Wednesday, May 11, 2005

The first biological rationalization for homosexuality I have seen (and this is embarrassing.. I found it in the nyt.)

Gay men have fewer children, meaning that in Darwinian terms, any genetic variant that promotes homosexuality should be quickly eliminated from the population. Dr. Hamer believes that such genes may nevertheless persist because, although in men they reduce the number of descendants, in women they act to increase fertility.

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