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Are People Born Gay?
- Thread starter Nebulous
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There is no scientific proof that people are born gay. I believe that people can be born with a genetic predisposition toward being homosexual. I think a good example would be Cher's daughter Chastity Bono now known as Chaz. Chastity (IMO) was born with a genetic predisposition to be a male not female. Not all act on this predisposition due to being afraid of how society will react to them. I think it's a shame that in today's society that the gay community still do not have equal rights and feel they have to hide their genetic predisposition toward being homosexual.
I don't think that people are born gay.
Jazzy said:
The OP asked what do you think. So I ask you what the OP asked: Do you think people are born gay? [/quote]
I agree with the Stanford article. I believe people can be born with a significant predisposition toward being gay, and then environmental factors, early childhood, childhood and perhaps even prenatal factors play a role as well.
The research just isn't conclusive. We can dismiss the idea that sexual orientation is a choice, although that explanation has never made any sort of sense, but we don't yet have a complete explanation of what determines sexual orientation, just the same as we aren't sure exactly what causes autism most of the time.
I'd say its random, different people have different reasons. One person could be born that way and another could have had a traumatizing childhood and another could have just slowly changed preferences at some other stage in life.
I honestly don't have an opinion on the matter.
You may be born with a tendency for diabetes or cancer, but there are definitely lifestyle choices and issues that contribute to whether it happens to you or not.
People used to be retrained if it was found that they were Left Handed so they wrote the Correct Way. Was it right or wrong? Who knows?
In either case. I'll add this, then go away.
The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.
- Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790)
You may be born with a tendency for diabetes or cancer, but there are definitely lifestyle choices and issues that contribute to whether it happens to you or not.
People used to be retrained if it was found that they were Left Handed so they wrote the Correct Way. Was it right or wrong? Who knows?
In either case. I'll add this, then go away.
The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.
- Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790)
Jazzy said:
We do not fully understand which environmental factors affect sexual orientation. What we do know is that genetics do play a significant factor.
Why does the explanation not make any sense?[/quote]
Becuase it doesn't make sense to me that people would consiously chose to be gay in societies where they are hated, discriminated and even killed for it.
Yes, but many factors that increase risk of cancer are unavoidable. Some people get cancer despite a healthy lifestyle because of family history.
Jazzy said:
Oh, gee.... that would mean that personal choice does play a role.
Damn.
I do think that people are born gay to an extent. But you get people using the choice card by talking about gay people who then chose to be straight. To me that just makes them bisexual, but whatever.
To the people who think it IS a choice, (I love this bit.) turn yourself gay. Go ahead. If it's a choice, anyone can do it, so go ahead and do it. It'd prove your POV without a doubt. :3
Funnily enough nobody's ever proven it to me. Strange...
To the people who think it IS a choice, (I love this bit.) turn yourself gay. Go ahead. If it's a choice, anyone can do it, so go ahead and do it. It'd prove your POV without a doubt. :3
Funnily enough nobody's ever proven it to me. Strange...
DrLeftover said:
Oh, gee.... that would mean that personal choice does play a role.
Damn.[/quote]
Actually it doesn't at all... Genes and personal choice are not the only two possible things.
There are environmental factors, stress at an early age, possibly certain longterm diseases could have an effect.
Dr. Leftover, why would so many people throughout time choose to be gay when they are persecuted, hated, and even killed for it?
But honestly, whether its a choice or not shouldn't matter. Gay marriage and gay adoption should be legal everywhere and don't ask don't tell should be repealed.
