The homosexual question

[wasteofspace]

With it becoming more and more politically correct to tolerate homosexuality let me offer up a different point of view to the tired religious right or tree hugging left standards.
If we look to nature it is obvious that a man woman combination is the only one that produces offspring and therefore is the only valid option for the propogation of the species... right?
Well perhaps not, studies have shown that when laboratory rats are crowded into smaller and smaller living spaces the rate of homosexuality and violence goes up, it seems homosexuality is a safety valve for population control when resources or space is at a premium. While it is too risky for evolution to shut down the sex drive completely, it seems to have found a compromise that ensures the numbers are kept in check.
Now I know this is not going to appeal to gays or non gays but it appears that homosexuality does serve a purpose, albeit a less romantic one than the gays would prefer and less palatable to the morally outraged who point to the bible

[Proud Pies]

what studies?

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Erlich (population biologist) and Friedman (social psychologist) did much of the early work on laboratory crowding but many universities since have run population crowding studies using rats. However, the main animal study cited to show the adverse effects of population density is Calhoun’s study with rats. Calhoun used the term ‘behavioral sink’ to describe their behavior which included homosexuality, the eating of the rat pups, premature termination of pregnancies, etc. The rats were not able to engage in their normal mating behavior. If one prevents normal patterns of behavior, one may get abnormal behavior. no studies have been done using primates yet which would obviously provide a closer correlation to ourselves

[Proud Pies]

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[Proud Pies]

[David]

lol one of your more interesting posts aceofstace I've also heard the thing about how rats turn homosexual when it's too crowded, and eat their young
Aceofstace, your suggestion is that homosexuality is nature's way of controlling overpopulation, and it is an interesting view. However, I have to disagree. By taking this logic, who becomes gay and who doesn't? You must conclude that those who cannot find a girl would become gay. But this hardly seems to be the case, or at least I have seen no studies that indicate it.
I still find it an interesting question as to why someone would be gay when nature wants them to have sex with women. Certainly the guys who wrote the Bible reckoned that it was simply the sort of thing over-horny perverts would do, if you read it that is certainly the idea you get... but if gay people are born gay, as many psychologists suggest, then Biblical stance towards homosexuals has to be thrown out the window.
I think the whole moral of the story is, we are more than just animals. Our higher existence enables us to do whatever we want, whether nature likes it or not

[rand corp]

In part, I think this goes back to the nature or nurture argument: are some people born gay or do some people become gay as a product of their environment?

[Magpie 24]

It's Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve.

[HAL]

Sex is more fun alone.

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[David]

[London Dave]

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[bazdaddy]

The bible, what a load of garbage. As long as it's not illegal then do what ya want.

As for homosexuality, well even 5 year olds are expected to open all arms to the ever increasing rate of it. Teachers are now being told not to refer to mother or father it is now parent or carer.

Yes once again let's change our ways to suit the small minorites and forget about the majorites. Not only that let's promote homosexuality by making 5 year olds read things about little kiddes having 2 mummy's.

Political correctness now just an everyday part of society, helping the whinging minorites find security amongst their lives.