> David Epstein wrote > And here's one more--the reference for what I referred to yesterday as > the "Bowie/Jagger" hypothesis of heterozygote advantage (i.e. having > one copy of a recessive "gay allele" increases men's sexual allure). > > A related hypothesis might be that the "gay allele(s)" help to foster > cooperation & bonding among males. This might reduce the traditional > antagonism/aggression between adult males seen in most primate species and > simultaneously foster the cooperation and bonding needed for effectve > hunting, group (i.e., kin)defense, and even aggression toward other groups > (i.e., "war"). > Ed ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Edward I. Pollak, Ph.D. Graduate Coordinator, Holocaust and Genocide Studies http://www.wcupa.edu/_ACADEMICS/holocaust/ Department of Psychology, West Chester Univ. of Pennsylvania Home: 610-363-1939; Office: 610-436-3151; Fax: 610-436-2846 Office Hours: Mon. noon-2pm; Tues. & Thurs. 8-9:15am and 12:30-2pm and by appointment ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Husband, father, grandfather, biopsychologist, bluegrass fiddler and herpetoculturist (http://hometown.aol.com/eip1/home.html) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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