• If an identical twin has same-sex attraction the chances the co-twin has it are only about 11% for men and 14% for women. (wdtprs.com)
  • Even those who have the affliction of a strong same-sex attraction can make choices to live a virtuous life, just as those who are undoubtedly heterosexual have to make choices. (wdtprs.com)
  • Well, I think it's hard to disagree with much that Prof King said in his CT article: Same sex attraction does seem to be generally caused by an interaction of genetic / womb environment with the environmental conditions in early childhood. (thinkinganglicans.org.uk)
  • According to Ed Miller , it results from a balanced polymorphism-a delicate balancing act where too much feminization of the male brain causes attraction to one's own sex and too little causes indifference to one's own children. (blogspot.com)
  • With the renewed conversation in Mormonism about homosexuality initiated by the November 6th policy changes, it has become clear that many Latter-day Saints have never really been exposed to the breadth of research conducted in the past several decades about the biological and social factors involved in human sexual development, attraction, and identity, including homosexual orientations. (mormonmatters.org)
  • No specific biological or psychosocial factors have been identified that determine why some individuals develop sexual attraction toward members of the same sex. (medscape.com)
  • For decades, researchers have asked the question of whether biological or social factors play the greater role in development of sexual attraction, without reaching a consensus. (medscape.com)
  • Debbie Thurman was shocked when she was told by homosexual activists that, as she defined herself as a former sufferer of same-sex attraction disorder, she could not possibly exist. (blogs.com)
  • Thurman writes that 'gay activists' tried to deny her own experience of having overcome same-sex attraction, so entrenched is the doctrine of 'sexual orientation' as an indelible characteristic. (blogs.com)
  • They also mention studies on twins that point to environmental causation, as when one identical twin experiences same-sex attraction, the brother (who shares the same genes) is also gay only about half the time. (blogs.com)
  • The first obtains from just straightforward bisexuality, i.e. where ancestral sex lives commonly involved a mix of both same-sex and heterosexual activity but in varying proportions (informed in part by genotypic variability) ranging from bisexual with a more dominant opposite-sex attraction, to bisexual with a more dominant same-sex attraction. (musingsone.com)
  • Nevertheless, despite being strongly disfavoured by natural selection, strict homosexuality would have persisted in low frequency simply because of genetic factors informing same-sex attraction that were inherited from bisexual ancestors. (musingsone.com)
  • All of these conclusions came after decades of research that lead to the belief that same-sex attraction, by itself, doesn't cause distress to someone's life or their well-being. (lebmash.org)
  • On the other hand, we know that we don't look for the etiology of interracial love or love between two people from different religions, neither do we look for reasons of heterosexuality and that's why there wouldn't be a purpose to look into causes of same-sex attraction. (lebmash.org)
  • The second theory, one that is held by a minority of therapists and researchers, is that sexual abuse may at times be a confusing or causal mechanism in same-sex attraction, behavior, or identity. (thepublicdiscourse.com)
  • Heterosexuality is the attraction of people of the same sex to each other. (healthyrel.online)
  • While sexual attraction is deeply personal and can vary from person to person, it's influenced by a combination of biological and psychological factors. (premiermensmedical.com)
  • And Other Questions about Homosexuality, the Bible and Same-Sex Attraction. (wtsbooks.com)
  • Homosexual behavior is relatively common among boys in British single-sex boarding schools, but adult Britons who attended such schools are no more likely to engage in homosexual behavior than those who did not. (wikipedia.org)
  • Because our sexuality is fixed at such an early age, many lesbians and gay men feel they have been homosexual all their lives and therefore mistakenly conclude that it must be genetic and that they were born queer. (spiked-online.com)
  • Female homosexuality has been well studied in Japanese macaques, but Clive's research would examine how homosexual behaviour differs in males and across environments. (imperial.ac.uk)
  • If the long-overdue national debate on homosexuality took place, the poverty of the anti-homosexual case would become readily apparent. (cmu.edu)
  • If homosexuality was a biological condition produced inescapably by the genes (e.g. eye color), then if one identical twin was homosexual, in 100% of the cases his brother would be too. (billmuehlenberg.com)
