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That they are not "weeded out" or passed on from generation to generation suggests that they are not genetic.Where do those instincts come from and why were they not weeded out by natural selection?
This one makes no sense to me. Why is it that there are any homosexual tendencies in ANY species? Where do those instincts come from and why were they not weeded out by natural selection?
2) The distinction of homosexuality as an exclusive sexual preference is a relatively modern invention.
Gaddock
And even with neutral or negative activities like stamp collecting, they may be a side effect of something else that is beneficial in evolutionary terms.4) Evolution doesn't imply that everything we do, and all our characteristics, are geared to survival and reproduction. It's not necessary that stamp collecting have any reproductive value; all that's necessary is that the genes of the stamp collector are perpetuated.
This one makes no sense to me. Why is it that there are any homosexual tendencies in ANY species? Where do those instincts come from and why were they not weeded out by natural selection?
You consider Plato to be modern?
On an evolutionary timescale, yes.You consider Plato to be modern?
Ancient Greece is a prime example of a society in which homosexual relationships were tolerated alongside and in addition to hetrosexual ones. Many married men would have sex with servents or other men and still be expected to have children with their wives.
Regards
Gaddock
Plato knew of exclusively homosexual men who married women and reproduced only because of cultural pressure.2) The distinction of homosexuality as an exclusive sexual preference is a relatively modern invention.
I don't agree. I think that a genetic basis to homosexuality is plausible.It seems to me that homosexuality has simply ALWAYS existed and is not genetic. I think this was the point I was trying to make. Everyone's arguments seem to agree with this too.
Then you need to read them again.It seems to me that homosexuality has simply ALWAYS existed and is not genetic. I think this was the point I was trying to make. Everyone's arguments seem to agree with this too.