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*'''Selection-mutation balance''': [[Mutation]]s occur naturally. Hence some number of males are expected to express androphilia, but sexual selection will rule out mutations over time as best as it can, but it cannot be ruled entirely as mutations are unpredictable and some amount of mutation is useful to adapt to environmental changes and outcompete other species, hence a balance between mutation and selection is maintained. | *'''Selection-mutation balance''': [[Mutation]]s occur naturally. Hence some number of males are expected to express androphilia, but sexual selection will rule out mutations over time as best as it can, but it cannot be ruled entirely as mutations are unpredictable and some amount of mutation is useful to adapt to environmental changes and outcompete other species, hence a balance between mutation and selection is maintained. | ||
*'''Developmental disturbances''': Related to the previous point, homosexuality may be caused by environmental disturbances, which may act in the same or similar ways as genetic mutations, causing some males to express androphilia.<ref>https://psychology.wikia.org/wiki/Pathogenic_theory_of_homosexuality</ref> See also [[feminization]]. | *'''Developmental disturbances''': Related to the previous point, homosexuality may be caused by environmental disturbances, which may act in the same or similar ways as genetic mutations, causing some males to express androphilia.<ref>https://psychology.wikia.org/wiki/Pathogenic_theory_of_homosexuality</ref> See also [[feminization]]. | ||
*'''Heightened creativity and innovation:''' Major scientific breakthroughs and artistic achievements are heavily overrepresented among homosexuals in comparison to their proportional demographic representation in a manner evolutionarily advantageous to the human species. | <!--*'''Heightened creativity and innovation:''' Major scientific breakthroughs and artistic achievements are heavily overrepresented among homosexuals in comparison to their proportional demographic representation in a manner evolutionarily advantageous to the human species. -- seems like a group selection type argument?> | ||
==Homophobia and homohysteria== | ==Homophobia and homohysteria== | ||
Negative emotions toward gays have been termed ''homophobia'' by social scientists, sneakily characterizing them as an anxiety disorder and irrational fear (a ''phobia''). Similarly, the fear of being regarded as gay or socially excluded for being gay has been termed ''homohysteria'', again characterizing it as an irrational anxiety, a ''hysteria'', even though it may be warranted under certain circumstances. After all, losing one's reputation of being able to compete for women is cross-culturally cosidered detrimental for men.<ref>https://digitalcommons.humboldt.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1008&context=senior_comm</ref> | Negative emotions toward gays have been termed ''homophobia'' by social scientists, sneakily characterizing them as an anxiety disorder and irrational fear (a ''phobia''). Similarly, the fear of being regarded as gay or socially excluded for being gay has been termed ''homohysteria'', again characterizing it as an irrational anxiety, a ''hysteria'', even though it may be warranted under certain circumstances. After all, losing one's reputation of being able to compete for women is cross-culturally cosidered detrimental for men.<ref>https://digitalcommons.humboldt.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1008&context=senior_comm</ref> | ||