08-10-2017, 05:26 AM
My Reply to the Unnatural Argument. Posted on January 30th 2011 on Huma's sight now long gone.
Often people see sex only for procreation to produce offspring only. Also that sex outside of the purposes of procreation is unnatural. This argument is wrong. It is true that at its most basic and fundamental level that sex is so a male and female can pass their genetic information down to the next generation. But sex is hardly only for procreation purposes.
While most would think that only humans have sex for enjoyment, other primates, the bonobo and chimpanzee as leading examples, and dolphins also have sex for enjoyment. Sex is also used to display dominance or to relive off tension as well. The bonobo uses sex for conflict resolution for example. Masturbation is used by most animals, at its most bask level, to reduce testosterone levels and masturbation does not lead to offspring.
Homosexuality also does not lead to offspring but more and more zoologist are discovering that homosexuality and bisexuality are normal and more common in the animal kingdom then was previously speculated. Almost everyday zoologist find evidence of another animal in the wild that displays homo- or bisexual tendencies. Also humans are not the only animals to display cross-species sex. K9's, felines, rabbits, cows, horses, elephants, dolphins, primates, etc., etc., have also been known to mate with other animals outside their own species. Whether these cross-species mating can result in offspring, such as the mule of a horse and donkey, or the liger of a lion and tiger, are not the issue.
Animals in the wild and captivity have been known and documented to have sex for non-procreation purposes. Not only have homo- and bisexuality, masturbation, and cross-species sex been found in humans but in most of the rest of the animal kingdom as well. So the argument is not that it is unnatural, because it has been proven to be very natural. Again primates are one of the leaders of cross-sexuality encounters and humans, as primates, are no exception.
