How does homosexuality fit into evolution?

Question

It doesn't make sense does it?

.....using an extreme to illustrate a point; if everyone was gay, no one would procreate (at least - not naturally)

.....and there are better ways of population control than condeming people to a life of homosexuality (and depriving them of the chance of a normal life...to get married and have kids)

........if a male dog tries to get it with another male dog, that's only because he can't get it with a *****.

(the correct terminology for a female dog is a b****.

....and its not a case of 'dumbing down' - of course you can argue it either way, people have a human right to choose to be 'gay' if they want (AND IT IS A CHOICE), but people also have a right to live in a society where people don't tell them its alright to be'gay'.

Answer 1

First off stop confusing sexuality and procreation they are tow different things!

http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/060224_gay_genes.html

Answer 2

First off, if everyone were gay there simply wouldn't be any un-intended births. Gay does not mean a person is infertile and can't reproduce. Of course if they wanted to reproduce they'd have to do it with a member of the opposite set or in a lab.

Second, not everyone is gay, in fact most people aren't, so there's not point in saying "if everyone were gay..."

Third, many gays never actually come out about their feelings, marry, and have children.

Fourth, having gay sex is a choice, being in a homosexual relationship is a choice, but being attracted to someone is not. We can't choose what we find attractive, we can only acknowkedge that we find them attractive. A man who is married, has kids, and has never had a relationship with another man in his life is actually gay if he finds men attractive and isn't attracted to women.

Fifth: There are many examples of homosexuality in the animal kingdom but yes, dogs are a poor comparison to humans. Dogs use sex as an expression of dominance and do not form strong psychological bonds with their mates. When humans have an intimate relationship it is typically not just about sex but love.

Answer 3

Homosexuality is usually a genetic condition, truly in its patience interior the inhabitants. it isn't a existence kind selection, in line with se, as some may recommend. It persists at no a lot less a percentage of the overall inhabitants, in spite of the severe outcomes in a large number of international locations. it should be ridiculous to point that there is not any genetic element. The study decrease than confirmed that moms of gay adult males had extra little ones, on widely used, than moms of hetero adult males. It is wise to me that the findings in this study at the on the spot are not that a male toddler will be born a gay, yet that a male or female offspring will be born with a propensity to be somewhat extra drawn to adult males. Then, given an ecosystem the position that is inspired, both actually or negatively, a male gay nature develops. If a lady is a service for this gene, she will be able to be extra promiscuous and characteristic extra little ones, so it may seem a unique benefit in organic selection. that's the the position the benefit is, with the female that incorporates the gene, not with the gay male that incorporates it. Evolution ought to favour the guy. gay adult males will logically have a lot less little ones, so as that they'd finally die out. the answer should be that the gene has its maximum ideal selective influence on women human beings, truly interior the production of extra offspring. the actual incontrovertible truth that it produces some gay adult males is incidental, yet not a draw back prevalent, because it does not require many adult males to fertilise a lot of ladies human beings in a tribal putting, which people were until eventually truly lately, in evolutionary words. . .

Answer 4

Ok this my take on it,

Altruistic behavior, where some members of the population give up their reproductive rights to increase the survival rates of the existing offspring, who might be related to them. This can be similar to menopause where an additional female, namely a grandmother, might help out raise offsprings that are related to them. It could also be said that the gay couple might raise offspring that have lost their parents to a disaster or a predator.

Population control could also be a possiblity.

I also read a study which correlated increase in fecundity of women who had gay male relatives, as compared to women who had no gay male relatives. It had to do with the phermones released by the presence of members of the opposite sex.[1]

Oh and one more thing, homosexuals could still reproduce, the genetic fator for homosexuality does not mean that the member is sterile or infertile. ;-)

Answer 5

Extrapolating out to an absurd, unrealistic extreme makes only one point: that the person extrapolating out to an absurd, unrealistic extreme is intellectually deficient. One can just as easily say bus drivers are evil and don't make sense, because if everyone were a bus driver, there would be no one to grow our food, and humanity would starve to death.

As it happens, there is an evolutionary model where homosexuality fits in. Children with one or more homosexual aunts and/or uncles could have more adults caring for them, thus enhancing their chances of survival. If you actually look at the reality of human existence, you'll see that survival of our species does not require that all individuals procreate. Try accepting life as it is in all its complexity instead of trying to dumb it all down into black and white.

Answer 6

My guess, well humans are mammals right? and with animals, Take dogs for instance. There instincts are to mate with the opposite sex right? but you will still find that a male dog will mount another male dog. So the question is, is it wrong in there world to have relations with the same sex. My guess is no. So my take is that mammals (animals, humans, ext.) are really bisexual by nature and we may make a decision based on our experiences from our peers as we grow up. At that point we decide on what part of our instincts to follow.
So naturally there is no right or wrong. society has created this right and wrong for us.
so I say follow your instincts and love one another! The world would be a better place to live.

Answer 7

Well...
It helps stem overpopulation without depriving the group of members that may still be productive and contribute to the society as a whole without breeding.

Your extreme example can be countered by another extreme example, what if every person capable of breeding(assuming the children would also live to an age and be able to breed as well) did and produced 2 children. The world would rapidly collapse from a lack of food and living space.

Answer 8

A male human may evolve to look for certain traits in a female, e.g. wide hips as a sign of high fertility. However, this male may be sexually aroused by not an actual female but by a picture of a naked female's wide hips on the Internet. This is becuase the picture is a substitute for the actual thing.

Similarly, an individual male may be sexually aroused by a female's vagina. Penetration of this vagina and sexual intercourse can increase probability of reproduction. But the male can substitute and use not the vagina but the female's mouth. Through evolution the male's instinct is to receive pleasure from insertion of the penis into the vagina but instinct can be overridden by intelligence and the male human can substitute from a vagina to a mouth.

Likewise, the same male can replace the vagina not just with a female mouth but any other orifice. E.g. the female or male anus, the male mouth, his own hand, and so forth.

Answer 9

well it would all depend on who's asking (gay, gay friendly, anti-gay) it also depends on who you are asking (someone who believes in evolution, or God's creation)

The question is vague. You can fit anything into evolution.

Just to add a point. if a person believes they are born gay. Who are you to tell them that they werent? You believe you were born straight dont you? And I won't argue that, because only you can truthfully explain your feelings, needs and desires. If a person has never had any sexual attraction to the opposite sex, what CHOICE do they have? The same sex, or be alone forever.

Answer 10

What do you mean? That we should all evolve as carbon copies of each other? Following that reasoning, how do you explain other differences between humans - racial characteristics, height, eye colour, etc etc etc. It's not unreasonable to expect genetic differences that may or may not be passed on, is it?

Using your point against mine - evolution is not designed to have everyone the same way.... it allows for little "quirks" against the norm.
I am thinking of a vague example - rabbits who were genetically immune to myxomatosis. They were "quirks" against the norm....