Sorry, I've edited that post, so please refer to it again!RoyLennigan said:might you explain more, lest you leave me in the dark bodhisattva?
Sorry, I've edited that post, so please refer to it again!RoyLennigan said:might you explain more, lest you leave me in the dark bodhisattva?
They are purely inventions of the modern west.RoyLennigan said:are what we call homosexuality and heterosexuality just side effects of sexual reproduction, then?
That's my own conclusion. There are many reasons why scientists have sought to play with the truth. And they are still widely doing it --- as far as 'sexuality" is concerned.RoyLennigan said:"...evidences because it went against the 'darwin' theory..." is this just because it was male-male sex, or is there something else to it?
Sexual need for the same-sex existed even when the reproduction was asexual. Therefore sex and reproduction are not primarily and indistinguishably the same.RoyLennigan said:are what we call homosexuality and heterosexuality just side effects of sexual reproduction, then?
There being too different from each other is exactly the reason why they can't bond emotionally or for long term, unless the female is masculinised and the male is feminised (making heterosexuality queer!). This is exactly what makes heterosexuality unnatural. Unless forced by artifical social forces that train the mind from the beginning.RoyLennigan said:male and female minds have developed to be, in a way, like opposites that, when put together, form a whole. human communities have always developed such that they require a male and a female. the abilities of each are often complementary of the other.
ah, more of the theory rises to the surface. it makes more sense to me now, this way. yes, i would view reproduction and sex as different things. animals (as well as man, if he didn't know better) don't know that sex will cause pregnancy. sex is just pleasurable, so they do it. sex with the same gender is just as pleasurable because there are no taboos, there is nothing to make them feel it is in some way wrong, because it isnt.Buddha1 said:Sexual need for the same-sex existed even when the reproduction was asexual. Therefore sex and reproduction are not primarily and indistinguishably the same.
When species transformed into male and female for better reproduction, sex was also used for reproduction, but sex between the opposites was only limited to reproduction, as is widely evidenced from the wild (barring birds -- and birds have a really different make up as I've pointed out in another post!).
you can see the the physical complements, the mental ones seem to just cause conflict most of the time, i agree with you there, but that is largely due to the state of society. but there is no need for an artificial force to bring opposite sexes together. there is already an overpowering natural force that causes irresistable desire to have sex with the opposite sex (puberty). it is just extremely exaggerated by our society.Buddha1 said:There being too different from each other is exactly the reason why they can't bond emotionally or for long term, unless the female is masculinised and the male is feminised (making heterosexuality queer!). This is exactly what makes heterosexuality unnatural. Unless forced by artifical social forces that train the mind from the beginning.
The thing about 'comlementary' has been made up by the heterosexual society in order to validate heterosexuality.
I think it's right on! Heterosexuality is not male-female sex. It's the male-female sex which is natural not heterosexuality. just like it's male-male sexual bonds that are natural not 'homosexuality'.RoyLennigan said:right, i think i see what you're saying.
but i dont think you're thread title exactly fits. heterosexuality is natural, but human the human concept of heterosexuality is unnatural. heterosexuality is a man having sex with a woman. i would say this is as natural as you can get. out of all the things that man does and can do, i'd say that having sex with a woman is the thing that most natural. throughout history, from thousands of years ago and probably thousands of years from now, man has/will be having sex with women. all other sex can only be a byproduct, no matter how natural it is.
The heterosexual society does all it can to make heterosexuality possible, and that includes finishing all male-only spaces and making them mixed gender. This directly results in heterosexuality (meaning marginalised male-male sex!)RoyLennigan said:you can see the the physical complements, the mental ones seem to just cause conflict most of the time, i agree with you there, but that is largely due to the state of society.
Ironically, puberty is the time when boys have an intense desire for the same sex bonds. So much so that even the 'western' scientist otherwise so opposed to so-called 'homosexuality' have to accept the adolescence as a 'homosexual' phase. This is the time when the need for the opposite sex is the lease, if we go by the nature.RoyLennigan said:but there is no need for an artificial force to bring opposite sexes together. there is already an overpowering natural force that causes irresistable desire to have sex with the opposite sex (puberty). it is just extremely exaggerated by our society.
RoyLennigan said:i think there is much truth to that, but i think there is more to it. obviously there is an innate desire for feminacy in a mate from the male perspective. and women have some very distinguishing features in this respect.
There is femininity in males, and masculinity in females --- including in their appearance. But having said that I have to say that the theory of 'opposites attract' is again an invention of the modern west. Opposites do attract, but the attraction is short lived. It's the attraction for the same which is long lasting. It's been proved with research in the west too that Likes, afterall, do attract.
My own work has shown that masculine men are much more likely to find other masculine men and masculine features attractive. My work experience with the gay community has also shown that gay men tend to like very feminine features, body shapes and behaviours amongst males. These are traits that they consider sexy.
A lot of what you're saying is heterosexual propaganda, often in the garb of science.RoyLennigan said:therefore i would posit that, in a totally isolated community of humans that had no idea what sex was or anything about how one might think it "should be", they would, because of hormones and instinct, have sex (obviously), and that, although there would most likely be "homosexuality" as well as "heterosexuality", they would soon find out that male-female sex works out best. its naturally developed that way. i dont think they would have any concept of "heterosexuality" being right and "homosexuality" being wrong--in fact they'd probably have huge orgies quite a bit--but it would become obvious to them that sex was meant (or developed) for a man and woman. the opposing hormones that act on each other's brain as a natural aphrodesiac; the instincual desire in men for curves (and the childhood fetish of breasts); how the male and female bodies seem to compliment each other.
In all societies that allow male-male sex, even lightly, alongside marriage, as a masculine trait, men overwhelmingly prefer it. In all of such societies --- including the ancient Greeks or the modern day Afghans men prefer sex with men for bonding and for pleasure. E.g., ancient Greeks men believed that "had it not been for reproduction men would not need women at all!". Likewise, Afghans even today have a saying, "Women for procreation and men for pleasure!"
Buddha1 said:It is not weird Giambatista, and that is what I want you to understand. It's the society that you live in is wierd. You have been living in a society that has totally marginalised male-male sexual behaviour.
Buddha1 said:I think you're not trying to understand the definitions that I am using of the western terms like "homosexual", straight, heterosexual, etc. I've clarified my terms moreo than once on this board.
Giambattista said:Is this desire only sexual in nature, or does it go deeper? I frankly could care less about mere sex. I'm interested in more, however I don't think EITHER is possible. Knowing that someone else may have the potential for sexual attraction towards me is one thing, (and there are quite a few people that I find attractive physically) but emotionally, psychologically, and even spiritually (dare I even bring THAT into the discussion) I could never bring myself to their "level".