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Originally Posted by Chase_the_Bass
Not that it matters. But what is the acceptable reason for homosexuality within the gay community? I still think it's a combination of nurture/choice. Not that you need a reason for it, that sounds bad.
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You mean "nature vs. nurture" (biological or choice). And I wish I could say that there is consensus about it. Most people, including my psychology professor, believe that it is due to nature. You're born gay, or, at least, predisposed towards homosexuality. As for whether or not it's a specific "gay gene", I don't think they'll find one. Sexuality is far too complicated to be traced to a single genetic marker. It's a set of alleles that have an even distribution of presentation across the world, I believe. Those people in Palestine who go on about how they "don't have gay people" are fucking stupid. In fact, they usually have enormous gay undergrounds...
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Originally Posted by eLracho
I totally agree. I wish scientists could prove that you were born with your sexuality. It just sounds odd to me that there's possibly a "gay gene." I guess I didn't think about the fact that there could be a specific gene responsible for your sexuality. I suppose that mean that there's a "straight gene," too?
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As I said above, I don't think there's a specific "gay gene", just a combination that has a relatively common presentation. Genetics are extremely complicated, and even our understanding of it sometimes leads to more questions (like how, in spite of the "five-fingered" gene being
recessive, it's everyone's phenotype).