Are there any other defining characteristics of what homosexuality is? Is it purely based on your sexual preference?
2007-07-18 01:04:25 · 15 answers · asked by Still*Perfect 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
That is an extremely shallow interpretation of homosexuality. To get a tiny bit of an idea of what it would be like, imagine yourself to be in a body of the opposite sex to the one you have now. Imagine people frowning at you for not being the person "you" know that you're not, that no-one understands your feelings. Wouldn't you feel isolated, and seek out people like you? The sexual thing is only a reaction, not a driving element.
2007-07-18 01:14:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Homosexuality is a definition of your sexual orientation. If you're only attracted to the same sex as yourself then you're homosexual. Actually having sex has nothing to do with it. You can be a virgin or practice abstenence and still be gay.
Additionally, sexual "preference" is a bit misleading. Unless you're bi, you really can't choose what gender you're attracted to. Believe me, there'd be a lot less gay people in the world if it was a matter of choice.
2007-07-18 02:17:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Lets make this perfectly clear, a person can be a celebate virgin hermit cloistered in a cave never seeing another human being their whole lives and still be a homosexual. It has nothing to do with sex. This is a huge problem for many an ignorant person. The moment the letters s, e and x appear in a long word they get confused.
Take the sex out of homosexuality and you're left with homo, which is derived from the Latin word for MAN. This is where the term homosapiens comes from, same with homonid, homoginized, and so on.
I hope this helps end once and for all any confusion people have on the origin and correct meaning of the term homosexual.
2007-07-18 02:05:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
The definition really only contains the sexual preference. Everything else said about homosexuals is just a generalization.
2007-07-18 01:12:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
no, a homosexual virgin or a celibate homosexual is still a homosexual, its all based on your orientation, which is the direction of your romantic and sexual feelings towards one gender or ther other (or both genders, or multiple different types of "genders", or just people regardless of gender, or none of the above)
2007-07-18 04:57:50 · answer #5 · answered by geramd4040 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-09-30 06:07:08 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, that's not right.
A person is considered homosexual if he or she finds others of the same gender sexually attractive, and not those of the opposite gender.
Whether that person 'has sex with people of the same gender' is irrelevant.
2007-07-18 01:30:04 · answer #7 · answered by ? 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Homosexuality refers to sexual attraction or sexual behaviour between people of the same sex.
No other criteria need to be met.
2007-07-18 01:11:47 · answer #8 · answered by alene1968 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I disagree. Straight people experiment and have sex with someone of the same gender....this does not define someone as gay. They are just sorting things out.
Gay is someone that is attracted to the same sex. Sex itself, never has to enter into the equation....but what's the point...lol
2007-07-18 01:55:09 · answer #9 · answered by Oberon 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Base upon sexual preference, I guess, but labels are so ridiculous - anyway - in particular, with adults and love.
2007-07-18 02:34:10 · answer #10 · answered by Zombie Birdhouse 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