ArchivedA question for straight peopledethbylifeitself wrote:I heard somewhere, i'll find out and post it, but i just wanted to get this down, that homosexuality and any queer behavior is gentically created and caused often by an imbalance in the brain lobes.
Genetic and imbalance do not go together. A possible cause for sexual orientation is hormone imbalances, which result from injury or other factors that are unrelated to our DNA. Hormonal mechanisms
At one stage it was thought that homosexuals were hormonally different. This idea was abandoned when sensitive hormone assays became available and accurate measurement could be made.[8]
Hormones might play a part in prenatal brain development and hence in sexual orientation. Female rats exposed to androgens and neonatally castrated male rats both exhibit sexual behaviour characteristic of the opposite sex.[9,10] Is the fetal rat's brain being hormonally programmed? Could the same sort of thing occur in human foetuses who later show homosexual tendencies? There are limits in extrapolating these rodent studies to man. Sexual behaviour in rats is under rigid hormonal control; human sex is not reflex but complex and conscious behaviour. The prenatal hormone theory doesn't explain the complexity and variability of the human sexual response with changes of erotic fantasies, modes of sexual expression and even sexual orientation over time. If the prenatal hormone hypothesis were correct, we would find a higher incidence of abnormal gonadal structure or function in homosexuals. We would also find a higher proportion of homosexuals with androgen level disorders. Extensive reviews of the literature suggest that this is not the case.[11,12] For example, there is no evidence that children resulting from hormonally treated pregnancies develop homosexual tendencies.[13]
http://www.cmf.org.uk/literature/conten ... cle&id=630
Since this is from a Christian source you will probably reject it out of hand, therefore: FURTHER NOTICE:
As a gay male psychology student who has studied all of the current pertinent theories about sexual orientation - and quite a bit on gender identity, I must strongly disagree with Petro's explanation. There is no evidence that genetics or hormone levels affect masculinity or femininity beyond denoting our biological sex, despite many studies that have sought to find such a correlation.
When it comes to gender conformity, gay, lesbian, and bisexual people are no different from heterosexual people. The difference is in the socialization that gay, lesbian and bisexual individuals experience. Once an individual identifies, or even suspects they are homosexual, they naturally try to find meaning in that and look to society to provide "role models" or other ideas of acceptable behavior within that identity. What they often find are stereotypes that present gay men as effeminate and lesbians as butch. Many people unconsciously emulate and internalize these stereotypes, adopting mannerisms that meet societal expectations. Most gay men, lesbians and bisexual people are not identifiable by such mannerisms, however. The majority of us are indistinguishable from heterosexuals unless we choose to reveal our sexual orientation.
Tony T., 31, Milwaukee, WI
http://www.yforum.com/sex1-10.html If homosexuality was the result of hormone imbalances then hormone therapy should "cure" homosexuals, which in fact does not happen. Homosexuality cannot be "cured", however those with the proper motivation can change their orientation.
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