'Natural order of things...'

Hi, C.O.

(Can't help but think of that as "Corporate Officer.") ;o)

Welcome to Girl Chat, thought I'm really not the one to say "welcome," as I'm rarely here myself. Liked your post, but that phrase did give me pause...

The phrase the natural order of things has been used to justify many of the excesses of humanity over the millennia: the conquest of less advanced peoples by their superiors, the refusal to grant women status as equals in many contemporary cultures today, the continuing practice of slavery in some parts of the world. There are of course many other examples.

In saying that something is not part of the natural order of things, we have to distinguish between things that are unnatural in the biological sense, in which case evolution will weed out the aberrance, or in the cultural sense, in which case they may be perfectly viable biologically but are merely not representative of the norm in society. In the first case they need not come to the attention of society at all, and in the second case they shouldnt, assuming no harm is done. As NewGuy observed below, they simply become variants in the fabric of society.

The fact that such minor variants on the larger theme of sexuality as attraction to minors and heterosexuality have not vanished over the time of human tenure on the planet implies one of two things: either they are an integral part of the natural order of things, serving a function that is presently obscure to us, or they arise as reactions to cultural pressures and thereby serve to resist some aspect of culture. That they are not the dominant themes is not important; Man himself was once a minor variant on the many forms of life on the planet.

I dont know whether homosexuality and attraction to minors are biological or cultural imperatives; but, either way, they are part of the natural order of things, else they would have vanished long ago. And, as many have observed, Nature is in any case more often something to be risen above than emulated.

Regards and welcome,

FilmBuff