Homosexuality and science
posted on January 09, 2013 01:28AM GMT
Hello everyone,
I'm a new user and a admirer of Richard Dawkins for a long time, and I really love this website. Very complete, and very enriching. First of all, I must warn you : I am French, so, sometimes, some of my sentences might be a bit incorrect. Therefore, I must apologize before writing my message...
I really enjoy doing debates with religious people, most of the time about homosexuality, as I proudly defend homosexuals. I am said to be a good debator, but there are always some arguments too absurd to be answered. I simply can't find an answer to them. Furthermore, I am a law student. My science knowledge is limited to my personal curiosity. And, as I saw there are many scientists, science lovers and science students discussing on this forum, I think you may really help me!
The first argument that often comes back is "homosexuality is not natural, because it goes against reproduction." So, is it true? Is nature really limited to reproduction? I've read that some animals, mostly mammals like monkeys, actually practice homosexuals acts in order to relax a strained situation... But I didn't find any evidence to prove that. I would really like to know what you think about homosexuality and nature...
Another argument is "homosexuality is a mental disorder". Now, I've read a lot of "official" studies (unfortunately, I forgot where I found them...), mostly carried out during the 70's and 80's. Those studies prove that homosexuality is NOT a mental disorder... But then comes some kind of a strange conspiracy theory with psychological and psychiatric institutes. Some people actually say that the institutes that made the studies were forced to claim that homosexuality wasn't a mental disorder because of homosexual lobbys (of course). So, please, if you have any scientific evidence, or any study that proves that homosexuals are not mentally ill, I would love to be able to read them. That would help me a lot...
Thank you for taking the time to read that message, it does really mean a lot to me. And have a great year 2013!
I'm a new user and a admirer of Richard Dawkins for a long time, and I really love this website. Very complete, and very enriching. First of all, I must warn you : I am French, so, sometimes, some of my sentences might be a bit incorrect. Therefore, I must apologize before writing my message...
I really enjoy doing debates with religious people, most of the time about homosexuality, as I proudly defend homosexuals. I am said to be a good debator, but there are always some arguments too absurd to be answered. I simply can't find an answer to them. Furthermore, I am a law student. My science knowledge is limited to my personal curiosity. And, as I saw there are many scientists, science lovers and science students discussing on this forum, I think you may really help me!
The first argument that often comes back is "homosexuality is not natural, because it goes against reproduction." So, is it true? Is nature really limited to reproduction? I've read that some animals, mostly mammals like monkeys, actually practice homosexuals acts in order to relax a strained situation... But I didn't find any evidence to prove that. I would really like to know what you think about homosexuality and nature...
Another argument is "homosexuality is a mental disorder". Now, I've read a lot of "official" studies (unfortunately, I forgot where I found them...), mostly carried out during the 70's and 80's. Those studies prove that homosexuality is NOT a mental disorder... But then comes some kind of a strange conspiracy theory with psychological and psychiatric institutes. Some people actually say that the institutes that made the studies were forced to claim that homosexuality wasn't a mental disorder because of homosexual lobbys (of course). So, please, if you have any scientific evidence, or any study that proves that homosexuals are not mentally ill, I would love to be able to read them. That would help me a lot...
Thank you for taking the time to read that message, it does really mean a lot to me. And have a great year 2013!
