There is nothing that riles me or ruffles my feathers more than intolerance or narrow-mindedness. My buddy
sirhc DeSantis knows this very well, which is probably why he yesterday directed my attention to an article on the
BBC News website
"Sexual preference chemical found in mice".
According to the article Chinese scientists have found that male mice bred without serotonin lose their preference for females.
"The research team first bred male mice whose brains were not receptive to serotonin. A series of experiments demonstrated that these mice had lost the preference for females shown by unmodified males. When presented with a choice of partners, they showed no overall preference for either males or females. When just a male was introduced into the cage, the modified males were far more likely to mount the male and emit a "mating call" normally given off when encountering females than unmodified males were."
I am totally sickened by the waste of human and financial resources, time, energy and effort that is directed at trying to discover what
"makes" mice,
and - by extension - humans, gay! The fact that this is done shows a lack of acceptance of the fact that being gay is a normal variation of the human condition. In my mind this can be only be interpreted that in the mindset of the researchers being gay is not accepted as a normal condition. They therefore need to research what causes that abnormality in hopes to find a cure.
"Normal" usually refers to a lack of significant deviation from the average. The phrase "not normal" is often applied in a negative sense (asserting that someone or some situation is improper, sick, etc.) Abnormality varies greatly in how pleasant or unpleasant this is for other people.
Let me make a random list of the nine first aberrations among the 7 billion humans on the planet Earth that need the scientific communities attention.
1. Hair color - The norm is black or white/gray (with age). We need to find a cure for the genetic mutation causing blonds and redheads to be born.(Hair dyes are not a cure, just a cover up.)
2. Eye color - The norm is black or brown. We have to find a cure for the what causes some people to be born with blue or green eyes. (Colored lenses are not a cure, just a cover up.)
3. Skin color - The norm is black, brown or olive. Let´s us find a cure for the paler skins. (Tanning is not a cure, just a cover up.)
4. Left-handedness - The norm is right-handedness. How can we accept the poor buggers being left in that state without trying to find a cure for it?
5. Intelligence - The norm is an IQ somewhere between 90-120. We must find a way to help those who are less and more intelligent.
6. Penis size - The norm is between 13-18 centimeters (5,1 - 7,1 inches). It is totally unacceptable that some poor men have shorter or longer, we really must find a cure for this condition.
7. Bosom size - Ugh the norm here is not in my knowledge-base but I am sure there is one. We really have to find a cure for the poor flat-chested or overly developed women. (Plastic surgery and braziers with stuffing are not cures, just cover ups.
8. Sexuality - The norm is heterosexuality and perhaps some bi-curiousness should be accepted, but bisexuality, homosexuality, trans-sexuality and trans-gendered really need the attention of the researchers.
9. BMI (body mass index) - The norm is 18,5-25. We need to find a cure immediately for the fat slobs and the skeletons running around. (Starvation and physiological or psychological reasons for over- or under-eating are of course unhealthy.) We must help the poor buggers and find a cure.
In a world with real problems or diseases needing explanation and/or cures I suggest the scientific community focus of finding cures, explanations and remedies for cancer, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, heart disease etc. etc. The list is endless.
I´m gay and happy being a gay man. I do not need a cure or any explanation to why or how I became gay anymore than I need to know why my hair is blond, my eyes are green and why my penis size is ... hmm TMI ...
I really don´t believe it is a worthwhile endeavor for anyone to find explanations or cures for any of the conditions I listed. We need to accept the variations, they make the world and our fellow humans a beautiful!
