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[–] archdog99 1 point 1 point (+2|-1) ago 

I actually used to be on the fence about "born this way" because if you look at the function of nature, males & females need to get together to procreate and spread our species. So at that time, I wasn't buying it.

Then I (and no, I don't have any sources) read around and listened to a couple of people on NPR and there's an argument to be made about genetic variations and possibly a population control safeguard where a certain percentage of the population is "discouraged" from procreating and therefore attracted to the same sex.

The point is, the arguments made sense and made me rethink my opinion. I think there is a percentage of the population that, for whatever reason, is born predisposed to preferring the same sex.

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[–] King_Carcosa 1 point 0 points (+1|-1) ago 

I like the old Socratic method of questioning "When did you choose to be straight then?" As a straight male I cannot fathom being gay, or making that "choice." Just seems natural to me that people that are gay were born with different preferences than me.

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[–] Spacehuman 1 point 9 points (+10|-1) ago 

I think men are generally 'born that way'. Women tend to have a sexual preference - which is fluid. Man tend to have a sexual orientation - which is rigid. Women do 'switch teams' whereas men are not wired to do so.

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[–] o_V_o 1 point 0 points (+1|-1) ago 

I think both are fluid, but men are socialized to be rigid, women aren't.... and it goes all the way back to the simple fact that homosexuality in women isn't a threat to the population the same way it is in men (btw, that's why the church was against it... fewer birth means fewer followers)... lesbians can always be over-powered when reproduction is absolutely necessary or vacant uteri are in short demand. On the other hand, with exception to something like raping them in their sleep, gay men aren't much use in this regard.

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[–] Broc_Lia 2 points 0 points (+2|-2) ago 

Wut?

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[–] cynoclast 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

I think women are just prettier, even to other women. They haven't been called 'the fairer sex' for eons for no reason.

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[–] ForgotMyName 2 points 3 points (+5|-2) ago 

Strange, now that you mentioned it, I've had the same experience. Anecdotally, the gay guys that I've known since they were kids were pretty gay when they were kids. The lesbians, were all over the place. Girls that only dated girls in high school are married to guys now. Girls that I'd never have guessed were gay are now lesbians.

Not even going to pretend like this is remotely scientific, but it's just interesting that my own observations happen to align with it.