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Discussion of naturalness
The Hidden Cause of Homosexuality · Dr. Alaa Alsalem
8. Homosexuality is a Perversion and an Unnatural Condition
People who try scientifically justifying homosexuality consider it natural and reject the label of "sexual perversion." Their opinion rests on identifying its genetic cause, which explains their persistent interest in searching for it. They believe that legalizing any behavior and making it a natural preference requires nothing more than connecting it to a genetic cause to establish it as inevitable and irrepressible.
We have responded to this way of thinking as insufficient to declare homosexual behavior as natural or inevitable for several reasons, including the three mentioned previously:
1 - Humans are capable of resisting the effects of their genes. Hence, even if we assume a homosexuality-causing gene exists, humans can resist it.
2 - Any sexual behavior besides contact between males and females is perverted, and the natural state of one's genes opposes it.Therefore, the law of natural selection would surely destroy any such (supposed) gay gene.
3 - The mere existence of something genetic and hereditary, such as a supposed gay gene, which does not actually exist, is not enough to consider homosexuality natural. We have put forward two hereditary illnesses (psychopathy and cancer) that confirm this reasoning.
Therefore, we find homosexual behavior is a perversion and deviation from the natural state required by one’s genes. We have already established that homosexuality is not a genetic abnormality.
Now I wish to establish the abnormal nature from another perspective because the discussion is not limited to genetics. We could argue whether homosexual behavior is a perversion or not by comparing it to the natural state, which is supposed to be present and generally prevalent among most people.
To discuss homosexuality from this perspective, we must reflect on the sexual process and the causes for sexual arousal in each gender separately. Knowledge about organisms that preceded humans is essential to determine "the natural state" of a living evolutionary creature that practices sexual reproduction like humans. After identifying the "natural state," any perversion or aberration will become clear.
I will propose three matters in sequence, along with examples. Though I may mention the hereditary justification from time to time, I always intend to explain the natural state, which must exist. As I have said, the natural state is the norm. I will propose my points in the form of questions.
Q1: How Did Our Ancestors Practice Sex Millions of Years Ago?
In 2014, the British scientific magazine Nature published a study in which Australian paleontologist John Long revealed that the first mating relationship in history was between two ancient sea creatures, and it was not as simple as modern sexual relationships.
The study said that the fish of the primordial swamp lived hundreds of millions of years ago and were the first to learn how to bring offspring into the world. Those fish began to rely on that method in an era before humans ever existed. They needed strange yet appropriate reproductive limbs. The process of reproduction could only take place when both males and females were side by side.
The Australian paleontologist added that the primordial form of this fish lived over 380 million years ago. He also said that he discovered fossils in China, Estonia, and Scotland, whose length is only a few centimeters.
Nature magazine said this discovery has "[led] other fossil collectors to search for samples, in Britain and Holland, and that there have been discoveries of male fish whose organs were still connected and that the gullies (within the organs) were designed to transfer sperm liquid from the male to the female."
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Hence, hundreds of millions of years ago, sexual activity amongst our predecessors, which began in vertebrates, was a mutual act between a male and a female. It was the same thing we see today in the "natural state" during sexual encounters with most animals, not only humans.
Q2: How does sexual arousal happen in males?
Many things are responsible for sexually stimulating the male: some are hormone-related, while others are related to their female partner's body. I will give four examples here:
Example 1: Testosterone, also known as the male hormone, is responsible for the sexual characteristics of a male, like his reproductive organ, bones, muscles, voice, hair, sperm production, and sexual desire. The male sexual desire increases in correlation to the amount of testosterone in his body.
Sex hormones are, naturally, subject to evolution: as we previously discussed, life on earth began with asexual reproduction. In general, sex hormones, including testosterone, developed from estrogen 500 million years ago (i.e., before the first vertebrate).72 Certainly, our male ancestors (like the first vertebrates) later benefited from the sex hormone they possessed to mate and reproduce, as previously discussed, until human beings appeared.
Therefore, the influence of testosterone–in one of its objectives which is relevant to our topic–is to sexually arouse the male so that he practices sex with the female and reproduces.
Example 2: The female posterior no doubt arouses the male sexually, especially if it is full with a curve at an angle of 45 degrees from the spine (according to recent studies).
Bilkent University in Turkey conducted one of these studies and confirmed that the secret of attraction is 100% biological. It relates to female fertility since males perceive them as suitable for bearing their children and enduring the hardship of pregnancy and childbirth. Future generations subsequently inherited this attraction.
A scientific study published by the British Daily Mirror revealed that women with an abundance of fat in the thigh area, especially the posterior, are likely to bear more children who will have a higher IQ and intelligence. This feature in the mother leads to an abundance of Omega 3, which stimulates brain development.
