[quote=briansd1]
I don’t see why homosexuality should be prevented. Gays lead perfectly happy, creative lives, if only we just let them.
Gays have created great things and we would lose a lot if homosexuality were prevented.
To me, heterosexuality or homosexuality are equally as healthy.
I believe we are all bi-sexual but that we lean one way or the other. The environment then reinforces certain behavior. As you pointed out, availability has a lot to do with desire. Males, or females, people generally make do with what they can get.[/quote]
It’s interesting when people try to put everything in terms of black and white, as if there is no other possibility. I think of sexuality (and most human behaviors) in terms of a spectrum, with most of us in the middle somewhere, and the extreme outliers being what we call “dysfunctions” or “disorders” because they are more rare. IMHO, most humans are somewhere “in the middle” of the sexuality spectrum, but because of religious, moral, and social pressures, people deny certain parts of their sexuality; the most extreme of this denial being found in examples of gay priests or other religious adherents (who preach against homosexuality), “anti-gay” politicians (who are gay), and other examples where people seem to overcompensate for their supposed “disorder.”
I think we are doing a disservice to our children and each other when we refuse to speak openly and honestly about sexuality and the many variations found in human nature. There is nothing wrong or abnormal about being gay, bisexual, or straight (or any variation). All are perfectly normal and have existed throughout human history. It’s odd that we have such a hang-up about it.
