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mk  ·  4375 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Where Masturbation and Homosexuality Do Not Exist - Alice Dreger - The Atlantic

    The purpose of this work is the production of children -- a critical matter in an area with a very high infant mortality rate.

I always wish that there were some comparative stats given along with statements like this. Does homosexual behavior decrease with increased child mortality? Given that there is a genetic basis for homosexuality, in theory it could be selected against if only the most consistently productive of genes were passed on. I have no idea whether or not there's any basis for this, but it's interesting.