Re: Gay Muslims
...the next few decades will be interesting. As we move to a more permissive society in the West, it will be interesting to see if there is an increase in admitted bisexual/homosexual traits in the population. Hope someone is keeping count. The idea is that more exposure, and less of a stigma should see a rise...
Open question is if there was ever a society that considered homosexual sex a good thing, and if as a result it was widely practiced. Greek society had sanctioned certain fetishes, namely sex with boys. I can't say how widely practiced it was, though. I find it interesting though, since the particular fetish can't possibly have a biological basis...or can it?
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you cannot say environment is completely responsible for it because homosexual behavior exists even among societies that dont do it openly in which case the enviroment is ruled out.
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If it's based on an individual's personal experience this may not be the case. For the sake of argument, consider if homosexuality is determined by early interactions between males. No matter what society at large dictates, it will be that encounter that determines a child's sexual future (again, for the sake of argument...not saying it happens like this)...
I dont' know if science will ever have the answer. I rely on wild ass guesses and intuition.
The thing is, people have the ability to pleasure themselves...that IS, if you look at it from a functional point of view, a form of homosexuality. I mean, if we were raised in an environment where we were told it was expected to have homosexual relations at some point, I actually think we would do it. I just don't see this biological block (other than mismatched anatomy)...I see it more as psychological.
Bisexuals really do complicate the matter, too...