fncceo
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'Pride' might very well be the doom of the gay lifestyle. I've been running this through my head while walking the dog, so bear with me.
It has long been a truism that homosexuality isn't a learned behavior, but something one is born with, therefore, a genetic trait.
It is also widely believed, and supported by research, that sexual attraction varies for all individuals along a scale from pure heterosexual to pure homosexual. With full purity on either end being the exception. This would suggest that there is no single "gay gene" but a whole plethora of different genetic traits that push us along the scale of sexual preference. Because there is no biological advantage in homosexuality (biology only cares about procreation), it has to continue being passed on to offspring by persons of a homosexual preference engaging in a heterosexual, breeding, relationship.
Currently, a certain amount of the population, believed to be about 10% practice a homosexual lifestyle. The actual percentage of those with homosexual proclivities may, in fact, be much higher. However, because of a sliding scale of sexual preference, it can be assumed that, due to social convention, many persons learning towards a homosexual preference married (or formed intimate relations) with the opposite sex in order to "fit in". This awkward and uncomfortable arrangement for appearances sake did afford those with a genetic preference towards homosexuality to pass on those traits to their offspring, continuing the genetic line of those with a homosexual preference.
As a homosexual lifestyle become more and more accepted, read i.e. 'normal', there will be less social pressure for marginally gay persons to enter into heterosexual relationships in order to 'fit in'. Providing fewer opportunities to pass the homosexual proclivity to succeeding generations.
In fact, if homosexuality becomes fully acceptable with no social stigmas, it's possible that the trait itself could be bred out of the species in just a few generations.
It has long been a truism that homosexuality isn't a learned behavior, but something one is born with, therefore, a genetic trait.
It is also widely believed, and supported by research, that sexual attraction varies for all individuals along a scale from pure heterosexual to pure homosexual. With full purity on either end being the exception. This would suggest that there is no single "gay gene" but a whole plethora of different genetic traits that push us along the scale of sexual preference. Because there is no biological advantage in homosexuality (biology only cares about procreation), it has to continue being passed on to offspring by persons of a homosexual preference engaging in a heterosexual, breeding, relationship.
Currently, a certain amount of the population, believed to be about 10% practice a homosexual lifestyle. The actual percentage of those with homosexual proclivities may, in fact, be much higher. However, because of a sliding scale of sexual preference, it can be assumed that, due to social convention, many persons learning towards a homosexual preference married (or formed intimate relations) with the opposite sex in order to "fit in". This awkward and uncomfortable arrangement for appearances sake did afford those with a genetic preference towards homosexuality to pass on those traits to their offspring, continuing the genetic line of those with a homosexual preference.
As a homosexual lifestyle become more and more accepted, read i.e. 'normal', there will be less social pressure for marginally gay persons to enter into heterosexual relationships in order to 'fit in'. Providing fewer opportunities to pass the homosexual proclivity to succeeding generations.
In fact, if homosexuality becomes fully acceptable with no social stigmas, it's possible that the trait itself could be bred out of the species in just a few generations.