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'''Homosexuality''' is the sexual attraction to the same sex. | '''Homosexuality''' is the sexual attraction to the same sex. This article primarily discusses the dominance signaling aspect of homosocial and homosexual behavior, the low-status aspect of submissive homosexuality, and also Muscarella ''alliance formation hypothesis'' which claims incels can turn submissive homosexuals to regain access to group resources and reproductive success and higher status men can use submissive partners as sexual outlets and for other benefits (including dominance signaling). | ||
Lesbians seem to be mostly cute and [[foid|foidish]] (possibly an [[foid#Foid_psychology|adapted behavior]] of females living in harems), often [[feminism|feminists]],<ref>17% of U.S. women [https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/feminism-project/poll/ identify as "strong feminists"]. | Lesbians seem to be mostly cute and [[foid|foidish]] (possibly an [[foid#Foid_psychology|adapted behavior]] of females living in harems), often [[feminism|feminists]],<ref>17% of U.S. women [https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/feminism-project/poll/ identify as "strong feminists"]. | ||
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and of low significance for inceldom and society at large.<ref>Despite women being much more likely considered a victim group, the term "female homosexuality" is used way less than "male homosexuality". This suggests few people really care about lesbians. Anti-lesbian homophobia is much less prevalent and men find lesbians outright sexually arousing, which may stem from the fact that lesbians in a harm implies a lower risk of cuckoldry, hence men selected from it. https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=male+homosexual%2C+female+homosexual&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2Cmale%20homosexual%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cfemale%20homosexual%3B%2Cc0</ref> For this reason, this article will only cover male homosexuality. | and of low significance for inceldom and society at large.<ref>Despite women being much more likely considered a victim group, the term "female homosexuality" is used way less than "male homosexuality". This suggests few people really care about lesbians. Anti-lesbian homophobia is much less prevalent and men find lesbians outright sexually arousing, which may stem from the fact that lesbians in a harm implies a lower risk of cuckoldry, hence men selected from it. https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=male+homosexual%2C+female+homosexual&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2Cmale%20homosexual%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cfemale%20homosexual%3B%2Cc0</ref> For this reason, this article will only cover male homosexuality. | ||
Some forms of homoerotic behavior were accepted in 64% of the 76 cultures studied.<ref>https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1300/J082v40n01_03</ref> While bisexuality was very common in human history, men exclusively pursuing other men has probably always been weird due to how rare it was and still is. Despite high levels of gay acceptance, only less than 2% of men identify as exclusively homosexual.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_sexual_orientation</ref> | Some forms of homoerotic behavior were accepted in 64% of the 76 cultures studied.<ref>https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1300/J082v40n01_03</ref> While bisexuality was very common in human history, men exclusively pursuing other men has probably always been weird due to how rare it was and still is. Despite high levels of gay acceptance,<ref>Only 22% of U.S. population opposes homosexuality http://www.gallup.com/poll/163697/approve-marriage-blacks-whites.aspx</ref> only less than 2% of men identify as exclusively homosexual.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_sexual_orientation</ref> | ||
In much of Oceania, the Middle East, the Caribbean, Africa, and parts of Asia, homosexuality remains illegal and severely punishable, with some countries having a death penalty for it.<ref>https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1529100616637616</ref><ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/05/12/gambias-president-threatens-to-slit-the-throats-of-gay-men/</ref> | In much of Oceania, the Middle East, the Caribbean, Africa, and parts of Asia, homosexuality remains illegal and severely punishable, with some countries having a death penalty for it.<ref>https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1529100616637616</ref><ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/05/12/gambias-president-threatens-to-slit-the-throats-of-gay-men/</ref> | ||
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* Less violent forms of homoerotic behavior are arguably employed as signals of high status, for example Robison and Anderson from University of Winchester found that most highly confident and masculine men (sport athletes) do engage in homosocial tactility.<ref>https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1097184X17730386?journalCode=jmma</ref><ref>https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/straight-men-cuddle-guys-study_n_5241953?ri18n=true&guccounter=2</ref> | * Less violent forms of homoerotic behavior are arguably employed as signals of high status, for example Robison and Anderson from University of Winchester found that most highly confident and masculine men (sport athletes) do engage in homosocial tactility.<ref>https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1097184X17730386?journalCode=jmma</ref><ref>https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/straight-men-cuddle-guys-study_n_5241953?ri18n=true&guccounter=2</ref> | ||
