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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> which may be regarded as counter evidence for the relevance of dominant/submissive dichotomy for the evolution of male homosexual behavior. However, the entire notion of homosexual identity is plausibly evolutionarily novel (i.e. not adaptive), drawing in people to 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> which may be regarded as counter evidence for the relevance of dominant/submissive dichotomy for the evolution of male homosexual behavior. However, the entire notion of homosexual identity is plausibly evolutionarily novel (i.e. not adaptive), drawing in people to act out their sexual fantasies rather than adaptations in the context they evolved. | ||
The entire notion of a fixed sexual identity has been questioned in a recent meta study, rather orientation changes over time and exists on a continuum and 98% of men wanting sex with the opposite sex alongside some homosexual curiosity that may have evolved as discussed above. | The entire notion of a fixed sexual identity has been questioned in a recent meta study,<ref>https://www.researchgate.net/publication/235906255_Physiological_Evidence_for_a_Mostly_Heterosexual_Orientation_Among_Men</ref> rather orientation changes over time and exists on a continuum and 98% of men wanting sex with the opposite sex alongside some homosexual curiosity that may have evolved as discussed above. | ||
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> | 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> | ||