  • Part 3 addresses ideas that are often held by Latter-day Saints and others that homosexual orientation is caused by factors such as sexual abuse or early sexual experimentation, or certain personality traits of one's parents. (mormonmatters.org)
  • The cultural stigma surrounding homosexuality, for instance, could lead to the underreporting of homosexual activity. (theconversation.com)
  • One favorite ploy by those who wish to advance the homosexual agenda in America is to compare opposition to homosexuality with the discrimination of African Americans that has characterized some portions of the American population. (apologeticspress.org)
  • Some people in the society believe homosexuality to be an illness and s that it could be rectified .but most of of the processes of round the revolve psychological therapies which expects to change homosexual sexuality to heterosexual. (ukessays.com)
  • The question that rises in this is if homosexual traits are genetic, then how logical is to accuse such person of engaging in a sinful actions of homosexuality? (ukessays.com)
  • These efforts led to the observation that wild-type (genetically unaltered) male flies will participate in homosexual courtship when exposed to a vigorous male-male courtship environment, demonstrating that both genetic factors and environmental cues influence this behavior. (nybooks.com)
  • The researchers said that this explained why some religious leaders who denounce homosexuality are later revealed to have secret homosexual relations. (blogspot.com)
  • In other words, there are genetic factors transmitted through the maternal line (partly linked to the X-chromosome) that increase the probability of becoming homosexual in males, but they promote higher fecundity in females (Camperio-Ciani et al. (musingsone.com)
  • Hence, the genetic factors that "… influence homosexual orientation in males are not selected against because they increase fecundity in female carriers, thus offering a solution to the Darwinian paradox and an explanation of why natural selection does not progressively eliminate homosexuals" (Iemmola and Camperio-Ciani 2009). (musingsone.com)
  • But random mating within this mix would also have produced genetic variants that informed strictly homosexual as well as strictly heterosexual orientations - with only the latter of the two strongly favoured by natural selection. (musingsone.com)
  • Much has been made of the correlation between homosexual desire and certain physical anomalies: size differences in neurons in the anterior hypothalamus (LeVay), unique "tags" on the genetic code (Hamer), incidence of homosexuality among twins (Bailey and Pillard), etc. (str.org)
  • We also now know that homosexuality is biologically natural in that it arises through the interaction of many biological factors in the early development of fetuses and children--genes and sex hormones shape the body and the brain in early life so that people are naturally predisposed to become heterosexual, bisexual, or homosexual. (blogspot.com)
  • Three cohorts (homosexual men, heterosexual men, and a mixed sex cohort), one pretrained network on sex classification, and one newly trained network for sexual orientation classification were used to classify sex. (karger.com)
  • Same-sex sexual or homosexual behaviors in other animals have been observed in about 1500 species. (profolus.com)
  • He further noted that the animal kingdom demonstrates sexual diversity-including homosexual, bisexual, and non-reproductive sex. (profolus.com)
  • Some researchers have also argued that homosexual behaviors observed in animals are not primarily motivated by sex but a socio-sexual purpose. (profolus.com)
  • We shouldn't worry about a child being homosexual because society is homophobic, because homosexuality is not something inherently negative. (healthyrel.online)
  • rjw] Despite many attempts, there has been no clear demonstration that parental behavior, even a parent's homosexuality, affects children's sexual orientation. (cmu.edu)
  • How might results influence behavior where there are other major factors contributing to disease susceptibility? (americanbar.org)
  • Behavior is determined by non-genetic factors-including past experiences, parental and peer influence, education, and culture. (apologeticspress.org)
  • According to one hypothesis, a 'fluid sexuality' that enabled same-sex sexual behavior in women made it easier for women to raise children together. (musingsone.com)
  • The animal kingdom is filled with examples of same-sex erotic behavior. (str.org)
  • In "Prescriptions for Perversity: Treating Homosexuality in the United States" we will be examining the ways in which medical knowledge both describes and prescribes, constructs and condemns what is "perverse" sexual behavior, especially homosexuality. (clgbthistory.org)
