From: Gina Miller (nanogirl@halcyon.com)
Date: Thu Dec 02 1999 - 12:19:33 MST
Higher than a cat? There have been studies which I read about in a book by Colin Wilson,
thay states in a remarkable way, that homosexuality was rare or nonexistent in primitive tribes, and seems to have figured in the history of Western civilization ever since men began to live in big cities.
(Experiments conducted by the psychologist John B. Calhoun in which rats were made to live and breed in overcrowded conditions showed that rats developed homosexuality when crowded into slums)
It's a unique theory, at least a primarily unstated theory, and I can see the slight for this to be a social equation, but a difficult theory to pin on a personal level.(genetic, hormone, experience) Any way, the point is, rats can appreciate the beauty of both sexes as well.
Gina
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From: Rob Harris <rob@hbinternet.co.uk>
>Any biologist will tell you that homosexuality is found in all species of
>mammal higher than a cat. Maybe all these species are acting "unnaturally"
>according to your definition, but I would suggest you find a different term.
Definitely. Such a term has no use here. It's a common misconception spawned by the empirical scientists necessity to create a distinction between the students and the studied. The adapted word "Natural" has no meaning. You think it does? Then define it. You will fail.
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