Someone in the comment section mentioned that there may be a correlation to rise of gays and the rise of urban life. Their reasoning was something about not having to reproduce.<p>It has gotten me to think about this. In general male and females are the same except we have organs that allows reproduction. Essentially that&#x27;s it. As we passed the 7 billion people mark (let alone 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 billion) do we really feel the need to populate? Sure a lot of us are embedded with sexual desires, but as the population grows sex for recreation takes place over sex for survival.<p>This bring me to another thought about conservatives. They disagree with sex between the same gender. In a way they have a point. Googling &quot;conservative&quot; grants the following definition -<p>&quot;holding to traditional attitudes and values and cautious about change or innovation, typically in relation to politics or religion.&quot;<p>Back in the day there was much more of a need for sexual reproduction as the human race had been plagued with deaths, diseases, and unfortunately events. There was no need for &quot;nonsense&quot; like having fun. We had to survive! You&#x27;d follow an order (be it wealth, race, gender roles) and that&#x27;s that. As we began to master or land and really create our own destiny having fun (e.g. sex) became something to do for fun. Its a circle...<p>Idunno, just a thought. Its an interesting topic non-the-less.