* In todays societies, only a dominant man can afford to playfully kiss another man on his cheek in public and hold hands with him, or one needs to claim the status of a protected class and rely on shaming to survive socially. | * In todays societies, only a dominant man can afford to playfully kiss another man on his cheek in public and hold hands with him, or one needs to claim the status of a protected class and rely on shaming to survive socially. The excessive partner counts of some homosexuals (see [[#Statistics|Statistics]]) may be evidence of sodomy as an adaptation for dominance signaling as achieving a high partner count is a form of dominance. | ||
Today, most homosexuals identify as versatile, preferring both the dominant and submissive role at times,<ref>http://www.straightacting.com/phpbb3/viewtopic.php?p=222697#p222697</ref> but the entire notion of homosexual identity is plausibly evolutionarily novel, drawing in people to generally act out their sexual fantasies rather than adaptations in the context they evolved. | Today, most homosexuals identify as versatile, preferring both the dominant and submissive role at times,<ref>http://www.straightacting.com/phpbb3/viewtopic.php?p=222697#p222697</ref> but the entire notion of homosexual identity is plausibly evolutionarily novel, drawing in people to generally act out their sexual fantasies rather than adaptations in the context they evolved. | ||
The entire notion of a fixed sexual identity has been questioned by a recent meta study, rather orientation changes over time and exists on a continuum and 98% of people primarily want sex with the opposite sex.<ref>https://www.researchgate.net/publication/235906255_Physiological_Evidence_for_a_Mostly_Heterosexual_Orientation_Among_Men</ref> | |||
Gay men identifying as the bottom are more likely later in the birth order which so it may be related to weakness and mutational load.<ref>https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-017-0980-y</ref> | |||
== Evolution == | == Evolution == | ||
Male homosexuality is more prevalent than what selection-mutation balance regarding [[androphilia]] and [[gynophilia]] would predict. | Male homosexuality is more prevalent than what selection-mutation balance regarding [[androphilia]] and [[gynophilia]] would predict.<ref>http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26089486</ref> | ||
Homosexuality and gender non-conformity is somewhat heritable,<ref>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9251839</ref><ref>http://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=2449185</ref> all of which suggests homosexuality is an adaptation, i.e. that it increased reproductive success in the past. | |||
=== Alliance formation and dominance signaling === | === Alliance formation and dominance signaling === | ||
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* Homosexuality being a medical pathology often caused by developmental disturbances | * Homosexuality being a medical pathology often caused by developmental disturbances | ||
* [https://psychology.wikia.org/wiki/Pathogenic_theory_of_homosexuality Pathogenic Theory of Homosexuality] | * [https://psychology.wikia.org/wiki/Pathogenic_theory_of_homosexuality Pathogenic Theory of Homosexuality] | ||
* Helper in the nest hypothesis claims that gay males tend to help in the household increasing the [[reproductive success]] of siblings,<ref>http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26089486</ref> however homosexuals do not actually seem to exhibit more kinship behavior.<ref>https://www.researchgate.net/profile/J_Bailey2/publication/247233162_Is_male_homosexuality_maintained_via_kin_selection/links/5a09db03aca272d40f411b26/Is-male-homosexuality-maintained-via-kin-selection.pdf</ref> | |||
== Homophobia == | == Homophobia == | ||
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* Gay men are 15 times more likely to have Hepatitis B than everyone else.<ref>http://takimag.com/article/the_straight_dope_on_homosexuality_elizabeth_mccaw/print</ref> | * Gay men are 15 times more likely to have Hepatitis B than everyone else.<ref>http://takimag.com/article/the_straight_dope_on_homosexuality_elizabeth_mccaw/print</ref> | ||
* Homosexuals are more to use illegal drugs and drink to excess than straight people.<ref>http://takimag.com/article/the_straight_dope_on_homosexuality_elizabeth_mccaw/print</ref> | * Homosexuals are more to use illegal drugs and drink to excess than straight people.<ref>http://takimag.com/article/the_straight_dope_on_homosexuality_elizabeth_mccaw/print</ref> | ||
* While comprising only 2% of the country, homosexuals account for over 67% of all new HIV diagnoses, the risk of becoming infected being ~100 times higher than the US average.<ref>https://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/newsroom/2012/hivincidencegraphics.html</ref> | |||
* Male gays are only slightly more often pedophiles,<ref>https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/fetishes-i-dont-get/201102/do-gay-men-have-more-sexual-interest-in-children</ref> but of those who go as far as molesting a child, a third are homosexuals.<ref>http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.2466/pr0.1986.58.1.327</ref> | |||
== References == | == References == | ||