Summary Of Homosexuality By Michael Levin

As morality outweighs all other mental decisions, thought outweighs function. In Michael Levin’s analysis he states that, “Homosexuality is likely to cause unhappiness because it leaves unfulfilled an innate and innately rewarding desire.” This reasoning takes information from one fact and jumps to the conclusion of another. This slippery slope relies heavily on anatomy. Levin neglected human thought and pleasure, ultimately making his argument invalid.
Nature made it possible for the human race to survive through the use of sexual organs. Levin’s description about the function of the penis is correct. It’s biological purpose is to enter the vigina so reproduction can occur. Though, his statement about homosexually causing unhappiness has a large flaw. Men choose to become homosexual because it
brings them happiness. The penis itself doesn’t have a brain. The brain belongs to the male, who has the power to decide his own preferences. Feelings of happiness and sadness develop in the frontal lobe of the brain. Because reproductive organs don’t have brains they can’t form feelings. Therefore, using the penis in a different way than biology intended wouldn’t be a sources of sadness. Levin specially wrote about the male feeling unhappy due to unrewarded desires. This lacks the understanding that homosexuals sexual desires can be rewarded.
If the cause of something being abnormal roots from one using the body incorrectly than we all should be considered “abnormal.” Biologically the human body should sleep in four hour increments twice a day.
Biologically the human body should eat small snacks periodically throughout the day, not two or three big meals. If we were following the same guidelines that Levin creates in his argument the human race as a whole would be unhappy due to improper use of the body. In Levin’s comparison between exercise and homosexuality, he says that lacking exercise is “bad and abnormal not only because it is unhealthy but also because one feels poorly without regular exercise.” If exercising regularly means attending the gym or pursuing a physical activity every day many Americans would be considered lazy or in Levin’s words, “abnormal.” If the majority of people lack proper exercise, this would make it the new normal. Im not saying that homosexually is biologically normal. I am saying that all humans use their bodies incorrectly at some point. It can’t be assumed that incorrect use automatically leads makes one abnormal, so homosexualtiy can’t be defined as strange for this
reason. Michael Levins explains valid biological concerns of homosexuality, but has argument consists of many flaws. He gave an inanimate organ a brain with feelings. He explained homosexaluality with a narrow mind. In his argument it seemed acceptable for “normal” humans to perform abnormal behaviors, but unacceptable for men to be with men. Therefore, I reject Levin’s conclution that homsexuality is abnormal, due to the multiple fallacies present in the argument.