We're now in Part 3 of a "Who's Controlling Your Life?" arc. We started the discussion with therapy, workaholism, differences in different cultures, neurologic adaptations that can and can't be seen, dinosaurs, homosexuality and evolution in action. Part 2 wondered if big teeth and big muscles was an experiment that failed.
Here we question if homosexuality is another one of Nature's experiments.
If homosexuality is a test on Nature's part, so be it. I've mentioned a childhood acquaintance, Andy, before. One of my strongest memories of Andy involved a third child whom I'll call "Robert". Andy never played with Robert because, when Robert played house with little girls, Robert often offered to be the "wife".I still remember, when Andy told me of Robert's role-reversal play, how Andy wrinkled his nose, how his lips and face tightened, how his body tensed. I realize now he was merely demonstrating something he learned from his family, didn't realize it then (it was only third grade). The message was quite clear -- Robert was diseased, somehow wrong and wrong in an incredibly terrifying way because, while Peter, another friend, had an obviously club foot, Robert had no outward signs of his deformity. You couldn't be sure by looking if someone else was wrong the way Robert was wrong.
Oh my! Scary Scary!
(more to follow)
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