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To: epicure who wrote (29674)	10/3/2006 5:27:01 PM
From: neolib	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 540775

Well, adolescence is a tricky term, but I'd use biological reproductive capability as a far more intrinsic metric of what might guide sexual attraction. There is a reason Chinese allowed 12-13 year old girls to marry. The fact that emotional maturity is also useful in our society is a much more recent development, and in no way is it yet incorporated in our sexual genes. So in short, I suspect that the root causes of homosexual behaviour are more "abnormal" then the root causes of sexual attraction to young teens, which, I suspect has very good biological purpose, and hence is most likely nearly universal. It is our layering of social do's and dont's that protects us from such behaviour. The fact that modern societies with our high demands on education for success mitigate against early sexual activity does not unfortunately, incorporate such changes genetically. BTW, many of the southern African Bantu cultures were very tolerant of sexual play between children, something our culture would be totally shocked at, yet they were functional cultures. It would be interesting to see if psychologists could show lasting negative effects of such behaviour WHEN it is accepted as normal within the culture.