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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> | 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> which may be an outcome of adaptive | 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> which may be an outcome of adaptive intrasexually competitive behavior among males as discussed below. | ||
== Evolution == | == Evolution == | ||