Is Homosexuality a choice or a condition?
Poll
What is Homosexuality?
| A genetic condition | 28% | 28% - 82 | ||||
| A personal choice | 36% | 36% - 104 | ||||
| A mental disorder | 26% | 26% - 75 | ||||
| Other | 9% | 9% - 27 | ||||
| Total: 288 | ||||||
I don't think its possible to choose to be gay. Can you ever choose to like men? I personally can't get my mind of teh bitches n hoes
EDIT: maybe its nature's way of balancing out the overpopulation?? If your an enviornmentalist, you should love the gays!
EDIT: maybe its nature's way of balancing out the overpopulation?? If your an enviornmentalist, you should love the gays!
Last edited by HeadShotAK47 (2007-07-25 11:27:08)
I feel another few pages of science vs personal/religious opinion coming on.
Either choice you pick, they're all still geay. I hate the gays who really love to LOOK gay in public.
Nature is a powerful force. Those who seek to subdue nature, never do so permanently.
I think for some it is a choice, others it may be a psychological or genetic condition.
it all depends on how you look at people of your own sex ................................
do you gaze long into their eyes in hopes of eye contact
or
do you look quick, give a nod and then go back to getting your b/j from your g/f
do you gaze long into their eyes in hopes of eye contact
or
do you look quick, give a nod and then go back to getting your b/j from your g/f
It's a choice. I choose to be heterosexual. I was born with no sense of favoritism when dealing with sexuality. I was raised in a heterosexual family so it became the norm for me, especially because I never encountered any homosexuals until middle school. If I wanted to I could be homosexual. I would find it uncomfortable though, so I remain heterosexual.
its fucking sick thats what it is
YepSkruples wrote:
I feel another few pages of science vs personal/religious opinion coming on.
Probably a mixture of Personal Choice and/or Mental Disorder (Running around like a mental twat isn't normal, so why should going against basic organism instincts be)
I'm sorry, I can't accept that genes defines this. Everyone is always looking for the easy excuse.
I guess i'm genetically pre-disposed to hate on gay people. WHAT? You can't do shit, you're genetically pre-disposed to be gay. So why can't I be genetically anti-gay. Fuckers.
I'm all for science and being anti-religion. But stop blaming everything on Genes. Soon enough we're going to get all that designer baby shit going on. We survived without this for tens of thousands of years. Why do we all of a sudden need it now? Environment plays a huge factor in things. Don't forget that. That's why the world is so different.
Edit: I'm talking about homosexuality between men. I'm all for bisexuality between women. And I know that's 100% choice.
I'm sorry, I can't accept that genes defines this. Everyone is always looking for the easy excuse.
I guess i'm genetically pre-disposed to hate on gay people. WHAT? You can't do shit, you're genetically pre-disposed to be gay. So why can't I be genetically anti-gay. Fuckers.
I'm all for science and being anti-religion. But stop blaming everything on Genes. Soon enough we're going to get all that designer baby shit going on. We survived without this for tens of thousands of years. Why do we all of a sudden need it now? Environment plays a huge factor in things. Don't forget that. That's why the world is so different.
Edit: I'm talking about homosexuality between men. I'm all for bisexuality between women. And I know that's 100% choice.
Last edited by Mekstizzle (2007-07-25 11:32:35)
If you're telling me you've never enjoyed watching lesbians, you're the one who is sick (assuming you are heterosexual).david363 wrote:
its fucking sick thats what it is
wanting to stick your wen0r in something other than a chick seems to be personal preference, therefore choice.
That's so stupid. If people were born with no sense of favoritism towards gender, homosexuality would be rampant and the population of the earth would be a fraction of the size it is now.Havok wrote:
It's a choice. I choose to be heterosexual. I was born with no sense of favoritism when dealing with sexuality. I was raised in a heterosexual family so it became the norm for me, especially because I never encountered any homosexuals until middle school. If I wanted to I could be homosexual. I would find it uncomfortable though, so I remain heterosexual.
Before voting, why don't you all go out and get to know a few gay people. A lot of them don't like being gay and would change if they could. Sure there are some who go both ways and some who are that way due to some psychological trauma, but the majority of them were born that way.
Other.
I don't think that's it's a personal choice, but I don't think that it's a genetic thing either. If I had to say it was anything, it's probably a combination of environmental factors, upbringing, and cultural views on the subject.
I don't think that's it's a personal choice, but I don't think that it's a genetic thing either. If I had to say it was anything, it's probably a combination of environmental factors, upbringing, and cultural views on the subject.
Genetic.
