RE: Being gay is a fetish.
April 23, 2015 at 11:19 am
(This post was last modified: April 23, 2015 at 11:24 am by Chas.)
(April 21, 2015 at 8:04 pm)Polaris Wrote:(April 21, 2015 at 6:53 pm)Mezmo! Wrote: You mean like believing that practicing homosexuality isn't a choice? An here I was thinking that people could choose with whom they did and didn't have sex . Silly me.(April 21, 2015 at 7:03 pm)One Above All Wrote: "Practicing homosexuality"? You mean being attracted to people of the same sex? No, it's not a choice.The reason people state a blanket statement of it not being a choice is because it's one of their main defenses against the religious right. If they stated that it was a choice for many individuals (I can't determine whether how many homosexuals could choose to partake in relation with the opposite sex), the religious right could then use that information against them stating it was their choice to sin.
If there was no religious or other opposition to homosexuality, you wouldn't see people going around saying that it's not a choice.
Of course you would because it is a fact. Who we are attracted to is not a matter of choice.
(April 21, 2015 at 11:55 pm)Mezmo! Wrote: Alcoholics cannot stop being alcoholics but they can stop drinking. They have a choice. Some people may find themselves attracted to the same sex but that doesn't mean they must engage in same sex sex.
That's true, but so what? What adults do with each other is none of your fucking business.
(April 22, 2015 at 9:58 am)alpha male Wrote:(April 22, 2015 at 8:30 am)One Above All Wrote: Wrong. The actual conclusion is that, if there's a genetic factor, it's minor.Agreed.
Quote:Being born with it doesn't make it 100% (or even 1%) genetic.The fact that identical twins have a higher rate of concordance than fraternal twins indicates that there is a genetic factor, but as you note, it's minor.
I agree that fetal development is more than just genetics, if that's your point. But, identical twins not only share the same genes, they share the same womb at the same time. So, what factors are you proposing that work on one twin, but not on the other?
No, they do not have identical environments ever. Fetal development is driven by chemistry - the chemical environment of each cell, and that is constantly changing.
