is homosexuality nature or nurture?

Answer 1

This is what I believe, right or wrong here it is. I believe God mad me Gay for a reason.

Being Gay, Straight, Trans, Bi isn't a choice.

We are all sexual beings. By extension, each of us has a sexual orientation: an enduring attraction — be it sexual, romantic, emotional or affectional — to another person. Sexual orientation, however, varies from one individual to the next and exists on a continuum that ranges from exclusive homosexuality to exclusive heterosexuality. Between these two poles, there exist various forms of bisexuality.

It's thought sexual orientation is likely the result of complex interactions of a number of factors — genetics, cognitive, environmental, and biological.

Sexual orientation is different from sexual behavior: sexual orientation refers to feelings and to self-concept. People may — or may not — express their sexual orientation in their behaviors.

In most people, yes, and their sexual orientation emerges in early adolescence. What's more, there's also considerable evidence to suggest that genetic and hormonal factors play a key role in shaping a person's sexuality.

Answer 2

I am not an expert, but I would think that it, like any other facet of a person's personality, would be influenced by both nature and nurture. For instance, someone raised in a strict, religious, non-tolerant household, while possibly having homosexual tendencies, might never display them out of fear of being condemned. The basis however, is most likely in a person's DNA, as most personality traits seem be genetically connected.


Btw, when I say genetically connected, that does not imply that if one parent is gay, the child will or will not be. Like most complicated traits, it is probably the work of many different genes, possible some recessive and others dominant. Also, these genes probably determine degrees of attraction to different people. It is people themselves who label others. A theory that scientists have in the past proposed, which makes a lot of sense, especially when applied to genetics, is that everybody is at least somewhat attracted to both sexes. In a lot of people, one of these attractions is much more dominant, to the point where the other one is there at only the subconscious level. In other people, both attractions are consciously present, and in many cases, acted upon.


I hope that this answer does not offend anyone, as it was certainly not meant offensively.

Answer 3

It's nature.

If it were anything to do with 'nurture' then all my sisters would be lesbian too; we were all brought up together, by the same parents, in the same environment. I'm lesbian; one of my sisters is bi; three are straight; and my brother is straight (and homophobic).

[For "punch"; this question is about homosexuality, not gender identity.]

Answer 4

Nature, definately. My family and my roommates family are proof of that.

I am gay, my 15 year old niece just came out, my sister is bisexual, and I have 2 Aunts, 2 uncles and 7 cousins that are all Gay/Lesbian or Bisexual.

My Roommate's family has him, one of his brothers, dad is questionable, and a few Uncles and cousins.

Both my roommate and I are huge athletes, and in pretty much any sport we can kick straight butt. We actually have fun going out to bars and seeing how many girls numbers we can get. We have turned it into a rather fun game, and when we tell them we are gay, they get upset because they think we are lying.

It has absolutely nothing to do with nurture. All you Bible Pounders, remember 2 things: "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone" and "Judgement is mine sayeth the Lord." Don't pound your bible at me until you live by all of the Bible, not select passages.

Answer 5

Nature. Pretty much proven. There was a twin boy born many years ago and during the circumsion something went wrong. So they decided to raise him as a girl. Didn't work. Proves it's not nurture.

Answer 6

Nurture, although nature plays a small part.

Answer 7

Nature. I know several gay guys that were raised with their straight brothers, were not mommas boys or anything like that. All were big jocks in school too.

Answer 8

I think it's nature

But it could be a little of both
Maybe some latent gene that needs an environmental or psychological co factor.
Not enough scientific study has been made to give a definitive answer.

Answer 9

nature

Answer 10

You're going to get a lot of different answers to this question....
Being gay myself, I would probably say nature. I don't see how simply being raised a different way can change something so complex like your sexuality