If homosexuality is genetic, the proof must be out there somewhere.
What will the world do if that gene is discovered and then another is found which causes pedophilia and yet another, that causes zoophilia?
Won't that open a whole, new can of worms?
2007-10-04 02:40:36 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
most of the stuff listed above me is total crap.
no, they have not found a "gay gene"
2007-10-04 04:09:08 · answer #1 · answered by abby j 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The gay gene is a myth. It appears that homosexuality is caused by a combination of both nature and nurture. And there is plenty of evidence of some heterosexuals turning gay, and some gays turning hereto. Not the mention the fact that if people are born gay, then how does one explain bisexuality?
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...The scientific attempts to demonstrate that homosexual attraction is biologically determined have failed. For example, a study conducted in 1991 by psychologist Michael Bailey and psychiatrist Richard Pillard, attempted to show that homosexuality occurs more frequently among identical twins than fraternal twins. However, this study actually provides support for environmental factors versus genetics! If homosexuality were in the genetic code, then both of the twins would have been homosexual 100 percent of the time, yet this was not the case.
The well-known Simon LeVay brain study of 1991, which tried to find differences in the hypothalamuses (a very small part of the brain) of homosexual and heterosexual men, found no evidence that there is any genetic cause for homosexuality. Nothing in the study showed that gay men are born that way. Other prominent researchers have concluded that there is no evidence to support a biological theory, but rather that homosexuality could be best explained by an alternative model where “temperamental and personality traits interact with the familial and social milieu as the individual’s sexuality emerges.”...
[“The Innate-Immutable Argument Finds No Basis in Science,” “In Their Own Words: Gay Activists Speak About Science, Morality, Philosophy” by Dean Byrd, Ph.D., Shirley E. Cox, Ph.D., Jeffrey W. Robinson, Ph.D. http://www.narth.com/docs/innate.html, 30 September 2002.]
2007-10-04 02:51:27 · answer #2 · answered by Randy G 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Ofcourse not, because moderen science can't determine if homosexuality is genetic, and actually the leading theory suggests that it is evolution for a better planet!!! Ever think of that!!
2007-10-04 02:48:21 · answer #3 · answered by kissaled 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
yea i think so, it's the chromosomes. a person has 23 pairs of chromosomes. the last pair determines if it's a girl or a boy. if something is wrong with it then something will be wrong with the person next time, cause it takes time for the hormone to grow. but if something is wrong with the other 22 pairs of chromosomes, the new born baby will be retardted or you call it Down's Syndrom.
2007-10-04 02:54:01 · answer #4 · answered by Kalista 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