She finds further support in the rarity of homosexuality. As a teacher of twenty-three years, most of which were spent in art schools, I have been struck by the rarity, not the frequency, of homosexuality. The 10 percent figure, servilely repeated by the media, was pure propaganda, and it made me, as a scholar, despise gay activists for their unscrupulous disregard for the truth. Nor is Ms. Paglia only talking about men. The difficulties in changing sexual orientation do not spring from its genetic innateness.
Sexuality is highly fluid, and reversals are theoretically possible.
Heterosexual love, as Hindu symbolism dramatizes, is in sync with cosmic forces. Not everyone has the stomach for daily war with nature.