there's something queerly egalitarian about it. Because if you've only got one gender, you can't have gender-based discrimination. No gender stereotypes. No 'men aren't like that' because, well, there's just people.
Except, WRONG.
People will always find ways to divide into 'us' vs 'them'. If not on gender/sexuality, then on skin color, language spoken, way of life, size, hair/eye color, tone of voice, you name it. People will figure it out.
If this particular planet is all egalitarian, they have achieved it independently of getting rid of the female sex - that had nothing to do with all the other divisions that plague people, nor the reason/need for creating those divisions in the first place.
how many humans would be attracted to the same sex given favorable cultural norms and no opposite sex at all.
I'd say nearly 100%. All those except the asexual, who aren't interested in sex at all.
More interesting, if reproduction is no longer tied to sex, in how much of the population will sexual desire persist? A lot, for a long time, is my guess. Was too critical for reproduction for too long.
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Date: 2013-01-18 05:28 am (UTC)Except, WRONG.
People will always find ways to divide into 'us' vs 'them'. If not on gender/sexuality, then on skin color, language spoken, way of life, size, hair/eye color, tone of voice, you name it. People will figure it out.
If this particular planet is all egalitarian, they have achieved it independently of getting rid of the female sex - that had nothing to do with all the other divisions that plague people, nor the reason/need for creating those divisions in the first place.
how many humans would be attracted to the same sex given favorable cultural norms and no opposite sex at all.
I'd say nearly 100%. All those except the asexual, who aren't interested in sex at all.
More interesting, if reproduction is no longer tied to sex, in how much of the population will sexual desire persist? A lot, for a long time, is my guess. Was too critical for reproduction for too long.