No one is born gay... right?

Question

According to sociologists and their theories on gender socialization, infants are raised to behave like men and women. Women don't know that they're "supposed" to wear skirts & play with barbies or do this or do that until someone sticks a barbie in their hand. It's the same concept with men. They don't know that they're "supposed" to be more macho and play with GI Joe until someone shows them.

With that in mind, we would LEARN to like the opposite sex because we have been taught how to behave like men and women. So, how can anyone be born being partial to any specific gender? How can someone be born gay? Wouldn't you have to get the idea from your environment? (Disclaimer: I'm not homophobic or judgemental- I really am curious about ur thoughts on this)

Answer 1

You are mixing up some issues. Gender nonconformity is different than homosexuality. Most people do not know that. Many children innoscently construct homosexualaity when they are children and then forget and think they was born gay. Some children are even victoms. Something as calling names can spur a child into constructing homosexuality. Then there are other things, like experminting or molestation even. Yes some children are molested so young they do not know it is wrong and that could cause a child to begin to construct homosexuality.
As for gender nonconformity, some children may have hormonal imballances, while some children will learn characteristics causeing them to have gender nonconformity. Often the children that learn characteristics causing gender nonconformity will grow out of this.

Yet all children can become gay for different reasons. Not all children that become gay have a gender nonconformity at all. Not all children that have some gender nonconformity will become gay. You are correct, children are not born gay. But children forget, and many of them think they was born gay when they innoscently forgot an influence on them that caused them to construct homosexuality.

Answer 2

Studies have shown that people are born LGBT or straight.
You can dress up a child in whichever gender-assigned clothes you want. You can give them "male" or "female" toys. This does not change their natural in-born sexual orientation, despite what you do in the environment. So you have things exactly backwards.

It takes some people longer than others to understand and come to terms with their sexual orientation. Shoe-horning them into stereotypical gender activities, and applying parental and societal expectations, may have an effect on this time period only, not on the underlying sexuality.

People don't get "the idea" to be LGBT - if anything, with 99.99% of advertising and programming being straight-oriented, they are bombarded with "the idea" to be straight.
People are born LGBT - or they aren't. It's as simple as that.

Answer 3

Oh so your faulty logic tells you that all gays and lesbians were somehow Taught to be that way?

So, when exactly do you suppose this occurs? In the family unit, at pre-school, elementary school, church, television?
Where exactly? Hmmmm....

Because I grew up when gay/lesbian couples were NOT depicted on television, my parents are straight, they had all straight friends, all my friends assumed they were all straight, little girls did play with Barbies and boys played "Army" and "cowboy and indians"...so how come I ALWAYS knew I was attracted to other girls?
How come I always knew I was different?

I was NEVER taught to be a lesbian, I was never molested or abandoned by a male. I had great male and female role models growing up. I learned to trust and to accept everyone regardless of race, religion, gender, age or physical ability. I was taught to respect authority and to be wary of the unknown.
But I still ALWAYS knew I was gay.

My son, when he was three asked for a Barbie doll. He thought it was really strange that his GI Joe guys didn't have any female friends. So, I bought him a Barbie. His logic was perfectly sound and I saw absolutely no harm in this.
Guess what? It didn't make him gay.

My Dad used to tell me a story of his childhood where he won first place at school in a baking contest! He's sertainly not gay and he taught my brother and I both how to bake, while mom taught us both how to cook. My brother's not gay either.

But I am!

I'm me. I'm gay, I was never taught it, never molested, never witnessed homosexuality in media or any other form of entertainment. I wasn't raised around gays or lesbians.

So, again, exactly how was I "introduced" via my "environment?"

Answer 4

You are so right, babies are not born sinners. Jesus did'nt design it that way. Babies are innocent. People make choices in their lives, and if you pay attention, everytime someone makes a bad choice they want to blame it on something or someone. When someone makes a good choice they take responsibility for that choice. I don't need scientists to tell me people are'nt born gay,any more than I need one to tell me babies are'nt born thinking about robbing, stealing, killing, and lying! It's about choices.

Answer 5

We are born gay. Reguardless of what TOYS are forced onto us a kids, the feelings are within, not inatimate.