I asked a question earlier having gay people educate me on why they are attracted to the opposite sex and I got called intolerant. I'm just trying to see how possibly you could find the opposite sex attractive. And, no it's not genetic...it's a choice so dont' pull that one on me.
2006-10-06 15:56:45 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
I didn't mean attracted to the opposite sex, I meant attracted to the same sex. AND I'M NOT IGNORANT, IT IS NOT GENETIC, IT IS A CHOICE THAT YOU MAKE TO BE GAY. IT'S A CHOICE TO BE STRAIGHT AS WELL.
2006-10-06 16:06:21 · update #1
Also, I'm not offended by gays, I just dont' agree with it...errrr
2006-10-06 16:07:30 · update #2
Why are all the people reading this assuming I'm a guy...the answer is yes to all your questions about finding guys attractive because i'm not a freaking guy, I"M A GIRL PPL!
2006-10-06 16:17:57 · update #3
OK, I have always been attracted to girls, never to guys, did you choose to be straight? What a stupid question, yes I said it, what are you doing here anyway? Hurting other people, is that how you get your kicks? It seems like you are looking for a fight, nothing better to do? We are people just like anyone else, don't insult our intelligience just because you are insecure about yourself.
Another dickshit that should not be here.
2006-10-08 01:51:27 · answer #1 · answered by spiritcavegrl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So...
what you are saying is...that, sometime during your life- you asked yourself "hmmm...do I want a man, or a woman"? ...and your answer was the opposite sex???
That must be what happened...since, you just said that sexual attraction wasn't something you were just genetically predisposed to...it was a choice! That's what you said!
Well, if that theory applies to those who are attracted to the opposite sex- then, that same theory would also have to apply for those who are attracted to the same sex. Therefore, if you think that somewhere along the line both hetero and homosexuals made a choice. Then, you are discounting the choice that homosexuals made...thereby, proving yourself as "intolerant".
No matter what the arguement is...whether people believe that there was a choice made- or, that people are genetically predisposed to be attracted to a certain sex, the end result is the same. People are with who they are happy with. THE END!
Why mince it?
Why judge it?
Why disect it?
Why be offended by it?
It simply is what it is!
P.S.
For the person who commented that the person asking the question was/is being intolerant as a sole result of the Country in which is from... you have just proven that prejudice comes in many forms...if he is wrong for his judgement regarding sexuality...how do you label him as intolerant or ignorant, in the same breath that you are so clearly displaying ignorance and intolerance over his homeland?
2006-10-06 23:04:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
OK if it is not genetic and you are a heterosexual by "choice" then how can YOU say it isn't genetic? DID you consciously decide to like girls-have you EVER in your life been physically/sexually attracted to a man?
If so did you act on that attraction?
IF NOT THEN how can you say then that you "chose" to be heterosexual?
sexual attraction is a variable and often misunderstood thing. If we completely understood it and how a deviant attraction begins we could end pedophilia. BUT we don't and how arrogant of you to assume because you are straight and normal that someone else that is gay isn't normal because YOU say his genetics DON'T say he is supposed to be gay.
There are many many genes that we have NO IDEA what they do.
Why did I answer this--because I am bisexual but am in a monogamous heterosexual marriage BY CHOICE.
I am attracted to both and have had relationships with both----I chose-----Did you? Did you really?
studies vary but reportedly homosexuals make up between 3-10% of the population.
here are some numbers for you and an analogy
Left handed people make up about 15% of the population......
just something for you to think about----are you right or left handed? did you chose or was it your genetics? how do you know?
2006-10-06 23:15:51 · answer #3 · answered by rwl_is_taken 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sorry to inform you but it is NOT a choice. People can not help who the love they are not suppose to. They only choice in the matter is either to life a lie by trying to pretend to be straight when your not or be true to your self and love who you love.
Why do you feel that you have the right to say what other people can do with their personal life? Cause you DON'T! I suggest you do some research on homosexuals cause it's not a choice!!!!
BTW if you are gay you are attracted to the same sex NOT the opposite sex as you put in your question. Bi-sexual are attracted to both males and females. Lesbians are attracted to females and gay men are attracted to men.
