There are three main thoughts to this question. First, it has been proven in scientific studies that there is a gene that does alter ones sexual identity. It can be a simple prefrence from opposite sex to same sex, or even as deep as sexual identity; i.e., being born in a male body but knowing your a female. Sience in time will clearify this.
Second, is the concept of how one was raised. An all female family, which has not been proven scientificly to be true. Or as the latest report of being the youngest male in a family with multiple males, which also is not fully proven. Finally, how that person was raised, the social problems, girl problems, etc. Again, only in small percentage does this have any revalince. There is also the aspect of sexual abuse as the child grows up. This too has been reported, but in the overall aspect it is again a very small percentage of gays.
Third, the spiritual concept. Many believe that as a soul goes through its continued growth process, which includes reincarnation, the soul chooses prior to birth to live a life as a gay/lesbian, person. In so choosing this, they move society further along the road of improvement, understanding and acceptance, which if you look over the past 30 years has happened. This can not be proven scientificly. It is only a spiritual issue.
It should be noted that as society has changed over the years, bisexuality has grown at the same time, and will continue to do so. In this respect, many believe that it is due to the acceptance of people beyound the body. It is a more deeper view of the soul, since the soul has no sexual identity, one who learns to love people for the true aspect, the soul, then the body has nothing to do with it. Thus, sex with anyone can happen because of the love for the soul, not the body.
2006-07-04 03:20:30
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answered by The Wizard 1
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There's something on the bbc news website in science and nature right now about that, It's said that if a mother has lots of sons, the youngest ones are more likely to be homosexual. The mother's body puts up a defence against the male presence in the body every time she gets pregnant with a boy. If a woman has several boys, this chemical defence level is higher each time. This chemical could be the reason that males become gay, but it doesn't explain females.
2006-07-04 09:56:13
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answered by genghis41f 6
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I don't think that people are born straight or gay, and I don't believe that science holds all the answers!! What I do believe is that we ALL sit on a sexual scale which ranges from straight through to bi and then gay, and with a whole load of other 'things' in between. Its our own fears that stops us from exploring the full potential of this sexual scale. Some people choose to explore it and others choose not to. Finding your sexual preference can be a life long journey. I think science likes to package things in tidy little boxes with relevant labels - but I really don't think it is as easy as this. If we really want an understanding of why people are gay then we need to ask the questions that no one wants to ask.
2006-07-04 10:42:15
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answered by Robbie B 3
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It's a kind of malfunction in the genes. Just like some people are born with physical disabilities, being homosexual is a kind of disability. It's something that has gone a bit wrong - like being born with 6 toes or something.
2006-07-04 09:52:29
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answer #4
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answered by Anonymous
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The same percentage of gays are apparent in all group societies of mammals. The current research is that the womb rejects the male foetus and the resulting chemical change can retard the development of the male aspects of the brain.
2006-07-04 09:56:33
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answered by christopher_cundy 2
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It has nothing to do with his siblings being female!!! You are who you are on conception!! Studies have found that a gay mans brain is formed in a similar way to a womans. That would be a reason maybe?
2006-07-04 09:54:47
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answered by Mummy 2
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a persons sexual tastes, are defined in the most basic form by their experiences both good and bad qwithin the first 36 months. there are obviously altering factors that come after this, for example i would never expect to see a 3 year old with a pvc fetish, but that's basically it.
The role of genetics in sexual orientation, is as yet, not fully known.
2006-07-05 09:11:35
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answered by luke_lanham 2
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Its been said that in the womb all humans start out as a female.
I guess some of the genetics dont phase out when the male DNA or RNA sequence is switched on.
It's either that or a conscious decision.
2006-07-04 09:56:32
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answered by Biker 6
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I think it's pretty funny that straight people have an "opinion" as to why I am who I am. Here's why I think I'm gay.
First off, there are probably sound scientific reasons that some people's sexuality is geared towards members of the same sex. One thing that's becoming increasingly apparent is that there is no one single factor involved. But I guarantee you that I'm no more "defective" than anybody else. In fact, I'd be really, really careful about accusing somebody else of being genetically "defective." Should we be walking up to people and saying, "My goodness, you have pale skin. That's a genetic defect, you know! And by the way, human men should have a lot more hair on their chests than YOU do. GENETIC DEFECT!" I could get a lot meaner than than, but I think you get my drift. My point is that simply because a trait is GENETICALLY BASED doesn't make it a DEFECT.
As for the "social" influences, I was not sexually molested nor in any other way damaged, nor were most of the gay people I know. Speaking for myself, I had a happy childhood and was loved very much by both my parents. My mother was attentive but not overly affectionate, and my dad was a kind and generous blue collar worker at Southern Pacific railroad, who liked football and an occasional beer. I had one older brother who I admired quite a lot. I'm pretty well convinced that the "social" influences on homosexuality apply almost exclusively--and very inconsistently--in cases of childhood sexual abuse, and that's not something I could even begin to speak on.
My first sexual feelings--which I didn't even recognize as sexual feelings at the time, just a kind of inexplicable excitement--happened when I was around eight years old, and they were undeniably homosexual. If I DECIDED to be gay, then I'm living with a decision made by an eight-year-old boy in 1972. But I'm pretty sure that I didn't decide to be gay any more than my neighbor "decided" to be straight. And I'm just as incapable of changing my sexual orientation to straight (at least in any truly meaningful way) as he is of abandoning women forever in favor of a loving relationship with another guy. It just cannot happen. (On a personal note, I spent many, many years trying to reshape myself into a straight guy. I've been married, loved my wife a lot and had two great kids. But I was NEVER not gay.)
I suspect that many, if not most, boys have sexual play at one time or another with other boys. Some straight men play with other guys sexually. That's not being gay. That's normal male sexual behavior. I think the difference lies not only in degree (a stronger physical attraction to men than to women, or a lack of physical attraction to women altogether) but also in the emotional connections we make with others. I don't know if there's an actual word for it, but it's "sexual/emotional" mixed together. Straight guys feel it towards women. Gay guys feel it towards other men.
Now I'm going to go out on a bit of a limb and say that if a guy tells you he's gay because he was hurt by a woman, he's almost certainly trying to place the "blame" for his pre-existing homosexuality on some poor woman. It's a really quite ancient trick.
I'd like to only briefly mention gay culture, here, because that's a whole different animal. A lot of straight (and gay) people equate being gay with being a participant in a particular "lifestyle," which is truly as useless a term as talking about a "straight" lifestyle. There is gay culture, but you have to be really careful you don't assume that every gay person participates in every aspect of gay culture. Participation in gay culture is a choice--probably a logical choice for a lot of gay people who would be very lonely without!--but a choice nevertheless.
So what's my opinion as to what makes a guy gay? Just this:
It's how God makes us, and how He wants us to be. He never asked me what I wanted (if he had, I actually might have tried to get rid of the "will go bald at thirty-eight" thing before the "gay" thing). And beyond that, it doesn't really much matter.
2006-07-04 13:02:08
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answered by Patrick C 4
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i don't know if this serves you much relevancy, but it has been noted in some studies that gay males often have gay family members on their mother's side of the family. However, it is duely noted that biological factors and cultural factors play a huge role!
2006-07-04 23:58:46
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answered by Andrew A 2
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