Posted by madison88 on September 22, 2002, at 0:32:12
In reply to Re: Homophobia » madison88, posted by Squiggles on September 21, 2002, at 22:42:58
just the fact that if everyone were homosexual, society would be doomed, we would become extinct, is justification for homophobia to be part of that which keeps society structured. homosexuality makes no sense from an evolutionary perspective. i wonder if homosexuality is actually on the rise, and if it is, if it has to do with the fact that we are overpopulated. of course, these views are weak predictors of what an individual does.
your mention of instincts bring some things to my mind. i consider the random thoughts that float through my head rather instinct driven. some of the thoughts, when i see a female who i find attractive, are explicitly sexual. therefore i conclude that to be attracted to both females and males is "natural" for me. why this occurs is not explained by evolutionary theory previously mentioned, nor by any other explanation i can come up with. to say i have such thought because i am bisexual is to enter a circular argument. i am bisexual b/c i have such thoughts; i have such thoughts b/c i am bisexual. it doesn't get me an answer as to why.
i am not free to act on this instincts, however. religious/societal rules are deeply ingrained. but i don't think they are instinctual, b/c they don't keep such thoughts from entering my consciousness (now i am getting Freudian). they come into play after thoughts arise, at the time when i have to choose to further think about a girl sexually or to stop on that train of thought. i usually stop. i guess my question is, which is more important, religious/societal influences, which are deeply ingrained but are not totally reflexes (although close), or impulses that seem to come naturally to my consciousness, whose origin i can't explain? what what is a healthy balance of the two?
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