> -----Original Message----- > From: Tony [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 3:24 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Being Gay: Nature or Nurture? > > what benefit evolutionarily? really. > one less rooster to hound then hens? > if they were the majority, then they > wouldnt procreate, and then they would go > on as a species. survival of the fittest and > all that requires procreation to keep the good > genes moving along. mutations in sexual > preference would lead men to desire men > and women to desire women. since the bottom > line is, our gear is naturally for procreation, > and not for our enjoyment. although we have > bastardized it to be an enjoyment tool (not that > i mind one bit) but thats what i see.
But evolution doesn't "think about things" before it operates. To be sure a primary evolutionary drive is procreation - but there are others. Homosexuality might fill some other need, biologically speaking, or it could be an accident or side-effect. This all assumes that there is a definite biological driver to it. I think there is, mind you, but humans are much, much more complex than that. A human can decide to be homosexual or at least to engage in homosexual behavior for self-gratification or social reasons. For example the ancients greeks and romans had very few social taboos when it came to homosexual behavior. It's likely that not everybody that engaged in them were in fact, genetically speaking, homosexuals. At the time however, in some circles, it may have even been impolite NOT to engage in them. It's also likely that humans have the most finely tuned sense of sexual pleasure. That sense can be gratified in many ways with and without a partner (very few animals masturbate). With this elaborate (and perhaps evolutionarily useless) sexual drive it seems natural that there are going to be many paths for its development within an individual. Again homosexuality might be a "mistake" in that sense but is still "natural" and is not sickness or something that can be cured. Just as issues with the development of the skin sometimes proceeds differently and leads to freckles so might development of the libido sometimes lead to homosexuality. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:199976 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
