Quick question for my English paper

[dfiant]

Can you choose your JEANS?

Of course you can, it's a very personal thing.

[dfiant]

I used to think this, a sort of "predisposition" that gets cemented in by society. But I was raised in a Christian church, and by the time I was 11, I had some VERY weird ideas about sex for a kid that had never seen porn.

If nothing else, society cemented my staying in the closet.

I would have to agree with this as your experience is similar to mine. Picture the 1970's a being a lot more repressed than modern day, kids didn't get anywhere near the same sort of sex education that kids get today.

At the age of 8 I was looking up boys shorts legs on the soccer field at every opportunity, and it wasn't just to see what they looked like, by the age of 10 I had gone beyond the show me yours, show you mine phase. By 11 lost my virginity.

All this without sex education and not knowing what homosexuality was until I was about 13 or 14 as being called 'Poofter', 'Queer' or 'Gay' meant nothing to me until then.

But yeah, staying in the closet was cememnted in me as well, THAT WAS THE ONLY CONSCIOUS CHOICE I MADE ABOUT MY SEXUALITY.

I never chose to be gay, but I believe I was born gay and I also believe it is highly unlikely to be genetic ENTIRELY. Genes, biology and environment must all have a role in determining sexuality as a large majority of gays and lesbians all say 'Never had that choice.'

[megumidesu]

genetic ~

my dad was gay . and my twin is bi ~
and my twin and i were raised totally apart so if it was a choice , then it was a craaazy coincidence in this case ~

[Beau]

Also agree with genetics.

I'm probably way out there on this next part though. Why are people gay? In simple terms it's nature's way of controlling overpopulation. There are more humans now than there ever were in the past. Homosexuals cannot breed naturally with each other no matter how hard they try.

Of course mankind is smart. We have turned to science and now we have things like surrogate mothers, artificial insemination, egg donors and the like so nature isn't in complete control. Mankind has always found ways to control their fate.

[Mattlj92]

Biological.

[Undreamt]

Also agree with genetics.

I'm probably way out there on this next part though. Why are people gay? In simple terms it's nature's way of controlling overpopulation. There are more humans now than there ever were in the past. Homosexuals cannot breed naturally with each other no matter how hard they try.

Of course mankind is smart. We have turned to science and now we have things like surrogate mothers, artificial insemination, egg donors and the like so nature isn't in complete control. Mankind has always found ways to control their fate.

I know ALOT of gay uncles - there is some research and theories that a gay man within a community can provide a male (at home) presence when other men are at war or protection for the clan when others are hunting for food for their own children.

Also when you look at how eunichs where used throughout history and contrary to popular believe not all of them where physically castrated.

[Kat]

I think it's biological but we can choose how to act no matter what sexuality we are sot some people might have decided to be what they are and acted that way long enough for it to feel real to them even if it isn't how they were born.

[Zed]

not sure if it is genetics but it is definitely NOT a choice!

[Rawr]

I like to sit on the fence, a bit of both, though I'm swaying more towards genetics.

[OrphanPip]

The choices are a false dichotomy, homosexual behavior is the result of genetics, pre-natal environment, early childhood development, and the complex social structures that provide us the choices and the language we use to define ourselves.