Is it something you're born with or did you realise it only when you got older?
2007-01-09 19:04:16 · 28 answers · asked by A True Gentleman 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
Because they are men.
I am not at all sexual attracted to women.
Why these questions of you?
Are you looking for a boyfriend?
Greetings:Rob.xxx
2007-01-09 20:15:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I am not sure why so many people are giving you thumbs down, your question is perfectly valid! As a totally straight person, I am sure you have the right to ask such questions. Honestly, some people on here are so small minded.
To answer your question, did you wake up one day and decided to like girls? I am sure it was just a natural feeling of attraction from quite young age. See there are several theories as to why a person is develops feelings to same sex. The most prominent I have read is a work by Simon Le Vay. He determined - through autopsy - that gay men and straight men have one single difference: the size of their hypothalamus (a gland in the middle of your brain and well known to be the source of sexual stimulation in human beings). With gay men it is small and fluffy were as in straight men, it is solid and large. He repeated this experiment with lesbian and straight women and found the reverse. Straight women had small/fluffy gland were as lesbian has large/denser gland.
So hypothalamus size wise:
Gay men = Straight women
Lesbian women = Straight men
Following years of studies, he determined that this gland is developed before birth. When he examined pregnant mothers during period of pregnancy he found that this gland gets developed during the 6th month of pregnancy. If the mother body thinks she has a daughter, she would give Oestrogen (female hormone). If she thinks she has male son, she would give Testosterone (male hormone). For some un-explained reason, the mother would give the wrong hormone. Depending on how long this hormone is given, the child may come up as Bisexual, straight acting gay guy, camp gay guy, or in extreme cases transsexual (a person who believes he is in the wrong body!).
Research into how to determine why this switch happens has been blocked. From one side, the church and religious groups would not accept it (because this would mean centuries of prosecuting gay/lesbians was a crime but more importantly it is a serious shake to their belief). From the other side, gay groups have pressured government and other organisation not to proceed in such research because this would mean there is a way to eliminate gays from existence! Hosptial scans can determine if a mother has son/daugther and a simple blood test can deterimine what hormone the mother is giving. The latest work as done by an Italian scientist two years ago who tried to determine if the mother had a genetic differences that results in this switch and managed to find some correlation in that most mothers with gay/lesbian children had actually gay/lesbian brothers and sisters!
See it is much more complicated that this but I hope I explained to you in best possible way. And if you are wandering how a bisexual man/woman hypothalamus would look, well it is medium size/denisty, they got mix of hormones and thus they would like both!
Hope this helps.
2007-01-12 06:33:12 · answer #2 · answered by Fadi S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I realized I was attracted to men about the same time that heterosexual males found themselves attracted to women. I was in 6th grade when I started having my first urges towards the male of the species. I figure everyone develops at a different rate, and some discover what they like earlier or later than others. I just knew that I like men. (Funny fact: I did not realize what being gay meant until I was in 8th grade and I was like "Oh, so that is what I am.")
2007-01-10 03:11:59 · answer #3 · answered by The Gay Argentian Seal 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
because of the size and density of their hypothalymus in their brain. research has generally shown that it is something you're born with, but some dont realise until puberty.
having said this i am a gay woman and not a gay man but th same applies to both :-)
2007-01-13 20:16:35 · answer #4 · answered by pink_jo84 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're born with it but some people know when they were young while others realise it when they are in their teens or even a bit older. There's no specific rules to it really.
2007-01-10 04:37:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The jury is still out on this one, even amongst gay men. Personally, I think its an inborn predisposition, but if you're raised in a certain social environment, you may never even realize you are, in fact, disposed to be that way.
2007-01-10 03:09:20 · answer #6 · answered by Jacob P 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Straight guys aren't immediately attracted to girls. I was attracted to guys right around the same time that other guys were attracted to girls. Was I "born" with it, but it was dormant till puberty? Possibly. Frankly, it doesn't matter. What matters is that it's there, there's nothing to be done to change it, and more importantly there's nothing SHOULD be done to change it.
2007-01-10 07:55:25 · answer #7 · answered by Atropis 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yet again I come across another asinine question. Lets really stop and think about this for a second......hmmmm because they are gay. Now lets ponder 2 questions. First Why are STRAIGHT men attracted to women? Second was it really worth the points you used to ask this retarded question?
2007-01-10 03:11:45 · answer #8 · answered by xgreenerx2001 2 · 4⤊ 1⤋
men tend to know their gay from puberty as they experiment and thats when they figure out sexuality. most gay men deny it and will do anything other to face it. most men will gat married or have kids, but later on in life it'll come out.
2007-01-13 07:37:07 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A trick of nature. Too much Oestrogen whilst in the Womb...
2007-01-10 03:54:44 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know why I find gay men attractive..It seems perfectly normal to me.
2007-01-10 03:27:07 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