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WHY INSECTS HAVE GAY SEX
Yet spe this, homosexualy sects – which rri all of the risks of sex whout the evolutnary benef of passg on gen – has been seen more than 100 speci. No real nsens has been reached on why sect homosexualy is so mon, wh different studi supportg or refutg particular ias even wh the same speci. There are dozens of ias ed to expla homosexual behavur sects, which broadly fall to two tegori.
Eher they suggt sect homosexualy has evolved bee actually helps mal have more offsprg, or that is not an evolutnary adaptatn and stead occurs when mal simply don’t regnise potential mat. In the former tegory, scientists have suggted male homosexual activi may rce matg petn by distractg or jurg other mal, or tablishg social allianc wh them or domance over them. On the other hand, homosexual behavur sects may provi no evolutnary advantage and stead be due to nfn ed by environmental factors (as when u fli nsume alhol rottg u).
Homosexualy is wily reported many beetle speci. So those beetl who me om a group wh greater sexual petn were ls likely to show homosexual behavur.
THE MATG MALE BEETL ARE NOT GAY, JT INPETENT
The implitn is that homosexual behavur sects, pecially the beetl, isn’t an evolutnary adaptatn bee, where there is the prsure of sexual petn, be ls mon over time. Instead, our rearch adds to the weight of evince suggtg sect homosexualy is the rult of poor mate-spottg abili, although we still don’t know exactly why this occurs.
Wh the historic supreme urt heargs this week, there has been much discsn about homosexualy*. One of the ‘arguments’ that you often hear om the anti-gay rights si is that beg gay isn’t natural. Homosexualy is also mon many sects, and some flour beetle mal actually mate 50% of the time wh other mal.