Homosexual behavior in primates has a deep evolutionary basis and is more likely to occur in species that live in harsh environments, are hunted by predators or live in more complex societies, scientists said Monday.
  • NachBarcelona@piefed.socialEnglish
    21·
    1 day ago

    No single direct cause. Same-sex behavior comes from multiple interacting social, ecological, evolutionary, and stress-related factors across species.

    That’s the gist of the article. Re. Vo. Lutionary!

  • webghost0101@sopuli.xyz
    11·
    1 day ago

    My theory for a while now that all mammals (except sheep) have a bisexual baseline with a common neurotypical heterosexual bias.

    The heterosexual bias makes evolutionary sense because offspring.

    The bisexual base line makes evolutionary sense because some gay people taking care of eachothers emotional-social needs is more sustainable then having sexually frustrated subgroup members.

      • webghost0101@sopuli.xyz
        9·
        1 day ago

        Technically its human and sheep.

        The main thing is that for all cases of homosexuality in animals they are always actually bisexual. Multiple partners at the same time also being common and they are nog picky.

        With the exception of homosexuals sheep who will refuse to mate with the other gender. They are homo exclusive for life and you cannot find an exception (as far as i know)

        For humans this can be anecdotally the same but because bisexuality does exist in humans and even supposedly homoexclusive people can have heterosexual experience from before they came out that i think there not comparable.

        Just like hetero army guys who may pretend one of them is a women for a night, gay people can exist in loving functional hetero relationships. So even for homosexual people i would say its their main preference on top of bisexual baseline.

        • ctry21@sh.itjust.works
          3·
          1 day ago

          I think a lot more people are bisexual than they realise but the whole “everyone’s a little bisexual” thing that’s been cropping up everywhere lately I find a bit homophobic. It’s especially a dangerous view to take for lesbians since so many get pressured with the whole “you’ll like it with me” sort of thing. But even being a gay man myself it sucks so much having people in our own community keep telling us we don’t actually exist, plus if it’s a preference then you can justify shit like conversion therapy a lot more easily. It’s a spectrum for sure but a lot of us still sit pretty firmly to one side or the other of it.

          • webghost0101@sopuli.xyz
            2·
            22 hours ago

            I get what you’re saying, i had not considered it could be interpreted like this.

            For the record i do think you exist and are valid.

            Just because our brains are flexible enough to adjust for otherwise unmet needs does not mean thats it’s a satisfying happy life, que the history of desperate repressed hetero men sharing a room. But any emotional closeness even to a human is better than depressed isolation.

            I also consider non sexual relationships like “bromance” to be part of this trend. Showing emotional affection between non lover friends, especially those not in a relationship should be more normalised.