  • One of the 200 forms of sexual behavior that Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing classified as "sexual psychopathy" was homosexuality. (healthyrel.online)
  • These pathogens can switch hosts by acquiring new genetic combinations that have altered pathogenic potential or by changes in behavior or socioeconomic, environmental, or ecologic characteristics of the hosts. (cdc.gov)
  • More than 200 years later, research has moved past some of the taboos those early researchers faced and shown that homosexuality is much more common than previously thought. (imperial.ac.uk)
  • But this argument has never been substantiated, despite the fact that studies have shown that homosexuality is a heritable trait. (iflscience.com)
  • The studies have shown that homosexuality has both a heritable and an environmental component. (iflscience.com)
  • So-called 'gay genes' have not yet been precisely identified, but pedigree and twin studies have shown that homosexuality tends to run in families (reviewed in Ngun etal. (musingsone.com)
  • Many studies had shown that homosexuality itself doesn't affect someone's well-being, and by extension, their health. (lebmash.org)
  • If heterosexuality and homosexuality are, indeed, genetically predetermined (and therefore mutually exclusive and unchangeable), how do we explain bisexuality or people who, suddenly in mid-life, switch from heterosexuality to homosexuality (or vice versa)? (spiked-online.com)
  • Furthermore, a biological explanation of homosexuality simultaneously explains heterosexuality. (cmu.edu)
  • Undisputed answers as to the exact biological reasons why individuals can be sexually attracted to people of the same sex as themselves, to persons of the other sex, or to people regardless of their sex, are few and far between. (cosmosmagazine.com)
  • Other aspects of human sexuality, such as sexual satisfaction, incidence of oral sex, and attitudes toward homosexuality and masturbation, show little to no observed difference between males and females. (wikipedia.org)
  • Male bonobos have been observed to mount, fondle, and perform oral sex on one another. (profolus.com)
  • The last remaining copy was recently unearthed providing valuable insights into animal homosexuality research. (imperial.ac.uk)
  • But forays into animal homosexuality research long predate Levick, with observations published as far back as the 1700s and 1800s. (imperial.ac.uk)
  • In 2016, Savolainen started some work on animal homosexuality, beginning with a chapter on the Evolution of Homosexuality . (imperial.ac.uk)
  • BAGEMIHL B. (1999), Biological Exuberance: Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity . (psicologoinrete.com)
  • Explaining the biology of animal homosexuality requires a complex multicausal model (Poiani 2010, 401-425). (blogspot.com)
  • Similarly, at the end of his book surveying the science of animal homosexuality, Aldo Poiani declares as his "personal ethical stance" his support for "the fundamental human right of homosexuals, bisexuals, transsexuals and intersex people to express their own self with respect to the laws of the land" (425). (blogspot.com)
  • Someone's sexual orientation is their pattern of sexual interest in the opposite and/or same sex. (wikipedia.org)
  • Animals have also been often seen displaying bisexual behaviour - interacting with both opposite and same sex. (cosmosmagazine.com)
  • This suggests a more biological purpose, in which it's proposed that this may increase an animal's chance of successful breeding later with the opposite sex. (cosmosmagazine.com)
  • The female fish found the males more attractive after the male had a same-sex interaction in the same way they did with opposite sex interaction. (cosmosmagazine.com)
  • "... psychologically masculine females and feminine men are (a) more likely to be nonheterosexual but (b), when heterosexual, have more opposite-sex sexual partners" (Zietsch et al. (musingsone.com)
  • Why is it then deemed natural to have male genitals, but be dispositionally incapable of using them to accomplish their reproductive purpose with the opposite sex? (str.org)
  • Moreover, in some cases, the same-sex couples seem to be more successful in their parenting than opposite-sex parents. (blogspot.com)
  • Under these circumstances, virtually everyone needs to get a girlfriend or boyfriend of the opposite sex while at school, and needs to get married while in their teens. (students.org.au)
  • You shouldn't be going out with a girlfriend or boyfriend of the opposite sex unless they would be a suitable person to marry. (students.org.au)
  • At no other time and place will there be such a wide variety of compatible and available members of the opposite sex. (students.org.au)
