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Region: The Western Isles

It's human nature to be wary of things different to what you are/know/believe. That's why tribalism exists (from an international level [those damn Mexicans stealing our jobs] right down to your neighbors [Weird vegan liberal millenials ruining a perfectly good cookout with quinoa instead of steaks] ). Doesn't mean you need to try to dehumanize and demean the Other Guy because they have a quality that is completely out of their control.

Evolutionarily speaking there is an advantage of having some members of the species not procreate: They can watch over the children while the parents gather resources. I'm on mobile so I can't find it right now but it has been documented, as is a multitude of species with recorded homosexual tendencies. There's a difference between Natural and Normal that a lot of people don't understand.

Pederasty is sexual assault and grooming of a minor. It's pedophilia under a different name and was (and is) an abhorrent practice. It wasn't even that common and even back then a lot of people frowned upon it. It is not comparable to being gay, just so happens to be a specific subset of statutory rape and grooming that only applies towards boys as the victim

No, it doesn't mean dehumanization. I strictly wanted to go at this detached from ethics.
That depends, I'd say. But I can see the reason behind it. It would be interesting if creating gay people was basically nature's way of daycare.
When it comes to pederasty I was pointing it out as a practice that seemed normal at the time; yet is abhorrent to us today. From a detached perspective, you can compare the two, but i can understand why you wouldn't want to... it's a touchy subject. Going off on a tangent; i remember hearing something about Socrates being mocked for specifically not engaging in the practice. Wouldn't it be hilarious if they killed him for not being a pedophile?

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