Scientific Research On Homosexuality And Its Philosophical Implications, Plus The Roles Of Parenting And “Okonkwo Complex”In Sexual Identity Development

Abstract

In this study, I aimed to subject to philosophical analysis the scientific data from biological science researches that are conducted into the phenomenon of homosexuality in order to give philosophical interpretation to it thereby establishing the normative values of the scientific findings. From the study, I observed that much of the scientific data on homosexuality established the phenomenon as ingrained in the human biological construct. I argued that although homoeroticism is biological construct of the homosexual, parenting plays significant role in the sexual identity ultimately developed by an individual. I have presented three conceptual frameworks to show how this happens. I determined that homoeroticism and homosexuality are not exactly the same thing; homoeroticism is a biological construct, while homosexuality is a social construct. I also determine that sexual orientation (which results from eros) is not necessarily the same thing as sexual identity (such as homosexuality or heterosexuality, which results from socialization processes). I argued that sexuality is a synthesis of dialectical interactions between the factors internal within and external to the homosexual"s body; but that the external is conditioned by the internal. I adopted the paradigm of existentialism as the philosophical framework for the analysis. In conclusion, I argued that if the homosexual"s sexual orientation is native biological construct of his/her body, then the homosexual has no control over his/her sexual orientation. The philosophical implication of that finding is that homoeroticism is facticity; and as facticity the homosexual cannot escape from being homosexual. Despite this, I used the Two-Way Test (TWT) to show that homosexuality is immoral act; although the homosexual is not an immoral person. However, I have demonstrated that the failed moral status of homosexuality is not enough ground to criminalize homosexuality.

Queering the Nigerian Cinema and Politics of Gay Culture

“…With the decentering of Freud's above theories by modern critics, scholars such as Simon LeVay (1991) resorted to proving the geneticity of LGBT with the medium of biological experimentation. According to Ibanga (2017) Simon LeVay contends that "the brain of heterosexuals and homosexuals were diff erent morphologically: The brain clusters was more than twice large in the heterosexual than in the homosexual" (p. 62). While LeVay's fi nding was gladly received by the gay community, "his study has been criticised for methodological errors including failure to adequately identify a controlled group, using a small sample group and taking samples from homosexuals who died of AIDS."…”