  • There is no right or wrong place to meet someone of the opposite sex, and school is as good as anywhere. (students.org.au)
  • If they're concerned about abuse, why not pair up children who identify themselves as gay/lesbian with a gay mentor of the opposite sex? (metafilter.com)
  • Largely overlooked was the fact that such an esteemed scientist was giving credibility to the flawed theories which claim a genetic causation of homosexuality. (spiked-online.com)
  • He seems to accept that while genetic factors may establish a predisposition towards homosexuality, a predisposition is not the same as a causation. (spiked-online.com)
  • Using extensive behavioural data and cutting-edge genomic analyses, our results should lead to re-thinking of the prevalence and causation of same sex mating behaviour in wild primates, with relevance to human societies. (upr.edu)
  • The course will proceed largely chronologically, examining the hypothesized theories of the causation of sexual perversion, inversion, and homosexuality (both male and female), and specific therapeutic approaches to these. (clgbthistory.org)
  • It has found that homosexuals often act differently from heterosexuals in early childhood, before they have even heard of sex. (cmu.edu)
  • Homophobes sometimes justify their prejudice against homosexuals by alleging that homosexuality is contagious -- that young homosexuals become that way because of older homosexuals and that homosexuality is a social corruption. (cmu.edu)
  • This mechanism, called antagonistic pleiotropy, might maintain genes that increase the risk for homosexuality because they increase the number of sex partners in the relatives of homosexuals. (musingsone.com)
  • But homosexuals don't reproduce, so homosexuality can't be "natural" on this definition either. (str.org)
  • If homosexuality is biologically natural, does that support the liberty of homosexuals as a natural right? (blogspot.com)
  • In other words, though hostile antagonism toward homosexuals still exists in many corners of our society, almost no one would deny that the predominant national policy in our culture today is that homosexuality is normal, healthy, and amoral. (ac3.org)
  • Presents biblical teaching on the subject, the role of biological factors, a biblical model of homosexuality, and the church's role in ministering to homosexuals. (wtsbooks.com)
  • This evidence includes the cross-cultural correlation of homosexuality and childhood gender nonconformity, moderate genetic influences found in twin studies, evidence for prenatal hormonal effects on brain organization, the fraternal birth order effect, and the finding that in rare cases where infant males were raised as girls due to physical differences or deformity, they nevertheless turned out attracted to females. (wikipedia.org)
  • Another hypothesis involves sexually antagonistic genes, which cause homosexuality when expressed in males but increase reproduction when expressed in females. (wikipedia.org)
  • These theories are mostly consistent with observed differences in males' and females' attitudes toward casual sex before marriage in the United States. (wikipedia.org)
  • Last week, a team of scientists at the University of Padova in Italy made headlines around the world when they claimed to have discovered that homosexuality in males may be caused in part by genes that can increase fertility in females (1). (spiked-online.com)
  • In 2018, the first report of sex between males was recorded. (imperial.ac.uk)
  • We also found a genetic correlation between the number of times a male was observed mounting another male and the number of times he was mounted by other males. (theconversation.com)
  • They have broadly been described in several species of non-human primates, wherein genetic data of a few birth cohorts of a given social group revealed that a proportion of offspring are typically sired by males not resident to the social group at the time of offspring conception. (upr.edu)
  • The passive or receiving males trigger this misidentification whenever they release sex pheromones or carry female pheromones that were attached to them during prior mating activities with female species. (profolus.com)
  • The biological aspects of humans' sexuality deal with the reproductive system, the sexual response cycle, and the factors that affect these aspects. (wikipedia.org)
  • Scientists argued homosexuality was a sort of 'Darwinian paradox' because it involved sexual behaviour that was non-reproductive. (imperial.ac.uk)
  • Male homosexuality makes no sense as a reproductive strategy. (blogspot.com)
  • This has often been considered a 'Darwinian paradox' as non-reproductive sex will result in fewer descendants and lead to extinction. (upr.edu)
  • The sexual and reproductive health of female sex workers in Southern Africa is particularly important, given the high prevalence of HIV among this population. (bvsalud.org)
