Strangely Arousing

[pasithea]

I found this strangely arousing, but also a little worrisome. It feels like the first step towards the right wing wiping us out. :/

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/03/science/03cell.html?hp

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[leex.livejournal.com]

I does sound pretty worrisome, if anything should come of it. : / But if the above commenter is right, at least this line's nice in the article:

The study has no immediate implications for human sexuality, Dickson told LiveScience.

I'm kind of leery about this overemphasis on sociobiology, really. I remember a book coming out a few years ago where the authors essentially claimed men aren't to be blamed for rape, since it's a simple genetic survival strategy, as evidenced by the fruit fly.

Human society is really very different from the fruit fly variety, and that part of the argument's being glossed over by necessity. ^_~ And I think those elements play a very large part, even in simple interpersonal relations. Besides, it doesn't follow that simply because a situation naturally occurs, it's also ethical.

Anyone actually trying to isolate a gay gene so queers can be 'cured' is engaging in an odd doublethink: heterosexuality is necessary for reproduction, so it's natural. Homosexuality also occurs in nature, but doesn't seem to serve reproduction, so it's the unnatural kind of natural; therefore, it would be perfectly fine to artificially modify any responsible genes so the 'aberration' gets 'fixed'.

Too bad we as a society still haven't progressed to the point where we can throw up our hands and say "who cares, anyway?" ^_~

~ Julianna,
drive-by-commenting. ^^