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Originally posted by Phil Free Have you heard Desmond Morris's theory on the biological role of homosexuals? That they are non-reproductive couples in a world were overpopulation is a very serious problem?

I don't remember if what I've read was Morris-specific, but I've read similar theories. I don't buy the homo-to-limit-population-growth schtick, though.

This does not ring true in all examples, however, since homosexuality probably has always existed and most likely always will (there are small tribes across the globe that practice homosexuality and have done so for centuries).

I agree with "always existed" but the jury is still out on "always will". If the hetero male brain can acquire positive female survival traits that are present in homosexual male brains, I think homosexual males will go bye-bye.

The existence of homosexuality is in my opinion a very good thing for the human race.

I do too. I doubt we'd have come this far this fast without homosexual support.

However, I would agree with this Simpson fellow that metrosexuality is a result of a consumer culture or a class based society, and that it is, unlike homosexuality, a negative thing.

Perhaps. On the other hand, he may have it wrong. Perhaps the brain shift is actually happening under the covers and he's just wagging his tongue to make a buck.

This is not to say that a man "in touch" with his feminine side is a bad thing. On the contrary, it is necessary for our survival - an intelligent woman should detest war-mongering, ignorant muscleheads. But we are forgetting something here - the idea of "femininity", at least by modern standards, is mostly a cultural construct. Wearing makeup and making your hair "fabulous" and donning exquisite, expensive jewelry and clothing and wanting a huge mansion is no more inherently "feminine" than being a drag queen is inherently homosexual! Not all homosexuals are drag queens (not all drag queens are homosexual!) and not all feminine people are wasteful to precious natural resources, destructive to the environment, and buttress an unjust hierarchy based system.

Exactly. That's why I use the phrase "positive female survival traits". It's about the mechanics of species survival and evolutionary support, not culture.