Why do people always ask me this? And, just for the record, I'm working on a bachelor's of science degree. So..I'm going to BE a scientist. I LIKE science...a lot.
But..seriously, there may well BE a scientific explanation for being GLBT, but why don't you hear people ask for the scientific explanation for...I dunno....being goth? being emo? being a skater? being a prep? being Paris Hilton?
Why can't people just accept that that's their disposition? That's who they ARE?
Oh and for the record...when you GET the scientific explanation, you won't believe it. Trust me..I've been in the science field too long. When scientists release information, it doesn't make the news right away unless it's BAD news, in which case the media will overdramatize and make it horrendous. It's always been that way...true science has always taken a back seat to the REAL issues...you know, like what Brad and Angelina are going to name their millionth kid or whatnot.
2007-09-17 02:13:31 · 15 answers · asked by I_color_outside_the_lines 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
No, there doesn't always have to be a scientific explanation for everything. I don't want to know everything, I don't need to know everything.
I figure as long as someone is a good person, it shouldn't matter if that person is gay, straight, bi, a slinky or parallelogram. Just be kind to people.
And for the record, when scientists find out how bumblebees fly, I don't want to know.
Blessings Riley. You *are* a good person.
2007-09-17 02:25:52 · answer #1 · answered by Mama Otter 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There doesn't HAVE to be a scientific explanation for anything, though most phenomena will have an explanation if one searches for it hard enough.
There is a search for an explanation for being GLBT in part because of the argument proffered by fundamentalists, that it is unnatural.
While many such people might like to remain ignorant, there is a subset of the religious who will accept the truth when presented with it. Finding the reasons for things can never hurt.
2007-09-17 04:12:21 · answer #2 · answered by Deirdre H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow! How weird... I just answered a similar question like 2 minutes ago. So I just cut-&-pasted what I said to that person.
Well, to answer your question, “scientifically” there is nothing that CLEARLY makes someone gay, lesbian, or bisexual, but there is at least proven scientific reason for someone being straight. Now while I have no issues with homosexuality – I will still likely receive chastisements (in the form of thumbs-down I assume) because of stating this fact. Yet, that is exactly what it is... a fact. It has been identified, studied, and proven that *straight* males a have a pre-set, innate attraction to females, just as *straight* females do towards males. It falls along the lines of having to do with hormones, pheromones, the pituitary gland, and a combination of other things, which I am surely not an expert in regards to.
So because of this, people who are "straight" feel justified and that it is natural and right. Which is crap because, I am sure however that just as homosexual and bisexual people say that they did not *choose* to be gay, that same principle applies to being straight also. Therefore, just as there are scientific identifiers and reasons for someone being straight, there should also exist the same proofs and reasons for someone being gay or bisexual as well. It seems logical that way, right? At least for me it does. There just have not been as many strides in the field of "medical" explanations for homosexuality as opposed to just personal, social, and religious views considering it a blasphemous sin or a simple matter of uncontrolled lust. Nevertheless, it is my hope that time will reveal more on the subject. Cheers!
2007-09-17 02:24:29 · answer #3 · answered by Answer-Me-This 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In the same way that people cry for indisputable proof of global warming
It's not that global warming is not happening
It's that denial is a part of our human nature and people seem to crawl farther and farther into denial
I do not believe however much proof you have will it actually change many beliefs because no matter what
you can always tear down and question a fact
there is NEVER not one thing that cannot be disputed
I really don't think this is an answer but more of an examination of our nature
2007-09-17 05:30:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure why 'they' are looking so hard for a scientific explanation. I believe there are lots of sources for GLBT... social upbringing, brain chemistry, genetics, personal preference, etc. It's too complicated to simply nail down to a chemical reaction in the brain or one aspect of society.
I'm straight, but my attraction to girls still can't be simply explained by science. Yes, my genetics fire off hormone cocktails to make me react to girls. But why am I attracted to some and not others? How come some of the ones that society tells me are attractive are unattractive to me?
GLBT is a controversial topic (especially in uptight America) so there is going to be a lot of talk about this for... well, probably forever. Just know that we're becoming a more open-minded society each day (hopefully!).
2007-09-17 02:20:16 · answer #5 · answered by BZR 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, I don't think there HAS to be a reason defined, personally I don't care WHY I am LGBT, but I am. I guess finding out if there IS a scientific explanation wouldn't hurt anything, however. I think people just want to MAKE an explanation. Sometimes things "just are".
2007-09-17 03:22:25 · answer #6 · answered by ☮ wickey wow wow ♀♀ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I 'm sure there is a scientifice explanation, and I'm sure lots of people care about it passionately.
On the other hand, I'm just busy living my life, and trying to enjoy it as much as I can.
And even when the matter is finally resolved, and the scientific basis for all the variations of LGBT are found, the homphobes will still hate and fear us, and the christians will still tell us we are going to burn in hell.
2007-09-17 02:20:09 · answer #7 · answered by SW 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I agree one thousand percent!
Race has a scientific explanation, but look how bent out of shape people get over *that*, just variations in skin color and hair texture!
Our rights are in the Declaration of Independence and Constitution, not the laboratory.
2007-09-17 02:20:57 · answer #8 · answered by GreenEyedLilo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's political. If sexual orientation is immutable like ethnicity, that supports arguments like "we don't discriminate based on skin color, and homos have no more choice about being homo than black people have about being black." Personally, I don't think GLBT rights should depend upon orientation being genetic, immutable. My own opinion is that in a free country freedom to express our sexual iddentity should enjoy the same protection as freedom to worship according to our personal beliefs.
Here is an interesting recent article: http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2007/09/gay-by-choice.html
2007-09-17 02:24:42 · answer #9 · answered by kill_yr_television 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some people (both homos and heteros) would like a scientific source to quote when they tell others that being homo/hetero is or is not a choice.
What I find interesting is when a straight person says that being homo is a choice. How would they know?!?
2007-09-17 04:42:22 · answer #10 · answered by bikerchickjill 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