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'''Homosexuality''' is the sexual attraction to the same sex. This article primarily discusses the [[dominance hierarchy|dominance signaling]] aspect of homosocial and homosexual behavior, the low-status aspect of submissive homosexuality, and resulting intrasexual competition by accusations of gayness. It also discusses Muscarella's ''alliance formation hypothesis''<ref name="ref5">https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1300/J082v40n01_03</ref>  which claims incels can turn submissive homosexuals to form a sexual alliance with a higher status man to regain access to group resources and reproductive success ([[homocel hypothesis]]), with the higher status male also gaining some benefits, including sexual pleasure and [[signaling theory|costly signaling]] by risking accusations of gayness.

Some forms of homoerotic behavior were accepted in 64% of the 76 cultures studied.<ref name="ref5"></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>

However, male homosexuality is more prevalent than what selection-mutation balance regarding androphilia and gynophilia (attraction to men and women, respectively) would predict.<ref name="ref42">http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26089486</ref>

One other shape is receptive and submissive homosexuality. In what Muscarella calls ''alliance formation hypothesis'', he suggested peripheralized men (incels) can establish social ties with horny men of higher social standing by homosociality and re-gain access to resources, and thus increase chances of [[reproductive success]] (see [[homocel hypothesis]]).<ref name="ref5"></ref>

Today, most homosexuals identify as versatile (around 40%), preferring both the dominant and submissive role at times, with a roughly equal split between top and bottom preferences,<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120125003836/http://www.straightacting.com/phpbb3/viewtopic.php?p=222697</ref><ref name="ref41">https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-017-0980-y</ref> which may be regarded as counter evidence for the relevance of dominant/submissive dichotomy for the evolution of male homosexual behavior.

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 name="ref41"></ref> and also exhibit other markers [[mutants|mutational load]] as evidenced by the [[#Statistics|statistics]] below.

* Helper in the nest hypothesis claims that gay males tend to help in the household increasing the [[reproductive success]] of siblings,<ref name="ref42"></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> This also does not really explain bisexuality. Exclusive homosexuality is also rare, so this cannot be a strong selective pressure.

* In Australia, 25% of homosexuals have had more than 100 sex partners.<ref name="ref61">http://takimag.com/article/the_straight_dope_on_homosexuality_elizabeth_mccaw/print</ref>

* 25% gay men in America have had over 1000 sex partners.<ref name="ref56">http://www.amazon.com/Homosexualities-Study-Diversity-Among-Women/dp/0671251503</ref>

* 43% of gay men have over 500 partners.<ref name="ref56"></ref>

* Over 20% of older homosexuals have had more than 500 different sex partners.<ref name="ref58">http://advindicate.com/articles/3022</ref>

* 28% of homosexuals have had sex with over a thousand men. For straight men? Just 25% have had sex with more than 10 women.<ref name="ref58"></ref>

* The average gay man has several dozen sex partners per year.<ref name="ref58"></ref>

* Homosexual relationships are often non-monogamous.<ref name="ref61"></ref>

* Married homosexual men are 50% more likely than straight couples to divorce.<ref name="ref61"></ref>

* In the Netherlands, the average homosexual in a “steady relationship” has seven to eight affairs per year.<ref name="ref61"></ref>

* Most “long term relationships” between gay men last less than eight years.<ref name="ref58"></ref>

* Among gay Canadian men in “committed relationships, only 25% were monogamous.<ref name="ref58"></ref>

* In one study, only 9% of gay men were monogamous.<ref name="ref58"></ref>

* 75% of straight men an are faithful, compared to just 4.5% of gay men.<ref name="ref58"></ref>

* In Berlin, 83% of gay men in “steady” relationships had had frequent affairs in the last year.<ref name="ref58"></ref>

* Married lesbians are 2-3 times more likely to divorce than straight couples.<ref name="ref61"></ref>

* 79% of homosexual men say over half of their sex partners are strangers.<ref name="ref90">http://www.amazon.com/Unequal-Opportunity-Disparities-Affecting-Bisexual/dp/0195301536</ref>

* Identifying as lesbian, gay or bisexual does not end sexual questioning or confusion.<ref name="ref73">http://psycnet.apa.org/books/11261/004</ref>

* Two-thirds of men and women who were homosexual change their orientation to heterosexual five years later.<ref name="ref73"></ref>

* Two thirds of self-identified lesbians later have heterosexual relationships.<ref name="ref73"></ref>

* 24%-90% of lesbians report being psychologically abused by their partners.<ref name="ref83">https://mainweb-v.musc.edu/vawprevention/lesbianrx/factsheet.shtml</ref><ref>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18396584</ref>

* Lesbians are twice as likely as straight women to be stalked or physically abused by their partners.<ref name="ref61"></ref>

* Homosexual men are more likely to have been abused by their partners than straight men.<ref name="ref61"></ref>

* 40% to 60% of serial killers are homosexuals.<ref name="ref61"></ref>

* Lesbians are twice as likely as straight women to be stalked or physically abused by their partners.<ref name="ref61"></ref>

* Between 24% and 90% of lesbians report being psychologically abused by their partners.<ref name="ref83"></ref>

* Gay men are 10-15 times more likely than straight men to have eating disorders, are more likely to suffer from anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder and account for 63% of new syphilis cases.<ref name="ref61"></ref>

* Lesbians are twice as likely as straight women to have eating disorders.<ref name="ref61"></ref>

* Lesbians are 2.5x more likely than straight women to be obese.<ref name="ref61"></ref>

* Homosexuals are more likely than straight people to have anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, and to commit suicide.<ref name="ref61"></ref>

* Gay men are six times more likely to commit suicide than straight men.<ref name="ref90"></ref>

* Gay men are 12x more likely to use amphetamines than straight men.<ref name="ref90"></ref>

* Gay men are 10x more likely to use heroin than straight men.<ref name="ref90"></ref>

* Gay people are 2-3x more likely to abuse alcohol than straight people.<ref name="ref90"></ref>

* Homosexuals are more to use illegal drugs and drink to excess than straight people.<ref name="ref61"></ref>

* Homosexuals, lesbians, and transsexuals are poorer than straight people.<ref name="ref61"></ref>

* Infection rates for gonorrhea and chlamydia are increasing among active homosexual men.<ref name="ref97">http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2015/12/the_gay_agenda_and_the_real_world.html</ref>

* Gay men, 1% of the population, account for 83% of syphilis cases.<ref name="ref97"></ref>

* Syphilis was almost eradicated, but made a comeback among homosexual men.<ref name="ref97"></ref>

* Active homosexual men are 17 times more likely than straight people to have anal cancer.<ref name="ref97"></ref>

* Gay men, who are 1.65% of the US population, account for 63% of the country’s syphilis cases.<ref name="ref61"></ref>

* In 2010, homosexuals were about 200 times more likely than everyone else to be diagnosed with HIV.<ref name="ref61"></ref>

* Gay men are 15 times more likely to have Hepatitis B than everyone else.<ref name="ref61"></ref>