Is it possible that homosexuality is Nature's way of saying "Whoa there...slow down."?

Question

What i mean is that homosexuality is an evolutionary dead end, since reproduction is impossible without the aid of science, and even then, its hard.
Animals that adhere to nature better than us evolve to keep their population in check, so they have enough food and space for their population.

The problem with Humans is that we won't stop growing. We fix and treat everything thats supposed to keep our numbers in check. the diseases that would kill some of us off, are curable now. The deformations that normally wouldn't have allowed poeple to make offspring in the past (down syndrome, cerebral palsy, etc...) are now somewhat treatable...

so evolution...at least in humans, has been slowed or eliminated BY humans, right?

So is it possible that homosexuality is evolution's way of keeping us in limited numbers like we were supposed to?

Keep in my mind, i have NOTHING wrong with people being gay. Love knows no gender. AND i believe in evolution.

so try to keep God out of it

Answer 1

The problem with this theory is that the "gay gene" is not being passed on to the next generation, because reproduction does not transpire. All evolutionary traits depend upon the trait being passed on to the successive generation.

Answer 2

There are a couple problems with your ideas.

First, the populations of other animals is kept in check by the availablity of food and other resources, and by predation. So, as another animal, you either find enough food, and you avoid predators successfully, or you die. The development of agriculture and weapons (in short, civilization) allowed humans to take themselves out of the "eat or be eaten" world.

The other problem is that homosexuality has been a part of humans forever. Homosexuality seems to be present and observable in a number of animal species other than humans. Certainly, homosexuality has been seen in humans much longer than has our population been so large.

Since the existence of homosexuality pre-dates a huge population, it can't be "evolution's way of keeping us in limited numbers...."

Answer 3

Good theory. As a race, we are starting to overpopulate the planet. Coinincidentally, Stephen Hawking recently made a statement saying that we should be colonizing the moon, and mars if we are to survive from mutated diseases and natural disasters or else the death toll would be huge. Again, good theory.

Answer 4

I think you may be onto something....I don't think homosexuality is a choice, I am one of those who believe that it is already built into someone at a young age. But yeah, I certainly think it could be population control.

Answer 5

That is very thought provoking!! This world is so over populated...human beings need something to slow them down.

Answer 6

Here is what I do know, this happens in rats kept in too dense a population..

Answer 7

No. If your hypothesis was correct then it would be far more widespread.