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Homosexuals
Homosexuality is common among animals and has been a featured of
sophisticated societies. Both men and woman may prefer same sex relationships
and the variations are many. Women have been exploited and constrained lacking
the freedom and independence to pursue homosexual relationships as men enjoyed. We have recognized that the development of psychic gender identity is not an
on and off affair but involves a mix of semi-independent variables with many
possible combinations. By in large, humans do not invent their sexual interests
and behaviors. They manifest their sexual interests and behaviors. Each person
is adaptable but has a set of innate preferences that both guide and limit the
choice of sexual partners. Innate preferences are biologically determined by the
interaction of DNA/RNA programming with the physical and social environment.
Gay and lesbian hangouts gather diverse individuals with many body-psyche
gender variations. While each individual may feel that he or she or she-he is
choosing a lover or mate, his or her choices, like all human choices, are
directed and constrained by programs built into the brain and modified by
hormones and environmental determinants. Some children have a strong sense
of gender identity incompatible with their sexual organs. These children, if
they are lucky, will be supported by parents and will eventually become
transgender. Some adolescents are confused about their same sex attractions and
spend several years experimenting with different relationships while
concealing their homosexual identity.
All individuals who differ from the heterosexual mean are concerned about
discrimination and resist being labeled as aberrant, sick or genetically
defective. Many want to believe their sexual orientation is a matter of choice
and do not understand how a sophisticated biological understanding of gender
determination can help them adapt to their own mix of gender characteristics.
Homosexuals have many sexual relationships and short term, live-in
relationships. Some seek love, fidelity and long-term committed
relationships. Some gay couples marry and raise children and claim the same
rights and privileges as the most committed of heterosexual couples.
Psychologist, Berring, speaking about infidelity stated: " We do form deep
romantic attachments, and the emotional scaffolding on which these attachments
are built is extraordinarily sensitive to our partners’ sexual indiscretions. I
also say this as a gay man who, according to mainstream evolutionary thinking,
shouldn’t be terribly concerned about his partner having sex with strangers.
After all, it isn’t as though he’s going to get pregnant and cuckold me into
raising another man’s offspring. But if you’d explained that to me as I was
screaming invectives at one of my partners following my discovery that he was
cheating on me, curled up in the fetal position in the corner of my kitchen and
rocking myself into self-pitying oblivion." [i]
[i] Jesse Bering . Polyamory chic, gay jealousy and
the evolution of a broken heart . Sc American Blog. http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=polyamory-chic-gay-jealousy-and-the-2010-08-25
- The book, I and Thou, focuses on intimate relationships. Innate tendencies are hard at
work when people meet, become lovers and end with arguments and fighting. The
same tendencies determine how family members interact and explain why so many
families are “dysfunctional.” When lovers form an enduring pair bond, they often
become parents and everything changes. Humans seek bonding with others and are
distressed when they become isolated. Humans bond to each other in several ways.
The most enduring bonds are kin-related, based on closely shared genes. The
deepest bonding occurs when mother and infant are together continuously from
birth and mother breast-feeds the infant. Bonds among family members are the
most enduring. Bonds to friends, lovers and spouses are the next most
significant. Bonds to colleagues, neighbors and even strangers that are admired
from a distance are next. Friendships are often temporary bonds, based on the
need to affiliate with others for protection, social status, feeding, sex and
fun.
- I and Thou is available in a print and an eBook edition for
download. 199 Pages.
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