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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. | 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. | ||
However, the entire notion of homosexual identity is | However, the entire notion of homosexual identity is possibly only a [[social constructionism|social construct]], attracting people to act out their sexual fantasies rather than adaptations in the context they evolved. | ||
The 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. | The 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 name="ref41"></ref> and exclusive homosexuals exhibit other markers [[mutants|mutational load]] as summarized by the [[#Statistics|statistics]] below, so given that mutational load has increased.<ref>https://www.amazon.co.uk/At-Our-Wits-End-Intelligent/dp/184540985X</ref> Taken together, the group of men self-identifying as homosexuals is unlikely to be representative of human sexuality in the past. | 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 exclusive homosexuals exhibit other markers [[mutants|mutational load]] as summarized by the [[#Statistics|statistics]] below, so given that mutational load has increased.<ref>https://www.amazon.co.uk/At-Our-Wits-End-Intelligent/dp/184540985X</ref> Taken together, the group of men self-identifying as homosexuals is unlikely to be representative of human sexuality in the past. | ||