Slog - Comments on Hot Gay Animal Orgies! http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/hot_gay_animal_orgie An article in this month's Seed magazine argues convincingly that same-sex sexuality is not a mere genetic aberration, as Darwin believed, but a natural, and probably necessary, fact of life in the animal kingdom. (Darwin's theory of sexual selection, in short, states that males compete to procreate with as many females as possible. Females are reluctant; males are horny. Evolutionary success is defined by the quality of offspring. So any aberration from this relentless drive to procreate is a waste of precious fluids.) Now this: Giraffes have all-male orgies. So do bottlenose dolphins, killer whales, gray whales, and West Indian... Copyright 2007 Tue, 20 Jun 2006 14:12:50 -0800 Wed, 21 Jun 2006 06:54:17 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Dave Coffman Like and enjoy sex? Surely you jest! I do think that Penile Fencing should be an official sport at the Gay Games.

]]> Dave Coffman http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/hot_gay_animal_orgie#c377093 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/hot_gay_animal_orgie#c377093 What the Tue, 20 Jun 2006 15:12:02 -0800 Comment by annie The problem is that her claim relies on group selection, which, as is noted at the bottom of the linked article, is extremely hard to establish empirically. No doubt there is a lot of sexual diversity in the animal kingdom; I just don't know whether that means the theory of sexual selection (which has gotten a lot subtler since Darwin's time) is now defunct. Her blithe assertion that every animal is bisexual (I was fond of this hypothesis in high school) is equally problematic. My personal suspicion (not even a hypothesis) is that female homosexual behavior is not generally exclusive, while male homosexual behavior often is.

In other news, the female equivalent of penile fencing in bonobos is called G-G rubbing, which for some reason I find even more hilarious.

]]> annie http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/hot_gay_animal_orgie#c377215 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/hot_gay_animal_orgie#c377215 What the Tue, 20 Jun 2006 15:51:10 -0800 Comment by thehim I don't like apple pie.

]]> thehim http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/hot_gay_animal_orgie#c377315 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/hot_gay_animal_orgie#c377315 What the Tue, 20 Jun 2006 16:37:22 -0800 Comment by Lloyd Clydesdale None of those animals appear to be American, thank god.

]]> Lloyd Clydesdale http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/hot_gay_animal_orgie#c377497 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/hot_gay_animal_orgie#c377497 What the Tue, 20 Jun 2006 17:44:40 -0800 Comment by Mike in MO Penile fencing has just become my favorite pfase. I can't wait to use it.

]]> Mike in MO http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/hot_gay_animal_orgie#c377851 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/hot_gay_animal_orgie#c377851 What the Wed, 21 Jun 2006 06:54:17 -0800