Naturally Gay

in #anthropology7 years ago


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Any form of sex cannot be considered unnatural for the very reason that sex always exists in nature. In fact, nothing can be considered unnatural since everything is inclusive to an absolute extent under nature.

People develop a special interest about what goes on in other people's beds because sexuality is defined by culture. Copulation is a pretty central part of the human experience — if not the most important. The rejection of homosexuality from some groups is primarily based on the lack of offspring production. Even so, this perspective only provides a small part of the whole picture.

There is a failure in understanding that the production of offspring involves quite more than the processing of inserting a penis inside a vagina. Human societies for hundreds of thousands of years used to exist in communal forms. Small groups of males and females gang-banged together and created large families. Homosexuals assisted with the upbringing of the children and household chores. They were an integral part of the family as much as any other member.

Being gay only got a bad reputation after the arrival of monotheistic religions that insisted on nuclear families between one man and one woman. Nonetheless, the invention of marriage was perhaps the most successful business idea of all time. In the past, only a few elite got to breed with as many females as possible. This is how things rolled from hundreds of thousands of years in our species and this is part of the reason the human populations were kept in relatively low numbers.

Similar patterns can be observed with other mammals. The "alpha" copulates with as many females as possible while the rest are assisting with the hunting. Some would still snick in a fuck or two but the general sentiment was pretty much the same. A few alphas enjoyed most females while the rest of males just stuck with the dick in their hands. What was "natural" then, it is not "natural" today.

Marriage became a rather successful enterprise for state religions. It was an attempt to increase numbers, influence and power through an undeniable "holy" dogma and it worked since everyone was getting laid. Following this cultural change there was an additional reason for meaning in life. People with families had purpose for sacrificing themselves in battle, thus ensuring resources for their offspring. There was no need to force people into self-sacrifice for the "glory of the King". The social memes of patriotism, religion and family secured the whole conquest enterprise together. That was "natural" as well.

Whether entertains the idea or not, sexual behavior has a lot to do with time and place. If one would find themselves born in Yemen, it will evidently appear completely natural to marry a 13 year child. Nature doesn't disagree with the premise since a human being is pretty much ripe for copulation at puberty.

This is also the reason the age of consent varies massively across different countries. Based on the same social imperative some groups of people homosexuality as natural and some do not. In a similar respect, some people find it "unnatural" and "unethical" for an older male to be with a female in her early 20's. In the past some people found it unnatural for black people to drink from white folk fountains. Thing is, mother nature doesn't give a shit about what people call natural or unnatural. Mother nature expresses itself through it's living subjects, not vice versa.

Mother Nature is pretty wise about what allows to be propagated through the gene line. Homosexuality is no more unnatural than an elite athlete. Rareness in behavior, taste or gene expression cannot be an indicator or naturalness. Ecosystems, which are the hear and soul and of Nature thrive or variations and suffer under homogeneity. That alone should be able to answer to everyone whether being gay is natural or not.

Contextual References:
[1] Jezebel.com: Men's Favorite Ages Are 20, 21, 22, and 23
[2] Wikipedia: Age of Consent
[3] BBC.co.uk: The Origin of the Human Family











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Whatta fabulous article!! Encompasses every angle possible. Kudos to that. And yes mother nature does not distinguish based on the parameters layed out by modern day ideologies and beliefs. No one should have a right to dictate or instruct any other person of what they must follow. What is holy and what is satanic. If something exists I this world and then it is anything but natural. If it wasn't for mother nature's approval, it would not have been there in the first place. As you said, it might be like a very successful athlete, just that their gene pool is uncommon it doesn't mean it's not natural. Peace

First off, I love that picture you used at the top of your article.
Second, your combination of rough language while discussing these rather high level concepts is really unique to me as in:

"Small groups of males and females gang-banged together and created large families."

Haha I'd have definitely gone with "group sex" over "gang banged" but you certainly make your point known with little filter.

Love the article and totally agree with the intent of where you're going with it. We as people should be able to enjoy sexuality in the way we wish as long as we're open, with those who can offer consent, and hopefully in responsible cultures that respect people and their autonomy as human beings and sexual creatures. Living in Cambodia has shown me how easy it is for economics and societal pressure can completely dominate the ability to make one's own choices about love and desire. I'm still struggling with the idea of ethics in societies that teach young girls from birth that they are sex fodder for old men and have no value outside of their sexuality and childbearing abilities.

Also, if anyone reads comics, there's actually an awesome Flinstones comic out right now they completely make the point of homosexuals helping out with child rearing. It's like issue 8 or something. Hilarious and just fantastic modernization of the "modern stone age family."

My only real challenge to the piece is the idea of "alphas" as some sort of natural state for humanity (not that you were saying it was but I want to get the info out as much as possible). We're just too complex for that, mirroring our closest genetic cousins (chimps and bonobos) in some ways and completely rejecting others. Our social structure almost seems hardwired from "gay for the stay" in prison or the interesting scenario posed here where rampant sex by elites adversely affected the masculinity and sexuality of males in worse standing. Some would definitely make an argument like that for aspects of the American Black community's sexual fallout from slavery. They say in books like Sex at Dawn that widespread agriculture 10,000 or so years ago completely changed the importance of things like knowing one's parentage, female chastity, and even the concept of ownership - completely reversed after storing food was no longer taboo and being in once place suddenly mattered.

Anyway! It's an interesting book. Great post and thanks for writing it. I'm glad I followed you for sure.

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The rejection of homosexuality from some groups is primarily based on the lack of offspring production.

Can you bring some more light on this? Can't realize how both things are connected

There is no connection at all it's all junk writing in junk science

The fact that gays cannot produce babies makes them look "unnatural" to some people.

Whenever I see or hear bullshit in our societies like giving love limits, I piczure the pic where Jesus hugs the visible to our current tech universe babling: Dont do that, dont be gay, dont masturbate. It's really a great bullshit detector

Curious that "is unnatural" arguments often contradict basic observations from nature.

Nice article, in France we already have a video explaining about it.


I really like your post.
Mindsets will change when old generations will be gone as every homophobia problems and so on.

Couldn't agree more, hopefully old generations mindset will change as the time goes by

Nice post :)

My main argument, as a biologist, when I hear hate about homosexuality being unnatural is exactly that, to tell them Nature thinks otherwise...
Sometimes it shuts them up, sometimes I actually have to dig around for publications and such to prove it to them (though, of course, they often nod and then go right back to hating... no correcting some people, sadly XS)

Proof is rather irrelevant when it comes to beliefs.

True...

The sad thing us that that even applies to us scientists.
Given the lack of guarantee of thousands of years of time, Ive still nit trued to validate...well... anything school has taught me about biology (which didn't come with experiments).

I hope that when we get to brain augmentation technology, we'll create a device that allows one to bypass some of all those shortcuts the brain likes taking.
Course, then the brain would be an even bigger energy hog than it already is, and wed be consuming tons more food XS

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