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Originally Posted by Sam988  This is an interesting theory. But i think that procriating is much more useful than bonding between the same sexes. Also, people don't have to be homosexual to be friends with others the same sex as them. |
On the contrary, my friend.
By ensuring that the group works together, bonds are created and strengthened to form the social patterns that lead to it being safe to procreate. In other words, homosexual behaviour (especially in hierarchical societies, such as primates, dolphins, dogs and the like) may be part of a larger social construct that says, "We get along. We work/hunt/gather together. When there are hierarchical conflicts, we manage the fallout by re-establishing the bonds through homosexual behaviour."
This is, of course, just a theory; I haven't done any research on it whatsoever.
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Originally Posted by Sam988 Another riddle is why do homosexuals still exist nowadays if they clearly have lesser chances of procreating throughout their lives. Evolution would eventually have gotten rid of them. Unless one doesn't need to have any homosexual relative to be have the genetic tendency to be a homosexual himself? Or maybe, there is no such thing as "genetic predisposition" to be a homosexual, but i doubt there isn't. |
Jury's still out on the genetic predisposition argument, apparently.