RE: Homosexual Biology
July 5, 2015 at 2:37 pm
(This post was last modified: July 5, 2015 at 2:38 pm by Metis.)
I don't know if it is genetic or not, I've never really cared either. I grew up in a household where being gay was considered "good" or "bad", it just "is" so it's not something I investigated that much.
Supposing the premise is true though, and that Homosexuality is a recessive genetic characteristic I don't think it will die out for two reasons...
1) Religion: Haw haw I know right? Because many religions (notable exception to Catholic clergy and Buddhism) really big up the importance of siring as many children as humanly possible many LGBT end up in sham marriages where they do have children. The most religious and devout of these which these gays who have entered heterosexual marriages often are usually have many more children than the norm, particularly Mormons.
2) IVF: Had Gay rights come a few decades earlier this may have not worked but the simple truth is Lesbians can have children very easily, they can even have children with them both as the biological parent if the three-parent IVF method proves safe and is extended. For gay men it is harder but with surrogates not impossible, some gay men even team up with unmarried women to have children.
If it is genetic it's going to be around a good while yet, and curiously enough religious sexual repression is actually helping if it is the case.
Supposing the premise is true though, and that Homosexuality is a recessive genetic characteristic I don't think it will die out for two reasons...
1) Religion: Haw haw I know right? Because many religions (notable exception to Catholic clergy and Buddhism) really big up the importance of siring as many children as humanly possible many LGBT end up in sham marriages where they do have children. The most religious and devout of these which these gays who have entered heterosexual marriages often are usually have many more children than the norm, particularly Mormons.
2) IVF: Had Gay rights come a few decades earlier this may have not worked but the simple truth is Lesbians can have children very easily, they can even have children with them both as the biological parent if the three-parent IVF method proves safe and is extended. For gay men it is harder but with surrogates not impossible, some gay men even team up with unmarried women to have children.
If it is genetic it's going to be around a good while yet, and curiously enough religious sexual repression is actually helping if it is the case.
