Before anybody attempts to shoot me down by quoting the article in today's /New York Times/, all I would say is that I agree with the writer, Nicholas Kristof. There are two few studies involving too small a number of experimental subjects to make any sort of judgement yet.[snip]
For my part, I'm prepared to say that the degree of homosexuality we
> see around us today is probably far greater than at any time in history > and this bespeaks something very unusual, such as high stress. > (Or it could be the large amount of artificial contraceptive > hormones that are being dispensed into our sewage systems > and some from thence into our drinking water. [snip]
Some people say we should settle gay rights disputes on the basis of the Old Testament. I say we should rely on blinking patterns.[snip]
Earlier this year, the journal /Personality and Individual Differences /published an exhaustive review of the literature entitled "Born Gay?" After reviewing the twin studies, it concluded that 50 to 60 percent of sexual orientation might be genetic.[snip]
I like the idea about stress being a factor, since it seems prima facie plausible that stress should lead to a cornucopia of dysfunctional psychological and social phenomena. On the other hand, isn't (wasn't) homosexuality rather prevelant among England's aristocracy?
I think Freud's idea of repressed sexual energy as the "fuel" for civilization is still important (as for several years, I have what I think is the key quote and some commentary at http:/www.cloud9.net/~bradmcc/civil.html ).
What other reason than to fill up our tanks - not with oil -- but with "aim-inhibited homoerotic energy", for "contact sports" and LOCKER ROOMS in high school? [Gimme some privacy, please! Remember Robert Bork? He asserted there was no constitutional right to privacy....]
As for the contemporary west being unique, I remember once reading that one of the Taliban's continuing morals problem was keeping the warlords from having sex with young boys. How widespread are such relations in tribal cultures?
Have fun; don't hurt anybody (including onself)...
\brad mccormick
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Let your light so shine before men,
that they may see your good works.... (Matt 5:16)Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. (1 Thes 5:21)
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