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  1. I'm writing from a non-western, non-heterosexual country, and I have worked with men on the issues of gender and sexuality for the past 11 years. Here are some of the things I have to say: 1 Heterosexuality and homosexuality are both artificial/ unnatural western concepts, found only in a society which is artificially heterosexualised. 2. There is no heterosexuality in nature amongst mammals and most other species. Heterosexuality is defined as a sexual desire encompassing all of the following: - Sex for reproduction. - Sex for pleasure and for bonding. - A desire and capability (of male) to form intimate and long term bond with the female. - A repulsion of the male towards male eroticism. - An inability of the male to form intimate and long term bond with another male. apart from the above the following are also important attributes associated with heterosexuality: - It is a masculine trait - It is the normal and majority male trait As per the above definition (which is how heterosexuality is practised in the west), amongst mammals only the 1st, i.e. sex for reproduction takes place. The first important thing to know is that females and especially males in mammals live separate lives from each other, in separate groups. Only about 5% of males in mammalian species display a sexual intimacy with the female which is long lasting. Most male-female sexual encounters in the wild are limited to quickies once in a year or so, soon after which the partners disperse never to meet again. There is a small percentage of males (in species like the wolves) which shows partial long term bonding, in the sense that they spend a couple of months or years in a female group as their leaders. Although it would be wrong to call it bonding since the males (in a group of two or three) control the whole pack of females rather than bond with them. These are the males who show a behaviour closest to heterosexuality. The above class of 'heterosexual' males in other mammalian species --- like the elephants --- however spend their time living in isolation since the female groups will not accept them. Most males however live together with other males, often forming pairs which are often long lasting, often lasting a life-time. These bonds have a strong sexual element in them as has been proved by several leading scientists lately (Bruce Bagemihl, Johann Roughgarden, Simone, etc.) But the above cannot be categorised as 'homosexuality'. Because homosexuality is another western concept which encompasses all of the following (as is practised in the west): - the sexual desire of a feminine gendered male for another male. - A trait which is a 'deviation', and is found only in a minority. - A trait which is caused when something goes wrong with the male's biology. The sexual behaviour of male-male bonds exhibited in the wild is mainstream and masculine gendered, and thus cannot be classified as 'homosexuality'. Also, the only heterosexual behaviour exhibited in the wild involves feminine gendered males, as seen amongst sheep, sea lions and red foxes. And there is no proof of a male sexual repulsion of other males, which is the main pillar stone of the western heterosexual identity.
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