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Gay people experience physical arousal when around members of the same sex, the same way we do around members of the opposite sex. You can't be genetically anti-gay, because prejudice and ingorance are not something you're born with.Mekstizzle wrote:
Probably a mixture of Personal Choice and/or Mental Disorder (Running around like a mental twat isn't normal, so why should going against basic organism instincts be)
I'm sorry, I can't accept that genes defines this. Everyone is always looking for the easy excuse.
I guess i'm genetically pre-disposed to hate on gay people. WHAT? You can't do shit, you're genetically pre-disposed to be gay. So why can't I be genetically anti-gay. Fuckers.
I'm all for science and being anti-religion. But stop blaming everything on Genes. Soon enough we're going to get all that designer baby shit going on. We survived without this for tens of thousands of years. Why do we all of a sudden need it now? Environment plays a huge factor in things. Don't forget that. That's why the world is so different.
It is definately genetic. When I first moved to my new house, I met my neighbor. This was in elementary school. Now we are towards the end of high school and he ended up being gay. We used to play in the dirt together and he ended up being gay. I had a talk with him about it, and he didn't choose to be gay. I don't think anyone would choose to like men when they know what other people think of it.
It is not a genetic disorder/condition.
It is not a mental disorder/condition.
It is not predicated upon a gene (there is no such thing as a gay gene).
It is not a personal choice.
It is something other: it is a matter of genetic expression & potential based upon sexual differentiation during fetal development and puberty.
It is not a mental disorder/condition.
It is not predicated upon a gene (there is no such thing as a gay gene).
It is not a personal choice.
It is something other: it is a matter of genetic expression & potential based upon sexual differentiation during fetal development and puberty.
very true - but i believe it still can be a choice.topal63 wrote:
It is not a genetic disorder/condition.
It is not a mental disorder/condition.
It is not predicated upon a gene (there is no such thing as a gay gene).
It is not a personal choice.
It is something other: it is a matter of genetic expression & potential based upon sexual differentiation during fetal development and puberty.
Combination of factors. Genetics is doubtless a part of it, as is a mental predisposition - though you'd have to assume that the two would be intrinsically linked. It's obviously not just a choice, so this is clearly a case of nature over nurture.
It contradicts nature. At least nature the way it is suppossed to be. So I vote mental disorder.
How can it possibly be a choice?CoronadoSEAL wrote:
very true - but i believe it still can be a choice.topal63 wrote:
It is not a genetic disorder/condition.
It is not a mental disorder/condition.
It is not predicated upon a gene (there is no such thing as a gay gene).
It is not a personal choice.
It is something other: it is a matter of genetic expression & potential based upon sexual differentiation during fetal development and puberty.
Committing homosexual acts is a choice. But if you weren't gay you really wouldn't enjoy it. You don't choose what you enjoy, it comes naturally.
And since humans weren't born with wings, flying also contradicts nature. So people who travel on airplanes have a mental disorder.rawls2 wrote:
It contradicts nature. At least nature the way it is suppossed to be. So I vote mental disorder.
I don't think so. Even if it can be chosen - someone choosing a lifestyle that goes against the greater social average-norm (morals, ethics, modes of behavior being taught to them; coveyed to them; etc); I doubt statistically choice will play a part; or encompass even a tiny minority - in those (people; groups) that are gay.CoronadoSEAL wrote:
very true - but i believe it still can be a choice.topal63 wrote:
It is not a genetic disorder/condition.
It is not a mental disorder/condition.
It is not predicated upon a gene (there is no such thing as a gay gene).
It is not a personal choice.
It is something other: it is a matter of genetic expression & potential based upon sexual differentiation during fetal development and puberty.
The human mind is infinitely malleable, based upon suggestion & belief constructs. If you can convince a guy to blow him self up; why not cock-sucking too? But how would the imposition of a belief structure (convincing; external pressure; application of someone else's social standards) be called a choice? It isn't. So if choice happens and someone chooses to be gay - this would be as rare as someone effectively going through heterosexual reorientation therapy and effectively not being gay afterward.
Last edited by topal63 (2007-07-25 11:57:07)
afaik your sexuality is influenced by the hormonal balance in your fetal development. you don´t have a choice.topal63 wrote:
It is not a genetic disorder/condition.
It is not a mental disorder/condition.
It is not predicated upon a gene (there is no such thing as a gay gene).
It is not a personal choice.
It is something other: it is a matter of genetic expression & potential based upon sexual differentiation during fetal development and puberty.
and homosexuality isn´t something, which is against nature. it is very natural, because you can find homosexual animals in all races.