2007-03-26 04:56:08 · 28 answers · asked by panic_l0ve 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
It's genetic. I've never heard anyone ever - straight or gay - tell me they specifically "chose" their sexuality over other options, all of them equal.
Think about it - did you sit down one day and look at all of the options for sexuality, consider all of them of equal merit to you, and then you chose one? Probably not. You probably already strongly leaned toward a particular sexuality - i.e. you were pre-disposed in that direction already.
Most people are pre-disposed to be straight, some are pre-disposed to be gay. As I said, I've yet to hear anyone tell me it was a pick from among equal choices. Everyone is built differently - genetically - and that does govern patterns and preferences in our life.
2007-03-26 04:59:36 · answer #1 · answered by Steven D 5 · 5⤊ 1⤋
More and more medical research is proving that for MOST sexual orientation is a pysiological phenomenon. Therefore not the choice of the person.
SEXUAL PRACTICE is a choice for heterosexuals or homosexuals. One can choose to be celibate.
Finally there is a very small number of people who CHOOSE to practice sex in all kind of manner....regardless of sexual orientation.
2007-03-26 12:03:41 · answer #2 · answered by sage seeker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is NOT a choice, but it isn't necessarily genetic either - the entire human genome has been mapped and no one gene has been linked to sexual orientation - but that doesn't really matter, because it could be predetermined at birth or at a very early age by about a million factors that are out of our hands.
Anyone who says it is a choice should ask themself when they made their choice.
2007-03-26 13:01:58 · answer #3 · answered by Jeffrey 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Definitely genetic.... although I love my lifestyle, if I had a choice to choose I would have chosen straight or bi. As a gay I did not have the privilege to have children. And did not have the wherewithal to adopt. That is the one thing I have missed out on in my life.
2007-03-26 12:12:58 · answer #4 · answered by iszee4real 1 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The evidence is overwhelming that sexual orientation is not a choice. People who are bisexual may choose to be straight or gay, and many people may have some gay tendencies, but your overall orientation is given to you.
2007-03-26 12:00:35 · answer #5 · answered by Mark G 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The only choice is to accept ones sexual orientation and choosing who to share the information with; people are born gay.
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 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 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.
2007-03-26 15:03:43 · answer #6 · answered by χριστοφορος ▽ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's genetic. Unfortunately our society makes it very difficult for anyone that is 'different' so I don't think people would choose to be gay, and therefore choose to be discriminated against.
2007-03-26 12:01:48 · answer #7 · answered by noyb 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Genetics - you will learn in this subject that there are hormones and electrical impulses that are all a part of the birth process. The fact that most are born 'normal' is the miracle of creation.
2007-03-26 11:59:44 · answer #8 · answered by jmmevolve 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Since all of us have been gay all our lives, since toddler-hood, and never were straight, it's hard to believe that any of us ever sat down one day, gave it serious thought and decided that we'd like to be gay. How do you go about consciously choosing who you are going to be physically and emotionally attracted to, anyway? Note that all of the people insisting that it's a choice are straight, all of them, every single one of them. So how in the world could they possibly know?
2007-03-26 12:16:36 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
People choose what/who they have sex with.
People make choices that lead to who/what they are attracted to.
Genetics and environment also affect this.
People cannot control who/what they are attracted to.
2007-03-26 12:01:39 · answer #10 · answered by errr 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