There has been considerable investigation around the premise that homosexuality has a physical basis and is not learned behavior. Some research has found that the brains of gay men reacted more like those of women than of straight men in reaction to certain hormones and pheromones. Brain structure studies have shown that homosexual men may have differences in the size of the stria terminalis, an area of the brain related to sexual behavior. Other studies have shown the brain structure called the anterior commissure to be 34 percent larger in homosexual males than in heterosexual males. It is, according to recent research a distinct possibility that homosexuals have either abnormal brain structure or abnormal chemical imbalances.
Many concepts of law and in the field of mental illness are based on what is viewed as “normal,” abnormal, or “appropriate” behavior. Even though these terms are subjective most reasonable people and even professionals in law and medicine (albeit with years of training and experience) find little difficulty in classifying a person’s behavior as abnormal i.e. falling outside the norms of society.
The question then begs, can we ‘normalize’ homosexuality? If distinct physical or chemical differences between heterosexuals and homosexuals are present how can these unfortunate brain deformed people be considered normal?
The second question then begs, can laws (marriage laws for example) be passed as if these people are normal when they are really an abnormal oddity and should be considered as such?
2006-08-19
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