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Have you ever thought that homosexuality might be...?
...a genetic trait that comes out more prevalently the more the population approaches the limits of sustainability?
12 Answers
- kundaliniLv 62 years ago
It is not genetic or any disease
but if a society of abundance or excess dulls the mind.
the excess returns to one wanting to fight. , excess alcohol, traffic, etc.
- Anonymous2 years ago
Most of the people here are ignoramuses when it comes to science, I know there are several species of frogs that have the capacity to change sex based on environmental conditions (not having enough mates)
There's the famous transformation of grasshoppers into locusts as a response to the environmental conditions.
Epigenetics is fascinating but science deniers are too stupid to know this.
Yeah, take a look at the science deniers here, xxx000au, Nineteenthly, Stunning and brave... most just repeat extremely watered down versions of "science" without understanding anything of what is going on. But the instant you try explaining what the science actually says they'll deny anything and everything scientific and just keep repeating their safe words.
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- Anonymous2 years ago
Yeah, that's been proposed. Like an environmental response to overpopulation. (All genes are switched on or off by the environment. You can't extricate nature from nurture.) Species do better with more females, fewer straight males, and gay males as caretakers.
Source(s): edit: individuals would just have to be stressed by overpopulation or some other factor as babies to get the switches to flip. Like this: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC42735... - xxx000auLv 72 years ago
Rubbish.
For that to play out, the factor that causes homosexuality would need to be aware of the planets ability to feed us and how many people are alive.
Childish logic.
- Anonymous2 years ago
I think there are more gay people simply because there are more people in general. Its also becoming more and more accepted so less people stay in the closet.
- nineteenthlyLv 72 years ago
Yes, but as far as I know it's polygenic or not related to genetics at all. I think it may be modulated by the maternal immune system.
- Anonymous2 years ago
If that were true there would be a LOT more gay people now. The planet has long since passed the limits of sustainability.