Quote:
Originally Posted by Rathji
Let me preface with this: 2 years ago I had 2 brothers who I thought (more or less) were straight. Now I have 1 gay brother and 1 gay sister, so I think I have a unique perspective on this topic.
It is a total nature vs nurture argument.
I think you can have tenancies of varying levels from birth that are aggravated or suppressed by events that happen in your (probably early) life. So in this respect, you are born with in because by the time you have a chance to make the choice the choice has already been made for you by your experiences.
Studies have shown that the person you had your first crush on will determine what characteristics you like in a woman(or man). I suspect that the crush helps form the association with that feeling and their appearance, in a Pavlov's dog kinda way. I think this same type of thing applies to your sexuality.
Events, big or small, happen in our lives that change who we are. To deny that they have a hand in shaping our sexuality would be naive.
|
My wife looks NOTHING like my kindergarten teacher...
BTW I say yes of course, government snctioning of marriage is so arbitrary anyway, why not extend it to people asking for the right. Although I am against polyamourous marriage because I think there is a logical distinction between discrimination between pair bonds of different stripes and discrimination between pair bonds and multi-partner arrangements.