Is Being Gay a Choice, Not a Choice, or both.

[Tabasco Sauce]

I was recently walking down the hall of my college when I saw a poster advertising a debate on whether being gay was a choice or not a choice. I always felt that it was a choice for some, and not a choice for others(Genetics, some other thing).

 

[Godwynn]

I didn't know so I asked my co-worker.

She has been attracted to females as long as she could remember.

Mystery solved.

 

[Kraznaya]

Both. For most homosexuals it is not, but you can choose to be if you want. Of course, then you would probably be bisexual, unless you forced yourself to hate the opposite sex at the same time.

 

[Mandeville]

I have a brother who is gay. He was always gay. Mystery solvedx2.

 

[D0NIMATRIX]

There is a study that says that for males, there is a 4% chance of being gay at birth, and this chance increases by 1/3 for each older male sibling you have. I don't know about girls...

 

[Mandeville]

There is a study that says that for males, there is a 4% chance of being gay at birth, and this chance increases by 1/3 for each older male sibling you have. I don't know about girls...

That study would be rediculous considering the amount of homosexuals in the world.

 

[Red Door]

I guess both, but I can't imagine just deciding that you're gay.

 

[LightFang]

Maybe you're born gay or not, but acting on your urges is definitely a choice!

 

[Kraznaya]

Maybe you're born gay or not, but acting on your urges is definitely a choice!

What about uncontrollable desire? Some things that occur on impulse/compulsively isn't really a choice, is it?

 

[D0NIMATRIX]

That study would be rediculous considering the amount of homosexuals in the world.

6 500 000 000*0.04= 260 000 000
That's a lot.

 

[Bill3000]

Clearly CFC will create a consensus on the matter.

 

[LightFang]

What about uncontrollable desire? Some things that occur on impulse/compulsively isn't really a choice, is it?

Like what? There is no such thing as really uncontrollable desire, unless you mean like to eat per se, in which case that's more of a need.

 

[Mandeville]

6 500 000 000*0.04= 260 000 000
That's a lot.

That's nothing.

 

[Kraznaya]

Like what? There is no such thing as really uncontrollable desire, unless you mean like to eat per se, in which case that's more of a need.

Maybe in your experience, but others have reported otherwise.

 

[D0NIMATRIX]

That's nothing.

What do you mean? 260 million people?!?!? That's huge!

 

[Tabasco Sauce]

From the Almighty Wiki

Blanchard and Klassen (1997) reported that each older brother increases the odds of being gay by 33%.[21][22] This is now "one of the most reliable epidemiological variables ever identified in the study of sexual orientation."[23] To explain this finding, it has been proposed that male foetuses provoke a maternal immune reaction that becomes stronger with each successive male foetus. Male foetuses produce HY antigens which are "almost certainly involved in the sexual differentiation of vertebrates." It is this antigen which maternal H-Y antibodies are proposed to both react to and 'remember'. Successive male foetuses are then attacked by H-Y antibodies which somehow decrease the ability of H-Y antigens to perform their usual function in brain masculinisation.[21]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biology_and_sexual_orientation

 

[The Yankee]

I don't remember outlining the pros and cons on a sheet of paper when I was a young'in.

I suppose it could be a choice for some, but only if they were bisexuals, I would guess. But I'm not them, so I can't say.

 

[D0NIMATRIX]

From the Almighty Wiki

Blanchard and Klassen (1997) reported that each older brother increases the odds of being gay by 33%.[...]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biology_and_sexual_orientation

33%=1/3
Yes, exactly.

 

[Mandeville]

What do you mean? 260 million people?!?!? That's huge!

Anyway you want to look at it I think its fairly evident that there are far more than 260 million people who are gay on Earth. I mean gay isnt something new.

 

[D0NIMATRIX]

Where are you getting that from? 260 million people is probably realistic, unless the formula differs for women.