Homosexuality

[Nem]

Kaneman! said:

Nem said:

I think you misunderstood what i said. There is no norm. There are aproximations of all kinds. If we had to have a norm it would be our general shape. In that regard an homosexual completely fits the norm. It's not an alien you know...

 

You're generalising. I obviously wasn't speaking to a norm of a complete human being, but the norm of sexual behaviour. Let's say that there's 5% (+/- 5%) of the global population that's homosexual (or bisexual or whatever). In this case 90% or more are heterosexual, thus making it the norm, or more accurate, the statistical mode. Meaning, if you pick people out completely randomly, there's obviously a higher chance to pick a heterosexual person.

And that's ignoring the biological narrative. Because a species is driven to evolution by reproduction, homosexuals can't naturally reproduce if they follow their attraction. That would make homosexuality a mutation.

But that's a silly distinction to make. So... say most people have brown eyes therefore those that don't are outside the norm. See, you make it sound like theres only 1 right or correct way to be, wich is the majorities. That is simply not the case. Every species atribute begins in the majority until natural selection leads to it's extinction (it may come back, but in very small numbers). After all this time, homosexuality still exists in a very considerable number. This means it is part of the norm, as you put it. 

The species is the whole btw. It's not just the majority. You can't write off a significant part of the population because they have blue eyes or because they have a different sexual inclination.