  • homosexuality cannot be genetically dictated. (wdtprs.com)
  • Because identical twins are always genetically identical, homosexuality cannot be genetically dictated. (billmuehlenberg.com)
  • In addition to testing, we have the technology to genetically engineer gametes and embryos, giving rise to the possibility of a child having three (or possibly more) genetic parents. (americanbar.org)
  • Due to the fact that homosexuality is genetically inherited then some persons thing its bad to call the action sinful.because this is untrue conclusion, and for important reasons. (ukessays.com)
  • The issue of eradicating homosexuality has became a political debate in America, with Christian political organisations supporting the slogan of changing homosexuality through force of will alone. (ukessays.com)
  • If a trait is "genetic," it means that it comes from the genes encoded in your DNA. (politifact.com)
  • By contrast, if a trait is "biological" in origin, it means that it can stem from any number of factors, such as hormone levels or how a fetus develops in the uterus. (politifact.com)
  • So if being gay was truly, and exclusively, a genetic trait, every set of identical twins should either be both straight, or both gay. (politifact.com)
  • Our estimates align with what we would expect for a behavioural trait that is probably influenced by multiple genetic factors and environmental effects. (theconversation.com)
  • Perhaps my link below from the World Heart Organization can educate you Paul so you don't keep equating Homosexuality, which is a genetic trait that isn't inherently dangerous to your health and well-being, to a disease, obesity, which is inherently so dangerous that it will take away your health, well-being and then eventually kill you. (queerty.com)
  • In other words, the impact of CAH on sexual orientation is one factor among many that scientists are discovering as they explore a complex and many-layered human trait. (identiversity.org)
  • What is known at this point is that sexual orientation represents a highly complex behavioral trait with multiple determinants involved, including genetic, hormonal, [and] possible immunological factors interacting with one another and the sociocultural postnatal environment. (identiversity.org)
  • According to gay gene theory, genetic factors are responsible for sexual orientation, with our genetic inheritance programming us to desire one sex rather than the other. (spiked-online.com)
  • Many studies suggest social factors are also important influences in the formation of sexual orientation. (spiked-online.com)
  • Our own research has shown that male sexual orientation is substantially genetic. (cmu.edu)
  • Pawlenty is surely right that a genetic explanation has not been proven, and indeed genetics is likely a modest influence on sexual orientation," said Michael Bailey, a Northwestern University psychologist who undertook the twin study that showed a 50 percent correlation, as well as another that showed lower correlations. (politifact.com)
  • Homosexuality is not a mental disorder and the APA opposes all portrayals of lesbian, gay and bisexual people as mentally ill and in need of treatment due to their sexual orientation. (ukessays.com)
  • The thinking now is that sexual orientation is determined by roughly 40 percent genetic factors and 60 percent environmental factors. (blogs.com)
  • The average Christian is uninformed about the mounting research that demonstrates sexual orientation is pre-wired and complex, involving a combination of pre-natal hormonal and genetic factors. (abbi.org.au)
  • 2011), and a recent genetic analysis of 409 pairs of gay brothers links sexual orientation in men with particular regions of the human genome (Sanders et al. (musingsone.com)
  • Columbia University Psychiatrists William Byne and Bruce Parsons report, "Recent studies postulate biologic factors as the primary basis for sexual orientation. (str.org)
  • Monozygotic (identical) twins are more concordant in their sexual orientation than dizygotic (fraternal) twins, which clearly shows a genetic contribution to homosexuality That the concordance between monozygotic twins is about 50% suggests that while there is a genetic influence, there are also other biological factors involved. (blogspot.com)
  • Several researchers and writers who perceive homosexuality with positivity usually begin their discussions by implying that this sexual orientation is natural. (profolus.com)
  • Scientists have also observed that same-sex pairs have successfully reared young in at least 20 species. (blogspot.com)
  • Some scientists believe that the frontally-placed clitoris of female bonobos has evolved to facilitate same-sex activities, particularly genital-genital rubbing. (profolus.com)
  • Namely, that homosexuality is genetic - so hard-wired into one's identity that it can't be changed. (wdtprs.com)
