We don't blame heterosexuality for hetero pederasts, why blame homosexuality for the even fewer homo peds?
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actually a pederast is a male who likes young boys. Therefore, by definition, are no heterosexual pederasts. only homosexual. In regard to pedophiles , yes, if you read the postings here there are a lot of gay people who go on about heterosexuals being pedophiles.
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Seriously, it's for two distinct reasons. One is the instinctual urge that we are programmed with from our conception that makes males of the homonids the sexual aggressor. It is designed into us in order to propogate our species. Try to image how long we would have continued to exist if there were no sexual urges from either sex. The second reason is social conditioning and there isn't enough time to get into the subtext of this one. Basically it has to do with the upbringing of each individual along with his experience and values. Don't forget that in most modern societies there are images of a sexual nature to some degree or more. A sort of post-birth programming occurs to boys/guys/men if they are constantly exposed to images of a sexual nature. And another important factor is peer pressure. That can be a powerful determinate for a young teenager who is learning about his sexually maturing body at a time when he may be vulnerable to suggestion as well as suggestive action.
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Darwin's theory of evolution isn't so fickle an idea that it can be disowned by some horny sheep.  Most animals that show homosexual behavior, still mate and breed heterosexually.  Sex feels good to animals too.  And sometimes, sex is just sex.
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The problem with this theory is that the "gay gene" is not being passed on to the next generation, because reproduction does not transpire.  All evolutionary traits depend upon the trait being passed on to the successive generation.
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Yes I am aware of that.  Are you posting this here to suggest that these energies are reflected in our physical emotional and mental selves and define us as homosexual if they were imbalanced?  Or was this just to show to the world that we all have male and female in us?
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Interesting. I do believe homosexuals are wired differently than heterosexuals. (on a sexual level, anyway) I don't know if I'd call it a defect from a secualar view. \n\nI remember research from several years ago that showed a gay male's hyperthalamous (sp? part in the brain that controls the sexuality) was more simular to a straight woman's than a straight male.
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No there doesn't always have to be a "masculine" and "feminine" member in every homosexual relationship. However I've seen it both ways.
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I haven't found a pattern. It may be true that intelligent people will have less problem accepting their sexuality and less intelligent people will probably feel they have to hide it. Or they won't have the elements it takes to understand that there is nothing wrong with being homosexual. So they still are homosexual, but they repress it. I do think it's a trait of intelligence to assume your sexuality.
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Homosexuality isn't a race, it's a sexual preference.
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I cannot get over the stupidity of those of you who answer thinking that the question is comparing gays to animals.  The writer is merely pointing out that natures considers homosexuality as normal. Animals having that instinct canot be blamed on intellectual choice or mental illness the way antigayists try to portray.  So please if you want to answer the question, try understanding it first.\n\nThat said, most antigayists are homophobic, which really means they are fearful and fear means "what can happen to me? How can thishurt me?  Subconsciously the fear is they themselves may be gay if they allowed themselves to accept it in others.  Why fear that? because then they believe they may be ostracized by their friends, familiy and neighbors and perhaps by their GOD.    Animals, which include humans, by the way....mammal.......there is no intellect. Man is the only mammal withy extensive intellect and reasoning.  If we take that away, tere would be no fear and no ostracism.  There would merely be survival. It is clear that despite homosexual behavior in animals, that is not a concommitant of their extinction ior being endangered , the continue to survive.  In this analysis antigayism is fear based and there is no good reason for it to be wrong.
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I sort of agree with the second responder here, but I'd elaborate.  Homosexuals didn't exist partly because the word didn't exist, but also people didn't think about sexuality in those terms.  These days, we call someone a homosexual and we refer to it as if it is an innate part of their personality.  Among the Romans (and Greeks, and lots of other places in the world), sexual activity of one kind or another wasn't attached to people as an innate quality but just as something people did.  \n\nThink of it this way: lots of people play soccer.  For the most part, we just think of it as something people do, not who they are (unless they are professionals, but I'm talking generally).  But, some time in the future, we might decide that playing soccer is a really important indicator of who a person is, so we'll come up with a name for *anyone* who plays soccer - not just the professionals.  That's what happened with "homosexual" - same-sex sexuality used to be an activity.  Now it's an identity.
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Okay, look.  Once in biblical times, adulteresses were stoned to death.  Ever wonder why it doesn't happen as frequently now?  We learned tolerance and compassion from God, and learn that "ye who is without sin, cast the first stone".\n\nAt one time, to sustain a delicate population, homosexuality was punished in a similar way.  But with over population, not so much the same deal.  \n\nPromiscuity, on the other hand, gay or straight, is not what God had planned for us, either.\n\nSo forgive yourself already.  HE already has.
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None at all is your answer.  As a hetero male, I can say with all sincerity that only homophobes and individuals insecure with their OWN sexuality object to equal rights for gays.  Love is love.....end of story.
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Kinsey Reports had 10% of men and an average of 4% women being homosexual.\nA 1990 study had 13.95% of men and 4.25% of women being homosexual.\nA 1993 study had 9% of men and 5% being homosexual.\n\nJudging by the similarities of these studies, it appears that gay men outnumber lesbians by 2 to 1.
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I think it is only partly genetic. There are still many other factors that can cause homosexuality... hormonal imbalance, the people a person associates during his/her lifetime, and many more... People may think that it is passed from parent to child probably because they've seen some homosexual 'traits' on the parent and if the child shows similar traits, they think it is because the child inherited it. I think it is because of the upbringing of the children... I'm not sure about this...
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Several animal species exhibit homosexuality. It can actually be beneficial in an evolutionary sense if care is taken of siblings or other relatives. On the other hand, evolution does not respond to *future* threats, so any genes for homosexulaity would not have had time to spread in response to overpopulation.
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You've made a valid point to a logical end with just one simple question.\n\nTry telling that to the Breeder's, those who are hate-filled, that is.  They won't (can't?) accept it.  It seems that logic in some doesn't appear to be even a minor predisposition.  Go figure.\n\nEDIT:  For zain15in (see below) --\n\nEvery point you made can be equally applied to heterosexual's, and most likely SHOULD be, since the vast majority of child sexual abuse cases are perpetrated by people such as yourself (assuming you are a heterosexual and not asexual).\nIndeed, you posit good arguments against YOUR culture but not ours.\n\nAdditionally, most of your ilk argue that homosexuality is found nowhere else in the natural world.  I'm quite certain the respondent who mentioned that homosexual pairings (not same-sex sex) in the animal kingdom (sans homosapiens) is merely a refute to that tired and baseless argument.\n\nRegarding your comment that homosexuality is a deviation:  I'm certain it is...for those of your ilk.  My view about heterosexuality is that IT is a deviation.  But, such as yours, it is only MY view and holds no great merit.  We are two individuals.  No more and no less.  Well .... except that we, the GLBT community as a whole, have the upper hand in this argument and YOUR war against US is on the wane.  Delude yourself no more.  Accept reality, my good friend.  Accept reality.  As you've stated, we've been here for a very long time.\n\nWe're not leaving any time soon.