is being a gay is inborn or can be influence by the surrounding ?

Question

my friend is worried about his son age 6,he alwyays wants to paly with girls and play girl's stuff and he would rather pick color pink than color blue,and he loves drawing..but more often he draws a girls character,but acc to his mum he like super heroes like spiderman and batman,..is there anything wrong ,i mean being gay can be develpo at a very young age?

Answer 1

This is the subject of much debate. The latest theories suggest that it's something that happens during development in the womb. My experience is that kids that young have pretty varied interests so he sounds pretty normal. Time will tell.....

Answer 2

The worst thing she could do is have a phobia of her son turning out gay. That will bring up awkward questions from the child and put more attention than is due on the subject.

What I've learned is that: "Teach a child in the way he/she should go, and when he/she is old they will not depart from it". Being gay is a choice not a requirement. Otherwise if he were meant to be "gay" he would have been born with a vagina.

It sounds to me like he just has a sensitive side. Just wait till he hits puberty. If everybody plays their cards right your friend will worry not about her son having a boyfriend but having too many girlfriends.

Answer 3

Scientific researchers have shown that being gay is innate and inborn.

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.

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. Researchers found extreme differences between women who had gay sons and women who did not.

In regards to surroundings influencing being gay, 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.

Answer 4

He may turn out to be gay. There's nothing they can do about that except love him. Encourage his talents whatever those are. Don't push him in some opposite direction or it WILL create lasting damage.

If they decide to get some professional advice, please have them get REAL professional advice, not counseling by ministers! Ministers are not trained as doctors. They not only aren't trained, but they don't have the inclination to help the child, they are more interested in pushing their own agenda. I hope this makes sense to you.

If the child is important to the family, at least they can get REAL advice by people who are educated in child psychology, medicine, psychiatry, etc. By six, he is nearly through the formative years, and it probably is set. If the "make" him change, it will simply come out later, so better they help him develop into happy child who is exposed to many things and able to choose his own paths.

Answer 5

Of course not. Children that age have no concept of complex issues like sex.

Being gay comes gender confusion when the mom is the dominant figure in the home, or from sexual abuse.

Dad needs to stick around in the home, be the figurehead of the household, develop a healthy self esteem in his kid and he won't have any problems later in life.

Answer 6

some boys seem to like girly things at a young age sometimes. its usually just a phase some kids go through. just see to it that the behavior dosent last too long. just because he likes some girly things now dosent mean hes gonna be gay later on. not all men these days r muscular and macho men right? so it may just mean hes not going to be all macho but more sensitive and caring [[not saying macho guys cant be sensitive and caring]]. i hope this helps out. ^_^

Answer 7

I know what you mean. My nephew was the same way.

No, you can't make a boy gay by letting him play with girl toys.
No, you can't make a boy straight by making him play with boy toys.

He will be what he will be and there will not be anything you can do to change it. The mum will just have to love and support whatever he does so he will not hate himself when he grows up. Never make a child feel bad about the way he is born. (Make him feel bad enough and he may just kill himself from self-hatred later on because he can't live up to his parent/s expectations.)

Answer 8

inborn...it can become apparent at a very early age...although I wouldn't put to much creedence in it at 6 years old.

Answer 9

well based from my experience, i have a brother who acts the same in his childhood and now he's 19 he's totally gay. Please teach your child how to associate with boys and teach him outdoor games with his dad, teach him boy games, and teach him to differentiate a girl from a boy always so he could associate himself to what he really is.