jayleew said:
Your research is flawed because you are assuming that the basic nature of men in your society is the same everywhere, and that you understand the basic nature of men.
jayleew said:
I am not stating they are not any different, but you have not proven that they are. Goodness...
Jaylee,
I think I must thank you, because you have given me a chance to organise my thoughts into a complete picture by discussing things threadbare and opposing me. In the numerous discussions I’ve had earlier on this board or the others, my contentions were too often accepted by the opponents too easily without debating --- depriving me of the chance to delve further or prove myself. This discussing process refines my thoughts and concretises them. Without you on this board, it would not be half as interesting or educating.
But at the same time I find your arguments in this case, unreasonable, illogical and biased. You are using, in a much subdued tones though, the technique adopted by ‘Light’. You are trying to confine me into a micro level discussion, (often bothering about the technical details upon things which are so obvious) which is hard to win. But nevertheless, it gives me an opportunity, like I said.
The true nature of men, particularly straight men, and especially concering their sexual needs --- something that the society has cunningly made the source of their social masculinity/ power, is almost impossible to ‘prove’ if you follow the ‘standard scientific methods’ --- of asking and taking the respondents for their words, or if you were to do a head count based on the sexual identities/ behaviour or attitudes claimed by the respondents. Therefore, it is no use here hiding behind proven ‘science’ (something you are not guilty of though --- yet!) --- at least at the micro/ individual level.
But it is possible to prove my assertions in an indirect way --- relying mostly (but not always) on external scientific, established ‘proofs’. But this can only be done at the macro level – not the micro level. And this is the method I’m going to use to prove myself. It is going to take sometime though.
I can repeat my assertions in brief here:
- Heterosexuality is unnatural for humans: A heterosexual society is not natural. Few men are naturally inclined to mate with women regularly (meaning a couple of times every year!). Most men are naturally inclined to mate with women only a couple of times in their life + many men are naturally inclined not to mate at all in their life --- including many alpha men.
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As far as nature is concerned male-female desire sexual desire is temporary, transient and periodic --- whether it is intense or not. Further it is purely physical in nature and not emotional. All this means that it cannot sustain --- by itself --- a long term, committed man-woman bond. A strong Male-female sexual desire typically occurs in men during the latter part of youth as men approach middle-age. Male-female sex is primarily geared towards facilitating reproduction, but only as much as the nature can sustain.
- Masculine men are supposed to bond with other men, not women: Most men --- if things are left to nature--- are driven by their natural instincts towards other men. This attraction is strong, permanent, long lasting and naturally facilitates long term, often life-long bonds by itself. Such an instinct starts from a man’s childhood and is the strongest during the early part of the youth.
- Feminine men are supposed to bond with women: The exceptions to the above rules, if things are left to nature --- are transgendered, two spirited males --- who typically (unlike today’s homosexuals) have a strong, permanent and long lasting sexual desire for women which by itself enables a life-long committed, sexual and emotional intimacy between the male and woman. Only these two-spirited males (it is wrong to call them ‘men’ --- but there is nothing negative about it!) are supposed to bond with women and raise children with them. Otherwise children are supposed to be raised in women only clans --- those of related women.
Thus, heterosexuality is queer. Actually, it would be wrong to call such two-spirited males heterosexuals, because if I’m right, Heterosexuality is a highly negative and harmful term, which does not do justice to these two-spirited males with special natural energies.
I will be using the following indirect way to prove the above is true for men all over the world, including those living in the modern west……
1. evidence from the animal world, especially other mammals. Humans are also mammals, and if most mammals are not heterosexual, it makes it highly improbable for men to be heterosexual.
2. Evidence from history of human beings, including that of the west.
3. Evidence from traditional, non-heterosexual present day societies.
4. Evidences from the present day west.
5. Pressures on men to alter their sexual behaviour --- in traditional societies, as well as the modern heterosexual west: These pressures by themselves are a strong indirect proof that men if left on their own will not be heterosexual. Furthermore, applying scientific logic will mean that the intensity of the pressures prevalent in the society is a direct indicator of the level of non-heterosexuality present amongst the men living in that society.
Like I said this is a long drawn process, and I’ll be taking things one by one. Till now I have only proved that there is no heterosexuality amongst animals.
As for this board, there are two things I will concentrate on:
1. First is that “heterosexuality is queer”. I will be proving this through the following:
a. Evidences from nature (including birds!)
b. Evidences from ancient mythology.
c. Evidences from traditonal masculine values and mores.
d. Evidences from modern heterosexual societies.
e. A discussion on the much propagated connection between masculinity/ manhood and heterosexuality.
2. Second is the point of current debate that the basic sexual needs of men --- especially in terms of the gender they naturally prefer to bond with, is the same in the modern west and traditional east. I’ll be proving that through the following:
a. Evidences that men have similar nature of pressures that control their sexual behaviour.
b. Evidences that men have similar outer sexual behaviour in the east and west --- only a difference of degrees.
c. Evidences of subdued sexual need amongst ‘straight’ men in the west.
Let’s denote these as follows:
Basic/ natural needs of men = x,
Pressures of social masculinity that act on men = y,
Men’s outer sexual behaviour = z
So, in any society, x X y = z
Now if y is the same in the east and the west.
And, z is the same in the east and the west.
The only scientific conclusion would be that x is also the same in the east and the west.