What is the real cause of homosexuality. is it heridetary or social?

Question

out my reading for years , i did not reach a result on the cause of
homosexuality.

Answer 1

I didn't have a choice in being hetrosexual, I was born that way. Something to with nature's rules, I guess. Same with, I expect, homosexuality.

Many homosexual people grow up in a completely straight environment and still turn out to be gay! Why?

P.S. The term homosexuality is quite misleading. It isn't about sex! It is about the chemisty of attraction. Prisoners, for example, display homosexual tendancies if they spend a long time in a prison but this doesn't mean they are gay, just really horny and desperate for sexual attention! This behaviour is not learned. We know that physical attraction is chemistry based. There is mountains of evidence to support this, from the subtle differences in our appearance to the pharamones that are we unknownly release into the air, and if you think about it from an evolutionary point of view, it makes sense for sexuality to have its roots in genetics anyway. For the species to survive, sexual relationships must be encouraged, otherwise who would both getting pregnant, which means that nature must have some inbuilt mechanism to enticen people to the idea of sexual intercourse with a member of the opposite sex. It is no coincidence that sex is nice! It is no coincidence that animals enjoy sex, too. Therefore the dominating factor must be genetic. I have spoken to couple of my gay friends on this subject and even they think that genetics has to play a big role. They didn't chose to be gay, the dice just rolled that way.

Answer 2

Scientists aren't completely sure on the "cause" of homosexuality. I personally believe it's a combination of factors.
Some are just born that way and it's no different than eye color or handedness. None of which are relevant to the person or his/her abilities as a fully functioning human being nor should their sexuality be a decisive factor in the area of rights, jobs or living spaces.

Homosexuals; gays, lesbians, bisexuals and even transgenders are human beings first.
Whether they became homosexual or were born that way really shouldn't matter.

Answer 3

To be/act homosexual is a choice. It is true that some males are born with "female" brains and vice versa which some would say that that's what make's someone "born" gay. However, think about it, NONE of us are born knowing sexuality. We LEARN through VERY early experiences how to relate to people. Sexuality is a LEARNED not an innate behavior.

If I am left on an island for years and years with another female and she is the only person I can relate to then I will learn to be "gay" (because that's ALL I have to relate to). But if there are three of us (an additional girl and boy other than me), then I have a choice who to relate to. None of use live on a secluded island with only one other person of the same sex, so it's always a choice.

Note: take those in prison for life for example. They are housed in an prison with those of same sex, therefore they (typical heterosexual people) are more likely to exhibit homosexual acts

Therefore it's social.

Answer 4

i think that this answer should be two-fold. People who are truly gay, or homosexual, are born that way. People know from a very early age that they are different. they may not know what that difference is, but they know that they are not like their same-sex friends in the way that they are developing their views on the opposite sex.

The second part is that "gay" is now in. I also think that there are a lot of straight people who are choosing to live a gay life-style for whatever reason. So, I guess my answer is both.

Answer 5

Check out Live science site,I believe there has been a survey done recently about the occurrence of Homosexuality when they have numerous older brothers---its seems to be ,occording to the survey,a genetic influence from the mother.This is yet just another survey, the debate,will surely go on.

Answer 6

All evidence points to a capacity for homosexuality being something a person is born with, not something learned. There is no general consensus on this point in the scientific community, however.

"Hereditary" it is not, clearly. Plenty of gay people have children who turn out to be straight, and vice versa.

Answer 7

I recently read something about where homosexuality is a genetic disorder (not a disorder as in a bad thing, but in a deviance from the mediocre heterosexual)
The mother carries this "gay" gene so to speak.

But this is a theory that is still looked to be proven. One genetic deviance has to be consistent in many homosexual people.

Answer 8

Both. Everyone has the potential for either sexual preference. It has a lot to do with hormone levels and DNA, but it also has to do with population and relationships within one's family. And for all you twits who think homosexuality is unnatural take a good long look at nature and you will see it especially when there is a need for population control.

Answer 9

I believe it is both, and that it depends on the individual as to what they are. To be gay or straight can be a choice that is made either by you or by your immediate community (family/friends). If you are born into a family who puts down gay people, than whether or not you have gay tendencies may be pushed aside because of the need to conform. You hear of so many instinces of men who are married for 20+ years who just leave their family because they find out they are gay. Eventually, these guys sexuality preferences come out, but only after years and years of acting how they think they should.
Or, you have girls who started out with straight tendences, only wanting to be with men. But then are sexually abused when young...even up to a young adult and then decide that they want to be gay, be with females...because the men they meet remind them too much of their attackers.
You can also have the guys and girls who say they are gay and act gay because they want to do something outside of the norm. Although in society it is quite accepted now to be gay, they may do this to go against their families wishes and/or beliefs.
Although these instinces do happen, I think generally, it is inherit whether we are gay or straight. The preference is already there. Just like it seems the preference for what we like in who we are sexually attracted to is already there. No one tells us to be attracted to a guy/girl with brown/blond/red hair, but yet..that preference is there anyway.
Regardless on whether these preferences are heridetary or social, I think that the happiness of the individual is what matters here. It is no fun to deny yourself of who you really are. So, whether you are gay or straight...as long as you are being true to who you are inside, that is really what we should be concerned about.
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Answer 10

I believe:
Sex is hereditary, as to male or female, at birth

But how that is expressed,
which is called "sexuality", comes not at birth, but at about 12-14 years, when our personalities have already begun to form.

So sexual nature gets "overlaid" on personality, which has begun to be either active or passive, etc.

And by the time the "sex fairy" comes, we have some self-image, ego, and self-esteem, which affect also how our sexuality is going to be expressed.

If a boy has grown up feeling passive or feminine, and then gets his bodily juices flowing at puberty, he is less likely to be a typical male heterosexual. Vice versa for females.

Now though, I do know a woman who says she played with her own organs at age 4, but I would say that is sex-exploration, rather than expression of sexuality.