Is it a choice???

I dobt it's genetic because there's no real evidence of a "gay gene". Nevertheless it doesn't hurt anyone so idc lol.

It's a choice. If it was genetic, there wouldn't be such thing as one gay twin and one straight. Fact is, it's a choice and also depends on the lifestyle you're exposed to


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Genetics isn't as simple as: you have this gene; you are this.
Genes can be 'switched on' or 'off' in a human, resulting in them producing or not producing a certain protein or hormone, which could, of course, result in homosexuality. That being said, there's a lot of research going into the topic, and you could be proven right by said research.

An example of where research has begun to disprove your point:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/largest-ever-study-into-the-gay-gene-erodes-the-notion-that-sexual-orientation-is-a-choice-9875855.html

This is exactly the same article I read last year. This is very dangerous territory.

So imagine if being gay wasn't bu choice.....what paedophiles are also born with a sexual preference to children and thus can't help it? So what I guess we should be treating them for an illness and not as criminals? I say it flippantly but this is actively being researched at the moment

I hate the way people try and victimise homosexuals. If I was gay, I'd rather be empowered that I am the way I am out of CHOICE and not some poor victim of genetics

Pedophilia is different, because their sexual preference is towards something that is considered 'out-of-bounds'. This is why they're punished, rather than accepted.
The reason that it's important to understand whether or not being gay is down to genetics is to end the abuse towards them.
Being homophobic and accepted in society would be almost unheard of; people who make fun out things that cannot be changed about a person are not accepted in society.

To me, it's less about understanding homosexuality and more about quashing homophobia.

This is exactly the same article I read last year. This is very dangerous territory.

So imagine if being gay wasn't bu choice.....what paedophiles are also born with a sexual preference to children and thus can't help it? So what I guess we should be treating them for an illness and not as criminals? I say it flippantly but this is actively being researched at the moment

I hate the way people try and victimise homosexuals. If I was gay, I'd rather be empowered that I am the way I am out of CHOICE and not some poor victim of genetics

Yes I agree why would anyone want to be a victim of being harassed, bullied, called names, tortured, beaten, neglected, rejected from family, and a lot of other stuff if it were a choice I'm pretty sure it would be straight or the sexuality that all people accept

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So what about those Asian girls that date black or white guys and face the same and sometimes WORSE backlash from their families or communities because of those relationships? They chose to. Or the girls that get pregnant when they KNOW they're daddys gonna come for them. It's a choice. End of.

This is exactly the same article I read last year. This is very dangerous territory.

So imagine if being gay wasn't bu choice.....what paedophiles are also born with a sexual preference to children and thus can't help it? So what I guess we should be treating them for an illness and not as criminals? I say it flippantly but this is actively being researched at the moment

I hate the way people try and victimise homosexuals. If I was gay, I'd rather be empowered that I am the way I am out of CHOICE and not some poor victim of genetics

I've actually done extensive research into taboo sexuality (paedophilia, zoophilia). Sexuality is in no way a choice. Who on earth would choose to be attracted to kids knowing that acting on would ruin the life of the child and most likely their own life as well, lol? I'm thinking that sexuality is determined by things such as the development of the brain in the womb, potentially with some genetic factors which make certain sexual preferences more or less likely. For paedophiles, I believe that it's some kind of defect in the part of the brain which deals with attractiveness, confusing cuteness for sexual appeal. For other paedophiles they might be attracted specifically to the taboo aspect of it, and these are almost certainly the most dangerous. I don't know any paedophiles, though, at least ones who are open about it so I can't really ask any. I'd find it disturbing anyway, I don't envy them that's for sure. I certainly believe they need help, though, because if we just leave them I think their chance of acting on it increases drastically.

But yeah being homosexual is not a choice lol, just ask any homosexual. 'Gay' is a strange word, though, because it implies some kind of choice, but the only choice is being true to themselves; what their 'self' is isn't really up to them though.