Ok that was just for attention. Assuming I have yours, let me clarify I don’t think we (and by we I mean average heterosexual males) are homophobic in the sense that there is any desire howsoever weak to commit acts of violence against homosexuals. However let’s be frank, and we can be because there is no body but us (ignore Respectable Ma’am for this post), and confess, we are discomfited by the homosexual acts (ref NTTAWT orig). Now this is my hunch, I have never conducted survey about it and if any survey concludes differently I would accept that, until then I remain convinced this is the general behavior mostly on the basis of having lived my whole life among heterosexual male as a heterosexual male. Now one can attribute this to culture, and while it may hold true for Christian religion (I will come back to it later), I don’t think it is so in case of India because homosexuality is something which is hardly ever discussed, favorably or otherwise, in our society. This might imply that the cause of discomfort is more fundamental than what is normally believed (i.e. religious dogma). I find this interesting. From a genetic perspective this is counter intuitive as for heterosexual males if there are homosexual males it means less competition. Ideally this is something which should be a subject of scientific research, considering the politics associated with it however that seems unlikely. If investigated this might explain the outlook of different cultures towards homosexuality. Ancient Indian society while in general not approving of homosexuality didn’t place a high priority on it, whereas homosexuality can be said to be one of the main preoccupation of the Abrahamic religions. Indeed one is struck by how vehemently and fixatedly Bible condemns homosexuality going so far as to categorize it as capital offence. I have read somewhere (not able to recall at present) that this might be owing to constant state of warfare in ancient Levant. Most probably the cause is complicated with genetic as well as cultural factors.
