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Another hypothesis is that gays are avoided and excluded because they are seen as ineffective coalition partners when competing for women,<ref>https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2017-53145-010</ref>. However societies like Sparta (mannerbund concept being typically correlated with homosexuality, see also the Stumabteilung in Nazi Germany, which was riddled with homosexuality before the night of the long knives) and Thebes seem to challenge the theory that homophobia results from poorer male group cohesion. Though | Another hypothesis is that gays are avoided and excluded because they are seen as ineffective coalition partners when competing for women,<ref>https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2017-53145-010</ref>. However societies like Sparta (mannerbund concept being typically correlated with homosexuality, see also the Stumabteilung in Nazi Germany, which was riddled with homosexuality before the night of the long knives) and Thebes seem to challenge the theory that homophobia results from poorer male group cohesion. Though | ||
== Inceldom and homosexuality == | == Inceldom and homosexuality == | ||
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Explanations include that the expectation that men can be gay increases the fear that other men could be gay and thus male intimacy could lead to a greater risk of being regarded as gay (intrasexual competition). | Explanations include that the expectation that men can be gay increases the fear that other men could be gay and thus male intimacy could lead to a greater risk of being regarded as gay (intrasexual competition). | ||
== Other explanations of homosexuality == | |||
* Gay genes (selection-mutation balance). | |||
* Genes predisposing to homosexuality conferring advantage in heterosexuals, a kin selection effect, social prestige. | |||
* An increase in fecundity in the females related to the homosexual (feminine) genes from (related to selection-mutation balance). | |||
* TBD | |||
== References == | == References == | ||