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Thursday, July 30, 2009

Homosexuality, and other Identifications.

Animals I had thought do not have homosexuals and I believed that is because they are creatures of instinct; but a friend corrected me informing that 1500 species (fruit flies, lions and primates) exhibit homosexuality. He also wrote to me that most large animals that exhibit homosexuality live in groups and sex is used as a form of bonding mechanism and conflict resolution tool.
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 I am including here the facts (shared by my friend) that requires to be noted before forming any definite opinions on the subject of homosexuality.

'Homosexuality was considered as a pathological mental illness in 19th and first part of 20th century, but empirical and scientific studies failed to produce a basis for regarding homosexuality as a disorder or abnormality. So American Psychiatric Association declassified homosexuality as a mental disorder in 1973 and American Psychological Association soon followed suit in 1975.

So it is not an abnormality similar to Down’s Syndrome but more of a rare physico-genetic trait such as left-handedness. It is estimated that 2-3% of human population is homosexual and they have minor genetic, prenatal/ embryological and neurological differences from others; though the biological basis of homosexuality is not foolproof. So sexual instincts may not be as inherent as we assume because 10% of all humans may be bisexual (capable of sexual relations with both gender) and 1% is asexual (incapable of sexual relations with any gender) without having any physical or mental abnormalities.'

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While I agree that instincts are innate,  it could in some cases be a malady of the mind. For example, narcissistic love may lead to disinterest in the opposite and magnification of the interest in the 'same'.  This is probably the reason why the Bible prohibits masturbation as well due to its focus on self and its possible effects on the mind and thoughts (although I feel masturbation has to be more acceptable than abusing another for ones needs!). 

Those who are slaves to the body and the mind need to follow all the laws in the Bible to avoid being led by the waywardness of the mind. The Bible does not explicitly explain itself, probably because explanations can also become seeds to waywardness to weak and susceptible minds. It is also possible that instilling fear of punishment in those times must have been considered better help than explaining.


But still I would pursue the point that man with the superior mind sometimes follows more the mind than the instinct. In today's world where too much media  information, excessive freedom and exposure prevail in society with hardly any effort at training minds to sift through information with discretion, chaos should be expected. With repeated attention to the wayward thoughts created by the idle mind, its dictates may be misread as instinct, sexual orientation or identifications. Here I would like to stress that man being oriented towards living in a civilisation, sometimes requires its people to prioritise with the sole purpose of keeping the society civil and healthy and avoid unrest within the society. Give freedom or  curb it to prevent inclinations brought about by abnormal situations like peer group indulgences for mere fun and for killing boredom?

1 comment:

Subhrashis Adhikari said...

good post...
i believe homosexuality as natural as well as instinctive for people who feel that way...it is our biased mindset that makes us feel that they are an abnormality...they are not...they are just different....genes or hormones,whatever may be the reason :)

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