  • Since natural selection would tend to eliminate male homosexuality, it should be uncommon-like most genetic conditions that impair one's ability to survive and reproduce. (blogspot.com)
  • Indeed, Dr. Wolpe anticipates our genetic makeup will soon be routinely documented in our medical records and will be used to inform pharmacogenetic decisions (choosing specific drugs to treat conditions based on one's genome). (americanbar.org)
  • 2015). The pressing question then - described often as a 'Darwinian paradox' - is how do we account for the common occurrence of homosexuality in evolutionary terms, given that it would seem to present a severe limitation on evolutionary fitness through one's direct lineage? (musingsone.com)
  • According to the primitive natural order of things (evolution), the natural purpose of sex is reproduction, getting one's genes into the next generation. (str.org)
  • Imperial researchers are using a new approach to understand why same-sex behaviour is so common across the animal kingdom. (imperial.ac.uk)
  • Same-sex behaviour ranging from co-parenting to sex has been observed in over 1,000 species with likely many more as researchers begin to look for the behaviour explicitly. (imperial.ac.uk)
  • Researchers are now going beyond just observing it though, with researchers at Imperial leading the way in unravelling how, and why, homosexuality is found across nature. (imperial.ac.uk)
  • In 2014, researchers confirmed the association between same-sex orientation in men and a specific chromosomal region . (iflscience.com)
  • Researchers do stipulate that sexuality is born out of a combination of genetic, biologic and psychosocial factors. (lebmash.org)
  • What about sex or other traits? (americanbar.org)
  • Like most human behavioural traits, a preference for same-sex sexual relationships can be informed in part by learning and environmental / developmental experiences. (musingsone.com)
  • While physical attractiveness can be subjective, there are some traits that are associated with good health and genetic quality. (premiermensmedical.com)
  • In his notebooks, he described their sexual behaviour, including sex between male birds. (imperial.ac.uk)
  • Male same-sex sexual behaviour was widespread in a population of rhesus macaques. (theconversation.com)
  • We observed these monkeys for three years and found that male same-sex sexual behaviour (SSB) was widespread. (theconversation.com)
  • This allowed us to explore the effect of relatedness (heritability) on their behaviour, taking into account other factors that could influence the results, such as age and social group structure. (theconversation.com)
  • We propose the first ever study quantifying the evolutionary mechanisms and functions of same sex mating behaviour in nature. (upr.edu)
  • If you oppose the legalization of homosexuality and favor a ban on same-sex marriage, you are "just like racists who oppressed blacks in the South. (apologeticspress.org)
  • This last concern relates to the irony that helping children become comfortable with their natal sex would be banned in favor of experimental drug treatments and surgeries that lead to sterilization and have not been shown to alleviate psychological distress long-term . (thepublicdiscourse.com)
  • It is also evident that many currently hold to older and largely disproved explanations about the causes of homosexuality and an individual's ability to change her or his sexuality. (mormonmatters.org)
  • In a very personal self-disclosure, Thurman has written urging the American Psychiatric Association (APA) not to carry out its threat to ban therapy intended to correct the underlying psychological causes of homosexuality. (blogs.com)
  • During a July 10, 2011, appearance on NBC's Meet the Press , host David Gregory asked Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty about the origins of homosexuality. (politifact.com)
  • One may have a strong inclination towards it, but that hardly qualifies as a "genetic predisposition. (wdtprs.com)
  • There may be a genetic predisposition (with around 30-45% heritability, according to twin studies), but this predisposition is interacting with something in the environment. (blogspot.com)
  • In type-I diabetes, it seems likely that Coxsackie virus infections (in people with a genetic predisposition, in which HLA type plays a major role) trigger an autoimmune disease that gradually (over a year or so) destroys the islet cells which produce insulin. (blogspot.com)
  • The attitudes towards homosexuality among Jews and Christians began to change in the second half of the 19th century as a result of changes in the public consciousness. (healthyrel.online)
  • Sexual preference is pretty relevant to LGBT people who find that same-sex marriage is their best route to happiness. (mormonmatters.org)
