dragonsflame said:
Excellant theories, Glowbug! I like the way you put it.
And you're right... we don't have sex soley to procreate. We do it for the fun of it. Dolphins are the only other mammal who also engage in sex for fun too.
We are attracted sexually to people for many reasons. Phermones (sp?) being one, looks, brains, etc. If the person you are attacted to is of the opposite sex, so be it.
I happen to be bisexual (hehehe.. my friends say I'm trisexual, cause I'll try anything once
). There are just some women who I find completely attractive sexually... (I'm female btw). Then again, I'm also a very open-minded person and I view sex as a sacred act, not just for making babies (got one them, don't need another).
I think population control is the best theory out there... Nature does have a way of keeping Herself in balance.
I see ur point but i disagree......
Animals dont have the mental capabilties to make the decision that they are only going to have sex just for reproduction......The only reason they have sex is b/c of the hormones which give desire and the intense feeling to have sex.......The reproduction part is just simply a byproduct.....
Same goes for humans..... Since the early caveman days sex resulted from hormones(sex drive) and the intense pleasure the act of sex involves.....
Naturally people do what feels good......and im sure most will agree sex is prob one of the best experineces us humans will ever experience.
Sex drive is necessary to keep the animal kingdom from going extinct. If it wasnt for a sex drive then what would make animals want to reproduce?
So the pleasure vs. reproduction theory is false......All reproduction results from the instinctive desire for pleasure.....
Anyways........I just believe that homosexuality is just a mere coincidence of evolution......It just happens.......Homosexuality is a unique characteristic just like any other unique trait the animal kingdom may have...
Its a roll of the dice....
I believe that soceity is the main cause of strict heterosexuality b/c of the belief that homosexuality serves no purpose....same thing w/ bisexuality.....IF it wasnt for society sexuality wouldnt be limited to the opposite sex.....Bisexuality would be more prevalent......Notice how many women these days are openly bisexual.....Its simply b/c society deemed it much more acceptable for women than men......I beleieve many men have same sex feelings too but are not open about simply b/c of the societal view on man on man sexual relationships
Its the human mind that formed the view that sex was purely for reproductive purposes.....
Just look at the rest of the animal kinigdom......Monkeys masturbate....Masturbation is a sexual activity yet serves no reproductive purposes.....Until the last couple of decades did soceity say maturbation is natural....
Sexual feeling is the what drives us to reproduce.....In the early stone age we wouldnt reproduce merely cuz of the fact that we didnt know what reproduction was yet......Then we would go instinct and our minds never would have figured out where babies come from....
Hence, the survival of species is dependent on sexual drive for reproduction