Re: How can gayness have a genetic basis?
{Edit: It's so late it's early where I am, so I won't bother revising what follows - just bear in mind that I hadn't seen your post at the bottom of page 3 when I wrote this]
I seem to recall studies by Helen Fischer (sp?) indicating that it may be women who determine with whom they will mate - selecting the most desirable male. This could plausibly render lesbianism a genetic non-starter - as to the males, it again seems plausible that a gay male would be less likely to compete with the same vigour as a straight counterpart.
Yes the conditions are not binary, and I personally subscribe to a 'spectrum' theory of sexuality, but I find it difficult to reconcile this with a genetic basis for gayness.
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