i.e. scientifec, or logical or some thing like that, even your oppion on why it is genetic whould work
2007-03-01 10:54:01 · 15 answers · asked by Cody B 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
You have a thing about gays, are you sure you’re not bisexual? There’s tons of stuff online about homosexuality being or not being genetic. If you read all that stuff on Google you’ll see there’s different things play a part, but there’s also some evidence that it’s hereditary. At the end of the day why does this bother you so much? If you sleep with a woman or 200 guys it’s nothing to me is it?
2007-03-01 11:27:29 · answer #1 · answered by MrCute 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i'm not 100% on the scientific terms. They have found simliarities in the brains of gay men which are simliar to parts of the female brain, and not found in straight males, which could be related to sexual orientation.
They've also done studies with twins, and found in every case when one twin is homosexual, so is the other. This would suggest a link to genetics as the two twins have the same genetic make-up.
2007-03-01 11:31:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
How can it not be genetic?? I am straight, so i don't understand all the conflicting feelings involved, but i do have gay friends and while seeing all the crap that they go through, with the initial shame and hiding, to being persecuted, i can't for the life of me imagine why anyone would freely pick that kind of nasty treatment for themselves. Therefore , that is why i believe it is a genetic trait that can't be "fixed". Gay is gay..
2007-03-01 11:38:28 · answer #3 · answered by Skanky McSkankypants 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't have to prove anything.
My life is not a theory, it is not a 'lifestyle.' It is my life. I am who I am.
I did not 'choose' be be gay. It has been my orientation all my life.
I have known that I was gay ever since I had my first fledgling sexual thought.
Yes: I tried to have girlfriends. I tried very hard to be straight. If I could have just 'chosen' to be straight, things would have been SO much easier. But, alas, life does not always present us with the easiest solution.
Why don't you ask yourself: why do I (being you) have such issues with homosexuality? If it bothers me so much, why can't I just ignore it?
2007-03-01 11:17:08 · answer #4 · answered by pasdeberet 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is important to note that, although scientists have attributed homosexuality to genetics, scientists believe it is due to several genetic factors and not a single gene.
An October 2004 scientific research publication stated that scientists at the University of Padua have found that women tend to have more children when they inherit the same - as yet unidentified - genetic factors linked to homosexuality in men. This fertility boost more than compensates for the lack of offspring fathered by gay men, and keeps the “gay” genetic factors in circulation. Mothers of gay men produced an average of 2.7 babies compared with 2.3 born to mothers of straight men. And maternal aunts of gay men had 2.0 babies compared with 1.5 born to the maternal aunts of straight men.
Another study published in Human Genetics in February 2006 examined X chromosome inactivation in mothers of gay sons and mothers whose sons were not gay. Normally, X chromosome inactivation occurs at random: half of the cells in a woman's body will have one X chromosome inactivated, while the other half inactivates the other chromosome. Researchers found that in about a quarter of mothers who had at least two gay sons every single cell in these women inactivated the same X chromosome while only 4 percent of mothers with no gay sons showed this type of extreme skewing.
A Canadian university study published in June of 2006 stated that, although researchers have known for years that a man's likelihood of being gay rises with the number of older biological brothers, that the new study found that the so-called "fraternal birth order effect" persists even if gay men were raised away from their biological families.
A January 2007 Australian report suggested to be gay you need to receive one gay gene from both parents, and that those with only one gay gene have a selective advantage because they are heterosexual but have increased style, male sex drive, charm and seductiveness towards women.
2007-03-01 11:31:08 · answer #5 · answered by χριστοφορος ▽ 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biology_and_sexual_orientation
twin studies, over exposure to androgens in the uterus, physical brain differences, i don't know if wikipedia mentions the phermone studies, but gay men are clinically proven to emit a different phermone than straight men and straight women.
twin studies have found a linkage.
androgen overexposure to the fetus is a hypothesis with building support. because of tolerance to hormones, the more older brothers you have from the same mother, the more likely you are to be gay, because the mother's body exposes the baby to more androgens each time.
2007-03-01 12:49:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No one has called homosexuality genetic. They have said gays are born gay there is a difference.
Now you prove that people who have known they were gay since they were 5 were not born gay.
2007-03-01 11:03:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its not genetic.... you were just born gay. Its not something you pass down to your children.... and its not something you choose.... you are just born that way.... Its just like being born with blue eyes, or brown hair, or...... five fingers for that matter.... Why do you need proof? Proof for your self? People always ask why why why .... Life would be so much simpler if we were all gay!
2007-03-01 11:02:37 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
well, I can only speak for myself.
I consider myself hetero, because I can only fall in love with a man.
However ever since I was very small, I always found women extremely attractive and sexy.
I would say that I was born that way, and therefore would be genetic.
2007-03-01 11:00:28 · answer #9 · answered by Dawn H 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
provide me more information that would back your question. I need some thing that states homosexuality is based on genetic thing.
2007-03-01 12:02:55 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