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Claim CB403:

Evolution does not explain homosexuality. Traits evolve as a result of greater reproductive success, and homosexuals are less likely to reproduce..

Source:

Macks, Steven, 2000. Madd Macks debate archives. http://tccsa.tc/m_debate_archives.html
Reed, Fred, 2004 (3 Mar.). Spare me. http://fredoneverything.net/EvolutionAgain.shtml

Response:

  1. There are several possible explanations for this:
    It should be noted that the question of explaining homosexuality is not limited to humans. Homosexuality exists in hundreds of animal species (Bagemihl 1998).

References:

  1. Adams, H. E., L. W. Wright Jr. and B. A. Lohr, 1996. Is homophobia associated with homosexual arousal? Journal of Abnormal Psychology 105(3): 440-445.
  2. Bagemihl, Bruce, 1998. Biological Exuberance: Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity. New York: St. Martin Press.
  3. Corna, F., A. Camperio-Ciani and C. Capiluppi, 2004. Evidence for maternally inherited factors favouring male homosexuality and promoting female fecundity. Proceedings: Biological Sciences 271: 2217-2221.
  4. Haynes, J. D., 1995. A critique of the possibility of genetic inheritance of homosexual orientation. Journal of Homosexuality 28(1-2): 91-113.
  5. Kendler, K. S., L. M. Thornton, S. E. Gilman and R. C. Kessler, 2000. Sexual orientation in a U.S. national sample of twin and nontwin sibling pairs. American Journal of Psychiatry 157(11): 1843-1846.
  6. Kirk, K. M., J. M. Bailey, M. P. Dunne and N. G. Martin, 2000. Measurement models for sexual orientation in a community twin sample. Behavior Genetics 30(4): 345-356.
  7. Kirkpatrick, R. C., 2000. (see below)

Further Reading:

Kirkpatrick R. C., 2000. The evolution of human homosexual behavior. Current Anthropololgy 39(1): 385-413. (technical)

Wright, Robert, 1994. The Moral Animal: The new science of evolutionary psychology. New York: Pantheon, pp. 384-386.
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