someone for a gay joke but will call someone a racist for a joke about ethnicity is rather disconcerting. Wow, my friends have really turned me around.</p>

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<p>Can you account for the fact that some schools might have a larger fraction of students on thefacebook? You might consider normalizing by total number of facebook entries rather than class size. Since thefacebook started at Harvard and not every upperclassman has a page (unlike freshman and sophomores, who pretty much all do), I wonder if they've got more complete representation (or more alumni representation).</p>

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<p>Emperor Brent, you bring up an interesting possibility. Perhaps the percentage of gays is fairly even at these schools, but the willingness of students to put that out in the open is much lower at some than the others. That points to, as I said, the culture of the school. Are kids not worried to being open at Columbia but more timid at Cornell? What is going on? Is the general mood of the school repressive or is it accepting? Obviously in my point of view, the more accepting, the better.</p>

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<p>there's a saying at yale about the gay population: "one in four, maybe more"</p>

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<p>emperor brent-</p>

<p>i was just making a lighthearted joke. i could name dozens of comedians, black and white, considered "brilliant" for their "insightful social commentary" who practically made a living off of "cracker" "honkey" and "ni*ger" jokes, and i could again name quite a few homosexual comedians who make their living off of "queer" and "straight" jokes. quite honestly, most of those in both groups are hilarious, as long as you dont let political correctness stifle your ability to laugh at yourself and society. i clearly meant no offense by it. i have a number of homosexual friends and relatives. i simply used a phrase widely used throughout society to make a joke about harvard, and even took the time to emphasize the fact that it was meant lightheartedly. so lighten up and laugh a little.</p>

<p>i do agree, however, about the double standard as it applys to jokes about race versus jokes about sexual orientation.</p>

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<p>Also, Yale may have a better in-house queer society, where they don't need facebook to connect people. Or the gay yalies maye just have better things to do than kill time on facebook?</p>

<p>P.S. Northrams, I know. I was musing on a fact, and not attacking you. Although I could be construed as pointed at times, I never really meant to challenge. Its interesting that you mention your gay friends and relatives, because mine actually turned me away from saying those things becuase they found it offense. I won't laugh though, because it means I would be hurting them. I'm not trying to be PC; I just really don't want to do make them feel bad. So I guess its all just a matter of perception, since what's funny to one person may not be to another. I just know I won't teach my kids to say those things, since even if they don't mean harm, I would be promoting the fact that saying something is gay to mean bad is acceptable. However I encourage you to do what feels best, since as I said, I was just thinking about the connotations of "gay" today and how people view homosexuals.</p>