Theory of Sexuality

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i think its human nature to be heterosexual because that is how we produce. I don't really understand how a person can be homosexual. I'm not against them or anything but peoples main purpose is to reproduce.

[dutch.lover]

That would make sense from an evolution and biological standpoint. however, there must be more to it. humans aren't the only species who are homosexuals you know- there are many animals who engage in sexual activities with members of the same sex. i read a whole article about that somewhere...i will try to find it.

[dutch.lover]

the article i read was about a museum- the Oslo Natural History Museum- that just opened up an exhibit called Against Nature? It features many animals engaged in homosexual sex... it also mentions how many species don't stick to the heterosexual norm. here are a few links to check out

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6066606.stm

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems...0/s1775806.htm

[halo]

I agree with most of what has been said here. I consider myself heterosexual or bisexual because i have had sexual encounters with guys but still am way more attracted to girls cause theyre hotter than guys IMO. Anyway i pretty much agree with what ducth lover said.

[jeremy thunder]

homosexuality can be found within any population of animal. the theory is that this occurs evolutionarily. without a homosexual population, the possibility of over-reproduction is too high, so in order to level it out populations will begin to form a group attracted to the same sex.

i identify myself as bisexual, but have yet to find a suitable theory as to why we exist. perhaps bisexuality is meant to create fractions in populations, as our piece of the population can either produce or not produce, so it would create a half, rather than a whole. i don't know, i'm a fucking english major.

[dutch.lover]

im impressed that so many people are interested in this topic! jeremy thunder, is that your theory or one u found somewhere? I think it makes a lot of sense.

[Polymirize]

there's a philosopher named Foucault who critiques the entire notion of sexuality, because its a normalization based upon the practice of sex, rather than anything that has any intrinsic or essential component to it.

By this view, sexuality (much like race) is a social construct and can just as easily be resisted as embraced.

So far in my life at least I've only felt sexual attraction towards women, although I will admit to being attracted to male friends of mine in a different sort of way. Brotherly love I suppose.

[Matt the Funk]

Im kind of bi-sexual-ish. But im leaning way more to the straight side. I think people are born hetero or homo and can't help it. Maybe experiences in early early childhood can effect what your brain thinks, but idk. I think people should just follow their hearts and all that shit, just do what they think feels right.

[az666]

there's a philosopher named Foucault who critiques the entire notion of sexuality, because its a normalization based upon the practice of sex, rather than anything that has any intrinsic or essential component to it.

By this view, sexuality (much like race) is a social construct and can just as easily be resisted as embraced.

So far in my life at least I've only felt sexual attraction towards women, although I will admit to being attracted to male friends of mine in a different sort of way. Brotherly love I suppose.

Hmmm I don't fully understand that.
just the middle paragraph...

But yeah I feel "brotherly" love towards male friends of mine, would never do anything sexually with them. But I also feel sexually attracted to men, and could quite easily see myself spending the rest of my life with a man.

I don't believe there is anything I can do about the way I feel, infact the feelings for men have been increasing over time. Maybe i'm just becoming more comfortable with myself, finding out who I am really am lol

[dutch.lover]

Kinsey- famous sex researcher, came to the conclusion that sexual preference was on sort of a scale. imagine bisexual as being a "5" on the scale, with heterosexual as a "0" and homosexual as a "10". He stated that most people weren't exclusively hetero- or homo-sexual, we are all kind of a mix. I think that is probably true, although his research has been criticized on it's methodologies- so you can't be totally sure what he concluded was all that significant. You should check out the movie done on him that came out pretty recently, it's called "Kinsey, Let's Talk About Sex". It is a great documentary, but very sexually explicit- which is fitting for the type of guy he was. It's a great movie.