Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Sexual Revolution

I don't believe in homosexuality.

But then, I don't believe in heterosexuality, either.

I believe we are merely sexual. The largest organ in the human body is the skin, and it is packed with touch receptors. Anything that makes it feel good will get a strong reaction in our brain. When you scratch a dog's belly, why do you imagine its eyes roll back and its leg starts shaking? They evolved to expect claws; our soft fingers must be amazing to them.

The same happens with humans. It doesn't really matter what the stimulus is, as long as it feels good. Just as smells evoke different emotions in people, different touches will evoke a different response. For some, it will be strictly heterosexual. For some it will be homosexual. For others, it may be omnisexual, or zoosexual, or different at different times in their life. It even explains fetishes.

I think we have traumatized too many people who didn't conform to our own narrow preference. It seems such a silly thing to worry about. Who is getting hurt? How is two people making each other happy an affront to you?

The world could use a few more happy people.