Is homosexuality and bisexuality natural? Is it normal?
Statistically speaking same-sex behaviour is indeed not the ‘norm,” but this is rarely the sense in which ‘normal’ is employed. In asking these questions, people are really wondering if homosexuality and bisexuality is moral. “Morality and “wrongness” are often the issues being raised here, not the nature or normalcy of homosexuality and bisexuality. It is important to consider the value judgements that society attaches to concepts such as “natural’ and ‘normal.” Each culture or society throughout the world defines what is ‘natural’ or ‘normal’ to fit its own context, and these definitions differ. In many contemporary Western cultures, many people do not consider homosexuality and bisexuality to be normal. Historically, however, homosexuality and bisexual behaviour has existed since the earliest of human societies, throughout the ages to the present day. It has been part of every culture, socio-economic class, educational level, and race. Anthropologists Ford and Beach surveyed 76 soci
