I have been accused of being homophobic due to some Posts I have made. I deny this allegation & defy the allegaters. In the forties when gays were called faggots & often physically beaten, I was part of a coffee house group which included quite a few gay men.
I became friendly with several of them & one was the best man at my wedding. This is not equivalent to a racist claiming to have a black friend.
First: I believe that that homosexuality is due to a complex set of environmental circumstances, with little or no genetic influence.
Second: I do not think that a male makes a conscious choice to be homosexual. I think it is a behavior which evolves.
Third: If restricted to consenting adults, I consider it to be an okay behavior since it causes no physical or emotional harm.
In prehistoric times, there was no social pressure for a man to take a mate. If there were a gene for homosexuality, such a gene would become extremely rare.
If dominant, it would be likely to disappear.
If recessive, it would be as prevalent (or less prevalent) than the gene for hemophilia, which is rare while homosexuals are estimated to be 3% to 10% of the male population. I suspect that the higher figure is due to switch hitters and/or males who have a sex drive & problems relating to females.
My father once said
Since women in many ancient & modern cultures are treated as property rather than as human beings, there could be a gene for lesbian behavior which did not disappear or become extremely rare in the gene pool due to male physical dominance.
I became friendly with several of them & one was the best man at my wedding. This is not equivalent to a racist claiming to have a black friend.
First: I believe that that homosexuality is due to a complex set of environmental circumstances, with little or no genetic influence.
Second: I do not think that a male makes a conscious choice to be homosexual. I think it is a behavior which evolves.
Third: If restricted to consenting adults, I consider it to be an okay behavior since it causes no physical or emotional harm.
In prehistoric times, there was no social pressure for a man to take a mate. If there were a gene for homosexuality, such a gene would become extremely rare.
If dominant, it would be likely to disappear.
If recessive, it would be as prevalent (or less prevalent) than the gene for hemophilia, which is rare while homosexuals are estimated to be 3% to 10% of the male population. I suspect that the higher figure is due to switch hitters and/or males who have a sex drive & problems relating to females.
My father once said
Lesbianism seems to me to be due to a male chauvinist culture and/or male attitudes/approaches to sexual encounters. My father also said:There are few, if any, frigid women; Only clumsy and\or brutal men
It costs nothing to complement a women & sometime sit buys a lot.
Since women in many ancient & modern cultures are treated as property rather than as human beings, there could be a gene for lesbian behavior which did not disappear or become extremely rare in the gene pool due to male physical dominance.