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Post by Lorn on Aug 29, 2015 18:34:22 GMT -6
No i had nada. I wa hoping for some "what about the Children." but nothing. Im happy being gay funnely enougth. What specifically about children though? Children shouldn't start showing any sexual inclinations until they hit puberty, and if they show any before then it's actually an indicator of sexual abuse. Once they hit puberty, they should start showing interest in the gender that they are actually attracted to, but as I mentioned before, there can be societal pressure that causes them to show interest in the other gender. As an example, if we look at homosexual men (primarily religious) that are in a heterosexual relationship, they commonly claim "I'm attracted to men, but I choose to have sex with women". They say this as if it somehow proves the point that sexuality is a choice, but ironically they indicating the opposite. The fact that they are attracted to men indicates that homosexuality is not a choice, but it does indicate that who you have sex with IS a choice. Of course, it's kind of self-evident that an individual chooses who they have sex with. Which reminds me of a study that was done about homophobia. Male subjects had their levels of homophobia tested, they then had electrodes that measured blood flow attached to their penis, and were exposed to gay porn. Interestingly, the males that ranked higher on homophobia exhibiteda higher level of sexual arousal to the gay porn scenes than those that ranked lower in homophobia. And here I was hoping you'd have a few more actual statements that would help trigger my memory about the topic. However, I suppose I could expand on the homosexuality being a form of population control thing. It seems like it would be a reasonable thing to expect since homosexuals have a lower chance of having children, but a problem arises when society is put into the mix. For example, if a homosexual was born in a small tribal community, where it is expected that they will produce children, they will likely produce children regardless of them not wanting to. It hasn't been until relatively recently (the past hundred years or so) where homosexual only relationships have become more acceptable. I'd mention homosexual couples have children through artificial insemination (as a few of our members have done), but that's really more of a "modern times" issue, not relating to population control. Of course, we also have to realize that there are better forms of population control enacted by nature. There is lack of resources, disease, and I suppose we can toss in natural selection as well. The lack of resources and disease have an increased chance of occurring if there are too many people present in a community. If a community rapidly outgrows the resources surrounding them (for this I'm ignoring the possibility of droughts causing famine) then the population will drop until it can be sustained again. Similarly, the more people that are present in a community, the higher the chances of a deadly disease rapidly spreading throughout the populace. If homosexuality was a form of population control then it would be rather counter-intuitive as it would (in theory) still produce more individuals placing a strain on food/water, and increasing the likelihood of disease. If we were to view famine/disease as a form of natural selection, then it further erodes the idea that homosexuality is a form of population control. Homosexuality does not offer anything that negatively effects the survival of the individual. The only thing it does is potentially limiting the chances of that individual producing offspring, but they're still a surviving portion of the population. If anything, homosexuality would be an extremely indirect form of population control, since it is not guaranteed to actually "control" the population. see thats why it was mentioned in the Bible because they were in a time of war ahd needed to reprduce. Perhaps, but it's still a very ineffective form of population control.
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