X-Message-Number: 16590
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 09:40:40 -0400
From: "Raphael T. Haftka" <>
Subject: I liked your post, Mike Darwin

Homosexuality and cryonics

Mike Darwin's post on homosexuals and cryonics was very instructive. It 
struck a chord in me, as my wife is quite hostile to cryonics. I noticed 
though that she and other women I know are fond of male gay men, while 
being hostile to gay women. Similarly, men appear to be hostile to gay men 
and not to lesbians. Evolutionary, one would expect the opposite, because 
you should be glad to have as many homosexuals of the same sex, so as to 
reduce the competition for members of the opposite sex.

The only explanation that I can come up with is that in the past, some 
heterosexuals masqueraded as gays in order to lull their competition into a 
false sense of security. Is there another possible explanation? Is the 
hostility purely cultural?


Raphael (Rafi) Haftka, Distinguished Professor          
University of Florida                                   phone:352-392-9595
Department of Aerospace Engineering,                    fax: -7303
Mechanics and Engineering 
Science                       http://www.aero.ufl.edu/~haftka
Gainesville, FL 32611

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