Could bisexuality be a learned behavior ? If you have opposite sex impulses but were conditioned though out your childhood that same sex was Ok , would you consider all sex appropriate ? I am sure you would still prefer one more than the other but would try it. This would apply more to children of the same sex as the parents.
2006-10-19 16:12:56 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
Well, I suppose one only need look at the greeks to get an answer to that question. As much as I love to insist that sexual preference is basically from birth, I have to concede this point.
2006-10-19 16:14:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
I am no expert but I would bet a month's salary that one has nothing to do with the other. Your hypothesis could also be stated this way : Would adoptive heterosexual parents be more apt to raise a bisexual child?
From what I see in observing the human race around me a person's sexual preference is definately not a learned behaviour. The majority of the country has major issues with homosexuality as does the military and unfortunately many corporations. Except for today's teens who seem to want to try "everything" I don't think most people would choose a homosexual life just because of the abundance of ignorance that is displayed towards them.
Personally I could care less what two consenting adults do in their bedrooms but what do I know right?
2006-10-19 23:23:27 · answer #2 · answered by Subi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmm, lets analyze this momentarily.....
How many gay and bisexual people have gay or bisexual parents? I know NONE.
If bisexuality or homosexuality is a learned behavior, then how do most people learn it who have heterosexual parents? It is not a learned behavior because it is not a behavior at all. It is an instinct. A way of life, or lifestyle if you may. It is not a choice or something that is "studied up" on.
Trust me, if we could CHOSE to be gay or straight, most of us would chose to be straight because it is easier. No one wakes up one day out of the blue and says " today Ill choose to be gay"
It just doesnt work that way.
2006-10-19 23:32:12 · answer #3 · answered by arielsalom33 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
According to Kinsey we all are on a scale from 1-10 One being heterosexual and 10 being gay. Now it really has little to do with your parents being gay or heterosexual. It has to do with that person genetically. Now if a person is a five on the scale they may try it is a person is closer to a three then maybe not. But most people that are not gay are not gay. They don't want to try it any more than you want to eat your Pizza from a blender. So next time you think like this order a pizza and put it in the blender and then try to drink it. YUK! That's how gays feel about hetero sex and that's how straights feel about being gay and advertising it or talking them into it won't work. Unless they are somewhere near the bisexual end of things.
2006-10-19 23:22:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sexuality of any kind is not learned. The only thing we learn as children about sexuality is what is socially acceptable and what isn't.
In the small town I grew up in there were no openly gay or even suspiciously gay couples. I had no idea what a bisexual was until I realized I was attracted to both sexes mainly females and I looked it up on line.
I think the children would grown up more likely to be accepting of others regardless of the persons orientation.
You can't choose who your children will be attracted to no matter what your orientation.
2006-10-20 04:25:42 · answer #5 · answered by BabyBella 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nope. If sexuality was learned, then all of those straight people having kids would be having STRAIGHT kids. Almost every gay or bisexual person you see is the product of two straight people. Gay people are taught all of their lives that being straight is better, but that doesn't change their sexuality. So why would a gay couple have an influence on their child that would make them become bisexual or gay? You're born with the sexuality that you'll have for your whole life. Think about it this way: you are straight, or gay, or bi right now. Can you think of anything that would ever change that?
2006-10-19 23:16:40 · answer #6 · answered by jenjubatus 3 · 5⤊ 0⤋
That's just ridiculous. I'm bisexual and my parents are heterosexual. How could my bisexuality possibly be a "learned behavior"? Do you honestly think that all bisexuals have homosexual parents?
2006-10-19 23:20:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If sexuality/sexual preference were a conditioning thing, where would bisexuals and homosexuals come from? I think you'll find the vast majority of us were raised by heterosexuals.
2006-10-19 23:16:02 · answer #8 · answered by kundalinicat 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Studies indicate that the children of same sex parents reflect the general society in terms of sexual orientation.
In short, the kids develop their own sexuality in normal course regardless of the orientation of their parents.
2006-10-19 23:27:51 · answer #9 · answered by knightofsappho 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Every study I have seen has suggested that this is not the case. In fact, it is much rarer for adoptive children of gay couples to be bisexual or gay than adoptive children of gay couples.
2006-10-20 01:20:41 · answer #10 · answered by puhpaul 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bisexuality is not a learned behavior. Your born with the feeling or not.
2006-10-19 23:21:28 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