the high prevalence of people from the west on this list may be due to societal attitudes towards homosexuality. the pew research center's 2013 global attitudes survey found that there is “greater acceptance in more secular and affluent countries,” with "publics in 39 countries [having] broad acceptance of homosexuality in north america, the european union, and much of latin america, but equally widespread rejection in predominantly muslim nations and in africa, as well as in parts of asia and in russia. opinion about the acceptability of homosexuality is divided in israel, poland and bolivia.” americans are divided – a majority (60 percent) believes homosexuality should be accepted, while 33 percent disagree.