2006-10-06 23:01:22 · answer #4 · answered by larrys_babygurl_4life 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It may be a choice for someone to choose to be with a member of the opposite sex or the same sex but who you are attracted to is genetic, I think it has a lot to to with the balance of hormones in the body, although I am not certain. You cannot deny something which you do not really know anything about, it makes you sound ignorant, sorry. HTH : )
2006-10-06 23:20:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do you know what EVERY SINGLE GENE in our DNA does??? I doubt it, especially since scientists still don't. So who the f*** are you to tell me that being gay isn't genetic??? I sure as HELL didn't choose to be an outcast from most of society. Why would I? So screw you b*tch.
Now, let's take a look at your question..."Why do homosexual people feel that anti-gay's are so 'intolerant'?" Let's take a look at the phrase "anti-gay's are so 'intolerant'" You answered your own question there sweetheart. Anti-gays are intolerant. If you are "anti" anything YOU DON'T TOLERATE IT!!!!!! You don't support it. YOU DON'T LIKE IT AT ALL!!!!
Sheesh....Also, you keep saying opposite sex, when you should say same sex. Homo=same, not opposite. DUH! I'm not attracted to men, I'm attracted to women.
You should be more attentive to what you are typing, because you have errors all over that question.
Love to all!!!
2006-10-07 03:03:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's the meanness factor. People just don't say "I don't believe in your lifestyle" or "Stop acting like that." They are mean towards someone who is gay, bisexual, or anyone they suspect is not a straight person. LGBT people as a group do not trust straight people because they have been talked down to by them repeatedly. After while, even the most forgiving person who is treated like that will develop an immediate mistrust of those who are not like him or her.
You have asked really two questions at a time -- or have alluded to one you already asked. When someone who is LGBT tells you it is very natural for them to be who they are, that they cannot help it, they are not lying to you. They might explain that away by bringing up genetics, or hormones affecting the fetal brain, or even social forces affecting their developing sexuality in childhood or adolescence, but in the end, they become powerless to be anything other than who they are. The only choice LGBT really have is not to act on who they really are (as the late pope, John Paul II said). And to many, that is not possible or feasible.
2006-10-07 01:57:17 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
As long as you know that just because someone is different from you doesn't mean they're wrong and evil and blah, blah, blah, I dont have a problem with you. I'm a big believer in accepting other people's opinions and not forcing my own on them, that's all I ask in return. I'm willing to listen to your opinion (that sexuality is a choice) without forcing mine on you (that it isn't a choice). Until science can actually look at our DNA and point out the chromosome or whatever that definies our sexuality, either one of us could be right. *shrug*
I'm irked by the people who come around and say "You're gay? Then you're evil and wrong and going to hell." I find them intolerant, because by definition they are. They do not tolerate me and my ways and beliefs. Therefore, they are intolerant. If they expressed an OPINION (i.e. Gays aren't accepted by God, it says so in the Bible), it allows me to add my own opinion (i.e. the same book says bunnies, salads, and shaving are wrong too).
Uh... and Levithans actually does say that bunnies, salads and shaving are sins... along with some other stuff I can't remember but is equally ridiculous. Just, FYI
2006-10-06 23:25:13 · answer #8 · answered by Suraya 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Top assumptions:
Everyone is straight until proven otherwise.
Anonymous gaybashers are most likely male.
Muslims hate americans.
White people are christian.
Black people like rap.
etc...
As for your question, you'd have to explain what you mean by "anti-gay." I'd need a little more info to really be able to answer your question. Oh, and try to be a little more tactful. Avoid wording that offends people, unless that's all you're trying to do.
2006-10-07 10:49:19 · answer #9 · answered by carora13 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you dont KNOW thats its not genetic, so dont assume that. Its not pulling anything, nothings been proven either way. Personally, i think it has to do with upbringing and experice, but thats my opion.
people are attracted to other people for the same reasons you are. Their face, their body etc. They just arent attracted to what you find normal, the same way some people like fat girls.
They relate better to some people, which they found, is their same sex.
Its really not odd. I dont know why its so mysterious to some people.
2006-10-06 23:02:22 · answer #10 · answered by desi 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