  • Right wing conservative preachers are numerous and condemn homosexuality and the LGBT community in the media and from their pulpits. (abbi.org.au)
  • At the website for "LGBT Science," you can see how the LGBT community appeals to the biology of homosexuality to show that homosexuality is natural and thus should be protected as a matter of individual liberty. (blogspot.com)
  • Through much of this century, the medical and scientific community defined homosexuality as sickness, deviance, sex perversion or a form of criminality. (geocities.ws)
  • Same sex orientation is not a perversion, illness or the result of a dysfunctional upbringing but an expression of sexuality that appears in every culture as well as nature. (abbi.org.au)
  • There was a time when the majority of western culture viewed homosexuality as an illness and perversion. (abbi.org.au)
  • One of the main original proponents of gay gene theory, Dr Dean Hamer, now concedes that it is unlikely that something as complex as human sexuality can be explained solely in terms of genetic inheritance. (spiked-online.com)
  • NYR , July 13) says, "Historians of homosexuality will judge twentieth-century 'science' harshly when they come to reflect on the prejudice, myth, and downright dishonesty that litter modern academic research on sexuality. (nybooks.com)
  • Homosexuality, or Sexuality That Can Possibly be Inherited? (nybooks.com)
  • It must be pointed out the the argument for acquired or suggested inversion [i.e., homosexuality] logically involves the assertion that normal sexuality is also acquired or suggested. (clgbthistory.org)
  • The pathologization of homosexuality is based on a narrow understanding of sexuality as a function, aimed only at procreation, which is possible only between members of different sexes. (healthyrel.online)
  • Studies on twins have established that homosexuality is more common in identical (monozygotic) twins than in non-identical (dizygotic) twins. (iflscience.com)
  • A follow up meta-analysis of attractiveness heritability, this time among twins, shows that the attractiveness level between identical, same sex, twin siblings when acne, grooming, smiling and BMI are not controlled for is mostly genetic and when those factors are controlled for, the difference in attractiveness levels are still mostly genetic for identical twin brothers, but not identical twin sisters. (incels.wiki)
  • 1978). Sex differences in physical attractiveness preferences, Journal of Social Psychology , 105 , 43-52. (blogspot.com)
  • Once pre-wired in the womb, same-sex orientation begins to play out in people's physical appearance, natural abilities, brain functioning, socialisation and emotional attachment. (abbi.org.au)
  • Sexual desires are not mere preferences, but a direction one is forced to face ("orientation") because of predetermined physical factors. (str.org)
  • Firstly it is inevitable that the church will accept the fact that homosexuality is an orientation and not an abomination. (abbi.org.au)
  • People who are attracted to others of the same sex develop their orientation before they are born. (iflscience.com)
  • Research has shown that men are generally attracted to one sex or the other, whereas women are more likely than men to have a bisexual orientation. (musingsone.com)
  • A Pretty Boy is a male who possesses the angel skull of a female, and his sex hormones appear to be in balance. (incels.wiki)
  • The predominant things that create homosexuality in one identical twin and not in the other have to be post-birth factors. (wdtprs.com)
  • Over the last two years, we have studied the rates of homosexuality in identical and non-identical twin brothers of gay men, as well as adoptive brothers of gay men. (cmu.edu)
  • Furthermore, arguing that something is genetic suggests that there's a single, or at least a well-defined, genetic source -- what has sometimes been called a "gay gene. (politifact.com)
  • These figures suggests that most adolescents who might be experiencing same-sex attractions are reluctant to label themselves as GLB. (medscape.com)
  • This suggests that different forms of SSB in these monkeys share a common genetic basis. (theconversation.com)
  • It did this against the backdrop of a growing number of new laws in Africa which discriminate against people attracted to others of the same sex. (iflscience.com)
  • Nevertheless, Poiani clearly implies that there are ethical implications to his argument that homosexuality is not a pathology. (blogspot.com)
  • The use of homosexuality to describe the sexual behaviors of animals other than humans is also confusing to a certain extent. (profolus.com)
  • Their sexual behaviors are driven by sex alone. (profolus.com)
  • Behavioral science has expanded the repertoire of targeted, effective prevention programs for populations at high risk for HIV infection, such as men who have sex with men, injection drug users, and women who engage in risky behaviors. (cdc.gov)
