tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7844434945868494835.post3250013588071842870..comments2024-03-27T06:22:08.326-04:00Comments on Douglas Whaley: Homosexuality: The Iceberg Theorydglswhaley@aol.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06014306127062171178noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7844434945868494835.post-23757542781881643022010-10-30T18:50:08.380-04:002010-10-30T18:50:08.380-04:00Douglas,
You've got it right when you say that...Douglas,<br />You've got it right when you say that much more unattended homosexual urges exist among outwardly heterosexual people in the world. Indeed I contend that it is what has always necessitated the societal need to regulate homosexual activity. Historically, homosexuality has appeared to be a self-sustaining, dominant force that has always threatened the very existence of society, needing to be countered with repressive societal views discouraging it and/or prohibitive laws. Heterosexuality on the other hand, has always seemed to need enforcement and/or encouragement of some kind to express itself. A typical case in point is ancient Greece, where during those periods where societally endorsed pederasty was widespread, there were strict rules in Greek society that mandated that a male MUST marry at the age of 25 and start a family. If heterosexuality was indeed an innate feature of human beings (which I argue against in my website www.humansexualevolution.com), and if it was stronger than any homosexual tendency that might exist in us, then this need to effectively enforce heterosexuality through the aforesaid edict would not have been necessary. So, the very opposite must be true - that human beings have a tendency to being homosexual that is greater than any drive to be heterosexual. <br />Your premise that it is genes that underlie these somewhat universal homosexual urges is incorrect. If you look at human sexual evolution, we evolved from a common ancestor we shared with chimpanzees. Chimpanzees possess a sexual instinct - an IRREPRESSIBLE drive to engage in heterosexual intercourse when the right combination of seasonal and pheromonal triggers are present. Clearly, the presence of a sexual instinct keeps a species alive. However, by this definition we do not possess a sexual instinct because we can choose not to reproduce if we wish. No other sexually reproducing animal has such freedom, because they all possess a sexual instinct. So at some point in evolution after we split off from that common ancestor we shared with chimps, we began to lose our sexual instinct and eventually lost it completely. But why would this have been favoured?<br />The answer is complex and my theory addresses all the questions you might have. What I will say here for brevity is that having complete control of our reproduction enabled us to time births with times of plenty, and also with the availability of food and shelter resources as humans expanded into new and unknown lands. Also, could societies like ours exist if individuals possessed a sexual instinct (like that seen in other animals) and were thus incapable of resisting the sexual pheromones emitted by members of the opposite sex? <br />Lastly, the only way evolution would allow us to lose our sexual instinct is if human beings at some point learned what caused reproduction, and then found a reason to continue to reproduce - thereby eliminating the need for a sexual instinct. My theory argues that possibly as much as a few million years ago humans must have acquired the intelligence to understand that concept of ageing and death, and must have realized that with the infirmities of old age and disease, children would be an invaluable help. So this was the reason to continue reproducing. With this awareness of the value of children to future wellbeing foremost on their minds, human beings at some point made the connection between heterosexual intercourse and reproduction. <br />If you feel so inclined, please read my paper for a more comprehensive understanding of my ideas and feel free to send me your comments.Chris Gomeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03645408250841440987noreply@blogger.com