29 Dec 06
A study of Navy Seamen found that the level of testosterone is proportionate to rank, much like the different levels in primate heirachy.
Nothing was said about sexuality, however.
I believe sexuality is not born with, but preference is developed through experience in the culture one grows up in. In Greece young boys where a delicacy, as opposed to modern times.
01 Oct 09
Originally posted by TcellI agree, unless they are doing the macarena naked in public.
I cant place where i read it but something like 1 in 20 peoples are gay. The statistic crosses all racial and continental barriers. Homosexuality is often observed in the animal kingdom as well.
Besides, who is one person to tell another what to do with there body?
01 Oct 09
Originally posted by PIZZA ROLLSPeople are born with it. There was an issue on the spirituality thread that was similar to this and it turned out to be genetic. It is no more their fault than say scoliosis.
How does it happen that a big family of say about nine children who each experience the same things in life, yet one of them turns out gay? Does this mean being gay is something you are born with, or is it something that happens during life.
01 Oct 09
Originally posted by joe beyserFault is not the issue. People aren't at "fault" for experiences that become ingrained in their subconscious when they're five years old. But I have trouble believing (in fact, I don't believe) that no environmental factors at all are relevant in developing a person's sexuality.
People are born with it. There was an issue on the spirituality thread that was similar to this and it turned out to be genetic. It is no more their fault than say scoliosis.
I would believe that there are genetic predispositions that come into play to some extent, though.
01 Oct 09
1 edit
Originally posted by sh76that no environmental factors at all are relevant in developing a person's sexuality.
Fault is not the issue. People aren't at "fault" for experiences that become ingrained in their subconscious when they're five years old. But I have trouble believing (in fact, I don't believe) that no environmental factors at all are relevant in developing a person's sexuality.
I would believe that there are genetic predispositions that come into play to some extent, though.
do you think an individual could somehow become gay due to outside influence even though he/she was not born gay?
01 Oct 09
2 edits
Originally posted by generalissimoI don't think a person's sexuality is fully formed when he or she is conceived or born. And, that applies to all of the various fetishes and paraphilias that exist out there, not just which gender he or she prefers. I would imagine all of them can be formed by some combination of genetic predisposition and/or environmental stimuli.
[b]that no environmental factors at all are relevant in developing a person's sexuality.
do you think an individual could somehow become gay due to outside influence even though he/she was not born gay?[/b]
02 Oct 09
Originally posted by sh76I know one person very well that had no environmental factors such as sexual abuse as a young child that is gay. This person behaved like a girl all throughout his childhood. I don't think it is an intentional behvioral issue here or life style choice. It seems that they are attracted to people of the same sex. It isn't a persons fault that they inherit a genetic trait.
Fault is not the issue. People aren't at "fault" for experiences that become ingrained in their subconscious when they're five years old. But I have trouble believing (in fact, I don't believe) that no environmental factors at all are relevant in developing a person's sexuality.
I would believe that there are genetic predispositions that come into play to some extent, though.