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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

If being gay (not bi) is so obviously an evolutionary disadvantage, how does it exist in humans and animals in statistically significant numbers?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Turns out there may be more to this evolution thing than 'first past the post'. Non-reproductive members of a species can help other members of the species to survive.
Essentially it's not about getting "my genes" into the next generation, it's really about getting the genes of "my species" into the next generation, and beyond.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/B9780124201903000302

https://theconversation.com/homosexuality-may-have-evolved-for-social-not-sexual-reasons-128123

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

That makes a lot of sense.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Because we like it and liking things is reason to live.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (2 children)

It doesn't matter how long you live if you have no offspring. It feels like, statistically, gay people really shouldn't exist. Yet here we are.

Hi, it's me, the strangely existing gay person!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

And long, long, long may you exist and be happy, NikkiDimes.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Live long, prosper, and be gay (and do crime)! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

You do that. Well perhaps not the crime!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Species survive not just as individuals, but as groups.