Curiosity kills the cat?

I also find this interesting and I recall watching a special on the subject some years ago and then getting in a scrape with a beloved friend that thinks that church can/should "cure" homosexuality....Like its a disease.
The whole issue can get hot very quickly!

Please, no hate replies!!
I'm just here because the words KILL and CAT were used in the post.

ZEROPILOT said:

Please, no hate replies!!
I'm just here because the words KILL and CAT were used in the post.

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What do you have against cats? lol

It is important to remain respectful, and not step on anyone's toes, but TTF is an educational site. So long as we keep to the biology side of things, I see no reason why we can't discuss this openly.

As far as the behavior..I think its important to look at what mark said, and maybe expand on it...

mark1 said:

happy birthday tidgy's dad ! actually I more look at the animal traits in the human , than the human traits in the animal ......... I've found a lot of overlap

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Its important to look at it as animals first, and then humans. Homosexual behavior in people may be defined differently than that of animals. Simply saying, what is considered inappropriate by societal standards, may very well be normal in nature - a male dog mounting another male for example. This may be a display of dominance, or an impulse. I don't really know if this speaks to any unusual behavior in the animal, unless it was exclusively males (which may be what we are talking about). In humans, any behavior with the same sex is often seen as in this category, so its going to be very difficult to compare us to animals when we have such a complex social system, which throws a few wrenches ( < had to avoid a bad pun) in to this problem.

I agree with everything you just said ........ think there are more than a few wrenches in comparing the behavior of humans to that of animals , added to the fact the only way to compare the behaviors is to base their motivation on our interpretation of what the animal is thinking ....when a ***** mounts a male , or another ***** , or a dog mounts a dog , oftentimes it appears to me to be a kneejerk reaction , hormones , excitement , they have no control over it ..... I've seen pretty much all the behaviors in my dogs that are being described as homosexual behavior in animals . I've honestly never viewed most any of them as sexual behavior , it looks to me for the most part to be uninhibited social behavior and hormone driven instincts ...... even the pups mounting stuff is not sexual , they haven't a clue what they're doing , hormones driven instincts . no one has a birds and a bees talk with the pups , they figure it out ........ we do share emotions with animals , but ours are vastly more complex ..... a mom dog will lick her pups to stimulate them to urinate and defecate , the behavior will continue long after the effect and purpose are of use , is the ***** a homosexual ? I've had some extremely dog aggressive dogs , dogs that would and did kill any dog they had the ability and opportunity to , were they murderers or serial killers ? we may as humans exist in nature , but I'm pretty sure if we had to live in nature , the population would take a huge hit .......... in my opinion , any genetic trait that goes against nature , in nature , is fighting a losing battle ....... as far as animals lacking the drive to reproduce , well they do exist , have always existed , hormones and drive are genetic , their lack of drive or ability to reproduce is in the best interest of their species .......

Also a big question here is what is homosexual behaviour and what is homoerotic ?

I once had 3 female pet rats; a mother and 2 daughters. I kept them in an aquarium. One day i let the mother roam around the apt a bit. She was acting strangely, feeling hormones, and apparently sprayed a little.
I put her back in the aquarium, and one of the daughters sniffed her behind, then mounted and humped her.