Professor Will Lassek (epidemiologist scientist at the American University of Pittsburgh) says that the fat in the hip and thigh areas are enriched in DHA (docosahexaenoic acid), which is a particularly important component in the human brain. He also states that about 80 percent of the DHA that is essential to the baby’s brain comes from the mother’s stored fat.73
Thus, it becomes clear that the effect of the female's posterior on males has a natural purpose, sexual arousal, to make the male want to practice sex with her and bear children together.
Example 3: The female breast also stimulates the male, and, as observed, it is the only mammalian breast that will sexually attract the male and also increases in size during puberty, pregnancy, and
breastfeeding. With regards to the breast attracting males-as Larry Young74 states-the male brain regulates that urge, which begins when they reach puberty. Since it encourages bonding and relationships with females, we can say it was chosen and established by evolution.
After several studies, Young concluded that human evolution has contributed to creating a type of neural circuit.75 It initially evolved to strengthen the bond between mother and child during natural breastfeeding, then did the same with another human bond between a male and female. The male consequently became attracted to the female's chest like a breastfed baby, despite the difference in motivations. Hence, a natural goal guides how a woman's chest affects a man: sexually attracting him for the same reason as previously discussed.
Example 4: The female mouth also sexually arouses the male. Human lips contain a high density of sensory neurons that transmit messages to the brain to stimulate one’s sexual drive.
The lips evolved from originally serving the purpose of feeding to becoming a part of language and speech. They play a part in choosing one’s partner (for example, via a kiss) and understanding their readiness to bring up children (as we know, guaranteeing the survival of the human species is an important matter in long-term relationships).
“In the 1960s British zoologist and author Desmond Morris first proposed that kissing might have evolved from the practice in which primate mothers chewed food for their young and then fed them mouth to mouth, lips puckered. Chimpanzees feed in this manner, so our hominid ancestors probably did, too. Pressing outturned lips against lips may have then later developed as a way to comfort hungry children when food was scarce and, in time, to express love and affection in general. The human species might eventually have taken these proto-parental kisses down other roads until we came up with the more passionate varieties that we have today.”76
The evolutionary psychologist Gordon G. Gallup said during an interview with the BBC that "kissing involves a very complicated exchange of information-olfactory information, tactile information and postural types of adjustments that may tap into underlying evolved and unconscious mechanisms that enable people to make determinations about the degree to which they are genetically incompatible."77 Thus, the female mouth and lips sexually arouse the male, and the natural purpose of this arousal is choosing the female as a partner to practice sex and reproduce.
Q3: How does sexual arousal take place for females?
As is the case for men, many factors can cause sexual arousal in the female, whether they are linked to her hormones or those of her male partner. Two examples include:
Example 1: Estrogen, also known as the hormone of femininity, is responsible for developing primary and secondary female sexual characteristics. Females also produce testosterone, but in a lower amount than males. Hormonal levels increase during ovulation (in the middle of the menstrual cycle), which naturally makes it an ideal time for impregnation and reproduction since her hormonal levels will be higher in her body. Therefore, the purpose of the sex hormone (with regards to this study) is to stimulate the sexual drive of a woman so she can engage with her partner, fertilize, and breed.
Example 2: Foreplay. Touching certain parts of the body undoubtedly plays a role in stimulating a female's sexual drive. The purpose is to sexually arouse the female to have intercourse with her and produce babies. Therefore, the increased levels of the sex hormones in the female coincide with her ovulation. Animals also practice foreplay.
From the six examples mentioned above, we can conclude:
For the male: sex hormone + female's posterior + her breast + her mouth = sexual arousal.
For the female: sex hormone + foreplay = sexual arousal.
The purpose of sexual arousal in both males and females is to be able to practice sex for the sake of fertilization and reproduction; this is currently the natural state in both humans and most animals that are sexually proliferating on the earth.
Sometimes, there may be an abnormal deviation from the natural state in both males and females due to incorrect preferences and ways of achieving sexual arousal. For example, instead of a female's breast and posterior (which is natural, as previously discussed), a male could be aroused by a male's posterior, a sex toy, or even an animal. For females, instead of foreplay with a male partner (natural), she is aroused by "foreplay" with her own body or another female. Neither case of homosexual activities in males and females is the correct, natural way to achieve reproduction, which is the purpose of sexual arousal and sex. Both scenarios should be treated as abnormal and deviations from normalcy/nature. They should be regarded as abnormal and a deviation from it. Thus, we find homosexuality is an abnormality and a deviation from the natural state for both males and females due to incorrect decisions and preferences.