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Not all gay people are born gay. I've seen people go back and fourth a number of times, but that contradicts the theory that "gay" is brought over on a chromosome. Therefore, certian gay people may be gay for reasons other than biological. Some people might by gay as a way to deal with certian social pressures and rules that they do not follow. Women, as an example, are certianally more likely on the whole than men to be open to trying a homosexual experience if they are straight by nature. This almost certianally has to do with the developmental process of women being more towards healthy attitudes towards sex. Little girls are taught that sex is special, little boys are told to stop beating off (it's not the case always, but it is the norm).
Because women have to take care of young (as a part of inate behavior, not that women should stay home out of some biological obligation, do what makes you happy) they are more proned to being empathic. This natural heightened empathy creates ease when dealing with other people that does not come as naturally for men. This translates to many social areas, including sexuality.
It is quite clever to draw an association between the empathy and polygamy. Obviously there are very few cases of polygamy as a part of a society that bonds several emn to one woman. It is logical to assume that there is a reason that multiple female polygamy is the norm (in polygamy, not overall). I think that the female empathetic assiciation to sexuality could be a good explaination for this. I remember reading soemthing similar somewhere, I'll let you know if I can find the book.
Excelent post, Medusa.
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