Argentina Legalizes Gay Marriage and Adoption, 1st country in Latin America

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Boutros said:

dtewi said:

I thought we were discussing sociological behaviors being coded into DNA, not survival mechanisms

I am not sure if DNA codes for instincts.

But DNA can't code for sociological behaviors. It's simply implausible. One's behavior in society is determined by knowledge of the society. Then their decisions are done according to what's considered normal, lawful, and an enormous amount of other factors. However, the decisions are entirely based upon their knowledge of society.

DNA does not code for knowledge, it can't teach you how society works. It can't teach you math.

That being said, homophobia is a sociological behavior, not an instinct. DNA does not code for homophobia!

Homophobia is more of a phobia, no?

But I guess it might be a sociological behavior too. Because it's true that we can easily compare homophobia with racism.

The term "homophobia" is very borad. If by "homophobia" you're reffereing to the psychological condition than it can be defined as "an irrational fear of homosexuals". All phobias are irrational fears. Of course nowadays the term "homophobia" is used similar to the term "racist", describing people who do not like homosexuals.