Last week, at the select mtee on the same-sex marriage bill, a lawyer for the Christian Instute revealed that a teacher had been discipled for refg to read to her charg a book about gay pengus. It is par for the urse to teach kids about adult stuff through animal tal. So mak sense
Contents:
- CAN ANIMALS BE GAY?
- CAN DOGS BE GAY? WELL, Y AND NO…
- CAN ANIMALS REALLY BE GAY?
- IS MY PET GAY?
- CAN ANIMALS BE GAY?
- CAN DOGS BE GAY?
- CAN ANIMALS REALLY BE GAY?
CAN ANIMALS BE GAY?
Is my dog gay if he humps another dog? Answerg this qutn requir unrstandg the many reasons dog hump one another - we'll expla this post! * can animals be gay yes or no *
The qutn of whether animals n be gay is one that has long fascated and ed nsternatn to scientists and laypeople alike.
Neverthels, the topic of same-sex behavur animals, and how such behavurs may have e to evolve is a fascatg the terms ‘gay’ and ‘heterosexual’ shouldn't really be applied to animalsDpe s e our tle, terms like 'gay' or 'heterosexual’ may not be the bt to e when scribg sexual behavurs animals.
CAN DOGS BE GAY? WELL, Y AND NO…
Stop wonrg whether or not dogs or ts n be gay and disver what science says about this behavr the animal kgdom. * can animals be gay yes or no *
Bee of this, animal ‘homosexualy’ has often been ignored, or else scientists have enavoured to fd var adaptive benefs to expla s of the adaptive explanatns clu var hypothised social benefs.
Contrary to this le of thought, however, more recent terpretatns have qutned whether the paradox of animal ‘homosexualy’ is really a paradox at all.
CAN ANIMALS REALLY BE GAY?
But are the same-sex scenars nothg more than hormon n wild, or do they actually reprent homosexual behavr and imply that such dogs are gay?
In short, dogs n’t really be gay, simply bee dogs don’t have a sexual orientatn or nsistent sexual preference the way some humans do.
IS MY PET GAY?
However, dogs n certaly exhib gay sexual behavr for a variety of reasons, which we’ll expla below!
CAN ANIMALS BE GAY?
Whether or not dogs and other animals posss a “sexual inty” or exhib long-term sexual preferenc, homosexual behavrs have been documented a wi variety of animals.
We obvly n’t munite wh dogs well enough to illumate such topics, so is difficult to distguish between an animal that has a long-term preference for same-sex dividuals, vers a heterosexual animal that engag a homosexual activy. One lm tt rearchers have vised seeks to distguish between the two possibili by notg whether or not the homosexual animal qutn will still breed wh a member of the oppose sex when is likely to lead to offsprg.
If, for example, a prumed “gay” male dog will still breed wh a female dog heat, he probably don’t have a tly homosexual inty; he jt engag homosexual behavr (such animals uld probably be intified as bisexual). Most animals to which this qutn has been applied turnout to be exhibg homosexual behavr – meang that while they may enjoy a romp the hay wh another male dog, they’ll rarely pass up the chance to breed wh a female.
CAN DOGS BE GAY?
Your dog don’t know whether he is straight or gay; nor do have any ia that sexual orientatn is a thg.
CAN ANIMALS REALLY BE GAY?
Homosexualy don’t even prevent your dog om succsfully reproducg, if that is somethg you have planned.