(October 13, 2016 at 7:11 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: Haven't read every part yet but in skimming under Part 1/Challenging the "Born that Way" Hypothesis...Notice that they use the word "unchangeable" and then state " this is not a view that is well-supported by research." So in double speak they are saying that research indicates that sexual orientation can be changed/determined, by "choices, behaviors, life experiences, and social contexts."...If they didn't have an agenda why did they need to address changing? Is it their point that if sexual orientation can be influenced/changed once it can be changed again?
If that was their point, I didn't take it that way. They seemed to reject the notion of genetic determinism that was popular about a decade ago. Their interpretation of the research seems to be that multiple influences produce 'change' over time, perhaps from a earlier more plastic state to a later relatively inflexible one. That would be consistent with the general pattern of development for most other personality traits. Nothing in the article suggests that once someone has attained a fully developed sexuality that it can be reversed.