  • Today, most studies regarding the prevalence of homosexuality involve adult subjects (5-10%), but these figures also appear to be consistent with the available data concerning adolescents. (medscape.com)
  • Like other mammals, humans are primarily grouped into either the male or female sex. (wikipedia.org)
  • How does male homosexuality originate? (blogspot.com)
  • Since male homosexuality is not rare, it cannot have a genetic cause, at least not principally. (blogspot.com)
  • And this something cannot be a recent environmental change, since male homosexuality has been around for a long time. (blogspot.com)
  • Greg also argues that male homosexuality should be less common in smaller communities than in larger ones-where pathogenic transmission is likelier. (blogspot.com)
  • 2005). Sex-contingent face aftereffects suggest distinct neural populations code male and female faces, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London , Series B , 272 , 2283-2287. (blogspot.com)
  • For male homosexuality, one of the best explanations so far comes from recent studies suggesting that female relatives of gay men generally have more offspring than the female relatives of straight men. (musingsone.com)
  • A similar hypothesis (that applies to either male or female homosexuality) is suggested by Zietsch et al. (musingsone.com)
  • It is remarkable that white is one of the most studied genes in man's quest to understand genetic control and function in Drosophila (described in 1910 by Thomas Hunt Morgan as the first example of sex-linked inheritance in flies) and yet this phenomenon had not previously been reported. (nybooks.com)
  • Parts 1 & 2 focus on the preponderance of research into the biological factors that play a huge role in our sexual orientations and identities, including sexual fluidity. (mormonmatters.org)
  • They also see the gay gene explanation as a useful defence against the arguments of the religious right, which dismisses same-sex relationships as a lifestyle choice. (spiked-online.com)
  • Making decisions based on the presence of a single gene, however, can be problematic, ignoring the larger picture painted by an individual's overall genetic makeup. (americanbar.org)
  • One whose gene pool is Hispanic is not more or less likely to prefer, say, a tamale, than one whose genetic makeup is Caucasian. (apologeticspress.org)
  • Another surprising idea in the article is that some gays actually fear the discovery of a 'gay gene,' because such a discovery may lead to the development of medical treatments or even a 'cure' for homosexuality. (blogs.com)
  • In his experiments, Sturtevant determined the relative positions of six genetic factors on a fly's chromosome by creating a process called gene mapping. (asu.edu)
  • This is further supported by cross-cultural evidence, because cultures that are tolerant of homosexuality do not have significantly higher rates of it. (wikipedia.org)
  • Cultures that are very tolerant of homosexuality do not have significantly higher rates of it. (wikipedia.org)
  • Examples of sexual flexibility, like that of this woman, don't square with genetic theories of rigid erotic predestination. (spiked-online.com)
  • My study will comprise nine years of demographic, dominance and genetic data of all groups of the rhesus macaque population of Cayo Santiago. (upr.edu)
  • But the strongly religion believes that homosexuality is a sinful act which is against the bible and is and has a direct breach of the bible and other religious books. (ukessays.com)
  • What Does the Bible Really Teach about Homosexuality? (wtsbooks.com)
  • Background Female sex workers (FSWs) are more likely to be infected by Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) than the general population. (bvsalud.org)
  • This study is aimed at assessing the level of awareness and willingness to use PrEP to prevent HIV infection among female sex workers (FSWs) in Anambra State, Nigeria, and to identify factors that influence willingness to use PrEP. (bvsalud.org)
  • There has been a widespread corruption of morals, and one of the most serious signs of this corruption is the unbridled exaltation of sex. (therealpresence.org)
  • Nevertheless, genetic factors seem to influence the likelihood that an individual will engage in sex with a same-sex partner. (upr.edu)
  • It would not, however, originate primarily from environmental factors such as childhood experiences -- what one might call the "nurture" part of the nature/nurture divide. (politifact.com)
  • Misunderstanding them, the advocates often suggest that the search for a biological cause is motivated by an assumption that homosexuality is an illness. (cmu.edu)
  • Mental health professionals understanding changed in the early 70's and homosexuality was declassified as a mental illness. (abbi.org.au)