RE: Homosexual Biology
July 26, 2015 at 9:59 pm
(This post was last modified: July 26, 2015 at 10:06 pm by Regina.)
@Rahul - That's probably what I'd put it down to, fetal development.
It could be genetic, but I think if it was wholly genetic you might have some areas of the world where it's significantly more common than others (like the blue eye gene, more common than brown among Northern Europeans but virtually non-existent in some other groups). Instead, it's relatively similar among all populations.
The only thing we can say with some certainty is that it is inborn. Studies are increasingly showing very little (if any) ability for one to willingly change sexuality.
It could be genetic, but I think if it was wholly genetic you might have some areas of the world where it's significantly more common than others (like the blue eye gene, more common than brown among Northern Europeans but virtually non-existent in some other groups). Instead, it's relatively similar among all populations.
The only thing we can say with some certainty is that it is inborn. Studies are increasingly showing very little (if any) ability for one to willingly change sexuality.
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