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Biologyfag here (not attempting to make any argument from authority, simply stating I have some background experience in biological fields)
Given everything I've seen and read about the subject over the years, it can be either or both. Genetically, a male can be born with the genetic abnormality that makes them attracted to males, a quality that should only be present in female brains. Being born with this defect, they can't change it. However, there is also a very high percentage of people in the "gay community" who were abused as a child, almost always sexually, and usually from an older family member of the same sex. These instances occur far too frequently in the personal pasts of gay people to simply discount as correlation without causation; sexual impropriety towards children has terrible, drastic effects on their emotional and sexual development. I have also seen, firsthand, some select individuals who make the active decision that 'they're gay now' or otherwise make it clear that it's a choice they made, even if they claim otherwise.
So in conclusion, I've seen a great deal of evidence that both nature and nurture are responsible for someone being gay; overwhelmingly, it is one or the other that is responsible for one's gay sexuality, rarely both together. On the note of the "nurture" homosexuality subject, homosexuals, as their homosexuality is derived from a literal genetic or emotional aberration, in many instances continue a cycle of abuse. Many homosexuals who were abused as children grow up to have a sexual fascination with doing the same things to children that were done to them; look around enough and you'll see a number of examples in which two gay men try whatever means necessary to gain custody of a little boy or two, rarely will it be a young girl.
Aaaand the disproportionately high rate of homosexuality that arises from single mother homes. Good luck getting your hands on that data though... it's possibly the most fiercely covered up stat in all of psychology.
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[–] shrink 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
Biologyfag here (not attempting to make any argument from authority, simply stating I have some background experience in biological fields)
Given everything I've seen and read about the subject over the years, it can be either or both. Genetically, a male can be born with the genetic abnormality that makes them attracted to males, a quality that should only be present in female brains. Being born with this defect, they can't change it. However, there is also a very high percentage of people in the "gay community" who were abused as a child, almost always sexually, and usually from an older family member of the same sex. These instances occur far too frequently in the personal pasts of gay people to simply discount as correlation without causation; sexual impropriety towards children has terrible, drastic effects on their emotional and sexual development. I have also seen, firsthand, some select individuals who make the active decision that 'they're gay now' or otherwise make it clear that it's a choice they made, even if they claim otherwise.
So in conclusion, I've seen a great deal of evidence that both nature and nurture are responsible for someone being gay; overwhelmingly, it is one or the other that is responsible for one's gay sexuality, rarely both together. On the note of the "nurture" homosexuality subject, homosexuals, as their homosexuality is derived from a literal genetic or emotional aberration, in many instances continue a cycle of abuse. Many homosexuals who were abused as children grow up to have a sexual fascination with doing the same things to children that were done to them; look around enough and you'll see a number of examples in which two gay men try whatever means necessary to gain custody of a little boy or two, rarely will it be a young girl.
[–] BlackSheepBrouhaha 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Thanks for sharing that.
If we prevent child child abuse, so many problems will fade into obscurity.
[–] SonOfSnowden ago
Aaaand the disproportionately high rate of homosexuality that arises from single mother homes. Good luck getting your hands on that data though... it's possibly the most fiercely covered up stat in all of psychology.