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This is a naïve take. For instance, it doesn't explain men who find other men attractive. Shouldn't that have died out too since it is significantly more incapa
by AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y ago
This is a naïve take. For instance, it doesn't explain men who find other men attractive. Shouldn't that have died out too since it is significantly more incapable of producing healthy offspring? Human sexuality is absurdly complicated because our brains are absurdly complicated.
- Teever 5y agoI've always found evolutionary concepts to be a bit tautological so the answer to your question is quite straight forward: homosexuality is obviously not so great of a detriment to reproductive fitness because if it was it would be and homosexuals would be as rare as cannibals.
- prirun 5y agoI have a completely unscientific theory that homosexuality is an evolutionary advantage to humans (and maybe some other animals) because homosexual aunts and uncles contribute their resources (time, money, wisdom, etc) to the raising of their sibilings' children since they don't usually have children of their own to raise. So in a family with 2 straight and 1 gay kids, the next generation has the resources of 5 adults to help raise them instead of 4.