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In many countries, including Western countries, treatments for homosexuality have been devised which have proven effective,<ref>https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/003329410209000316.2</ref> which isn't surprising since nearly all men with androphilia have normal gynephilia anyhow. | In many countries, including Western countries, treatments for homosexuality have been devised which have proven effective,<ref>https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/003329410209000316.2</ref> which isn't surprising since nearly all men with androphilia have normal gynephilia anyhow. | ||
== Evolution == | == Evolution of male androphilia == | ||
Since homosexual acts cannot produce offspring, one would expect attraction to other men (androphilia) to be non-adaptive or even [[maladaptiveness|maladaptive]]. | Since homosexual acts cannot produce offspring, one would expect attraction to other men (androphilia) to be non-adaptive or even [[maladaptiveness|maladaptive]]. | ||
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One can broadly distinguish ''slow'' and ''fast'' [[life history]] (LH) adaptations involving male androphilia, where fast LH means low investment in the offspring (a result of r-selection) and slow LH means high investment (a result of K-selection). Fast LH adaptations tend to be more violent, primitive, feral, accompanied by earlier maturation, lower cultural and social sophistication, higher [[sex drive]] and more [[promiscuity]]. | One can broadly distinguish ''slow'' and ''fast'' [[life history]] (LH) adaptations involving male androphilia, where fast LH means low investment in the offspring (a result of r-selection) and slow LH means high investment (a result of K-selection). Fast LH adaptations tend to be more violent, primitive, feral, accompanied by earlier maturation, lower cultural and social sophistication, higher [[sex drive]] and more [[promiscuity]]. | ||
Fast and slow LH adpatations involving male androphilia are not mutually exclusive, though fast LH adaptations are more ancient. | Fast and slow LH adpatations involving male androphilia are not mutually exclusive, though fast LH adaptations are more ancient. None of these adaptations for male androphilia are necessarily context-dependent, so today they can be executed outside of that context, so homosexual love may not necessarily feel similar to the context in which it evolved at all. | ||
=== Fast life history adaptations === | === Fast life history adaptations === | ||