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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: tejek who wrote (220134)2/22/2005 12:34:33 AM
From: neolib  Read Replies (1) of 1574516
 
I agree with what you are saying. However, my original point was that if homosexuality is an example of a 'mistake' of nature, nature makes that mistake on a rather consistent basis.

That's what is intriguing to me...........that homosexuality is such a regular component of mammalian [including human] life. What is nature's purpose? Is it simply a design error repeated in rote regularity, or is their an important natural purpose for having a certain percentage of the population gay?

Sorry, I was not understanding your point. There have been studies attempting to link homosexuality to population levels in animals, the argument being the obvious regulatory influence.

It may be as you suggest, I don't know. Look at handedness as a similar issue. We don't really have a good explanation AFAIK. And it used to be considered abnormal, with lots of pressure to conform to a right-handed world. In some cultures much more than ours. My wife lived in Nigeria as a child, and there it was a great taboo to offer your left hand in greeting (as they lacked TP and used the left hand to wipe you know what!). My wife is left-handed, and left-handed kids somewhat naturally shake hands that way. IIRC, the incidence is about 11%, so a bit more than gay, but in the same ballpark. 'Twill all be explained someday I guess!
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