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Originally Posted by ferretchucker
But the idea is that it isn't a gene, but merely a more balanced amount of hormones. Everybody has both male and female hormones. Men have more male one, women have more female ones. But if a man has a closer balance of man - woman hormones, he may be attracted to males, as women are. It's the same but opposite for gay women. It's not really one gene. And though it's no fact yet, it's more than just a theory, as they have a lot of evidence to back it up, but not enough to make it totally conclusive.
I personally don't see how it could be a choice, because if it were, the gay people who receive constant abuse for it would merely change. But they don't because they can't help how they feel. Same as I'm sure you wouldn't be able to stop finding women attractive, even if you tried.
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Well, what you are refering to is a chemical imbalance. That's entirely possible, but it actually seems like a more negative statement than calling it an individual choice or a gene they are born with. A chemical imbalance suggests something is wrong with their body and they could go get a perscription to correct it, which I don't really agree with. I don't think anything is wrong with them physically and they certainly shouldn't have to take medication to 'correct' their chemical imbalance. (Also, I don't believe the scientific community is working on a cure for homosexuality. I realize you never suggested they were, but a chemical imbalance is something that could be 'cured'.)
And for the record, I am not on the same page as this Bible banger Nikkie that just showed up. I don't think being gay is a sin and I don't hold it against anyone. Like I said earlier, I have some gay friends. I just personally don't believe that it's something people are born with. At some point in their life, through nature, nurture, environment or just personal preference, they decided to like people of the same sex. If it occured at a very young age, it's perfectly reasonable to me that they would just assume that's the way they've always been. And some day, science may prove that wrong, but until that happens, that's just my own personal theory/belief.
11-23-2008, 11:52 AM
