(December 29, 2013 at 5:40 pm)Jacob(smooth) Wrote:

(December 29, 2013 at 4:24 pm)Minimalist Wrote: I'll go out on a limb and say "bitchy women."


But I could be wrong.

There have been times...

A genetic predisposition toward wooking pa nub in all the wrong places? *ducks*

To be honest, I believe it may just be how an individual develops their personal tastes as they grow. I for one am heterosexual, and am not attracted to to the same sex. I once watched a same sex pornography just to see if I may have been into homosexual sex. To my surprise, I didn't have any emotional response. It was just like watching a really boring pornography. I didn't have any personal taste for the same sex and therefor had no interest in same sex pornography, so, it's probably just personal taste.

To become gay you have to get bitten by a gay spider.

A while ago, I posted this link to a story about a study done on genetic markers and their potential role in homosexuality.

http://io9.com/5967426/scientists-confir...on_ref_map

That's not to say I think this is the be-all-end-all answer to "what causes homosexuality," but I do think it's probably part of the puzzle. I don't think there really is any one, single answer, though.

(December 29, 2013 at 8:37 pm)NoraBrimstone Wrote: To become gay you have to get bitten by a gay spider.

Maybe thats why I am terrified of them :-)

(December 29, 2013 at 3:53 pm)pop_punks_not_dead Wrote: As a gay guy who is into Psychology I always wonder if we will ever find out what is going on in our minds that define what we are attracted to.

I hope one day we will, but sometimes I hope we don't in-case it drives some people to try and find a "cure" for us

Gay babies.

(December 29, 2013 at 3:53 pm)pop_punks_not_dead Wrote: As a gay guy who is into Psychology I always wonder if we will ever find out what is going on in our minds that define what we are attracted to.

I hope one day we will, but sometimes I hope we don't in-case it drives some people to try and find a "cure" for us

That's kinda what I was thinking, about finding out the cause, and then certain groups wanting to find a "cure".

I could see the right wing fundies' response to three different scenarios:

It's caused by genes? Good now they can make a drug to alter the genes.
It's caused by choice? Now we can just teach people how to make the 'right' choices.
It's caused by nurture? Now we can just teach parents to raise their kids the 'right' way.
Etc etc....

On the other hand, the scientist part of me says it's still good to know just for the mere fact of knowing in itself.

Damned if you do, damned if you don't, huh?

(December 30, 2013 at 9:36 am)LostLocke Wrote:

(December 29, 2013 at 3:53 pm)pop_punks_not_dead Wrote: As a gay guy who is into Psychology I always wonder if we will ever find out what is going on in our minds that define what we are attracted to.

I hope one day we will, but sometimes I hope we don't in-case it drives some people to try and find a "cure" for us

That's kinda what I was thinking, about finding out the cause, and then certain groups wanting to find a "cure".

I could see the right wing fundies' response to three different scenarios:

It's caused by genes? Good now they can make a drug to alter the genes.
It's caused by choice? Now we can just teach people how to make the 'right' choices.
It's caused by nurture? Now we can just teach parents to raise their kids the 'right' way.
Etc etc....

On the other hand, the scientist part of me says it's still good to know just for the mere fact of knowing in itself.

Damned if you do, damned if you don't, huh?

If its neurological then I have nightmares of them trying brain surgery.

If its genetic surely you can't treat it? But I have visions of hateful people testing babies for the gene and them dumping them for adoption or something5

Why the fuck does it even matter what "causes" it? Will it make a difference? Obviously it isn't a choice, but what if it was? I choose shit every day and what? Ohhh, because if it was a choice it would be "unnatural" and therefore wrong? I chose to take the unnatural Tube to work today instead of walking, and sometimes I take the unnatural bus. Every few weeks I choose to change my hair colour with unnatural dye. Where's my hate party?!

I don't get it, and I doubt I ever will.