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ringmastery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-03 11:22 AM Original message |
Is homosexuality genetic? |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-03 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
1. No, it's biological |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-03 11:35 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Do you have a study on that? |
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nostamj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-03 11:50 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. i'm the oldest of four |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-03 12:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. Ever read "Brain Sex"? |
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sistersofmercy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-03 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
3. The important question to me is, why are there studies on the subject |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-03 11:44 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. There are many reasons for this |
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ringmastery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-03 11:46 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Although isn't it a choice for some? |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-03 11:51 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Prison sex is about domination |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-03 07:05 PM Response to Reply #6 |
28. Disagree--men go to prison and perhaps engage in homosexual sex |
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leftist_rebel1569 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-03 07:22 PM Response to Reply #6 |
31. That's implying that sexuality is always absolute |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-03 07:28 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Well, I think I'm defining homosexuality as more than just sex |
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leftist_rebel1569 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-03 07:35 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. I was only trying to explain bisexuality |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-03 08:01 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Yeah, and I really don't want to talk or THINK about prison sex |
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leftist_rebel1569 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-03 08:02 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Agreed |
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sistersofmercy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-03 12:12 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Fair enough! |
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ArkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-03 11:45 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Science can be be a bummer. |
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dani (640 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-03 12:11 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. There has been some research into homophobia |
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sistersofmercy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-03 12:14 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Yes I have read them but none which are definitive. |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-03 12:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. My analogy. |
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geniph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-03 07:14 PM Response to Reply #13 |
30. Actually, a better analogy is to left-handedness |
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LeahMira (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-03 12:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
15. Eugenics? |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-03 12:51 PM Response to Reply #3 |
16. It is the nature of scientist to ask, "Why" about everything. |
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sistersofmercy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-03 01:03 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Ok but I'm merely questioning the motives for the research to begin |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-03 01:36 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. It is the nature of humans to be inquisitive. |
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sistersofmercy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-03 09:05 PM Response to Reply #21 |
39. Tuskegee Syphilis study, ever heard of it? |
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jokerman93 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-03 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
14. Maybe human sexuality is a yet incomplete evolution |
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DrWeird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-03 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
18. Is the ability for women to live past menopause genetic? |
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MojoKrunch (513 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-03 06:52 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. But they make excellent allo-mothers. |
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sistersofmercy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-03 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
19. Can someone please explain why this was moved from GD? |
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Plaid Adder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-03 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
20. I don't care. |
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ringmastery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-03 01:41 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. biological solutions |
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thom1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-03 02:02 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. There is a play (and even a movie, I think) called Twilight of the Golds.. |
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MojoKrunch (513 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-03 07:02 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Yeppers to the ethical dilema. |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-03 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
23. It may be due to maternal stress |
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thom1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-03 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
24. To answer your question about genetics... |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-03 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
29. Homosexuals will force themselves into heterosexuality to avoid abuse... |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-03 07:27 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. why?? |
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private_ryan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-03 07:56 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. not heterosexuality but bisexuality |
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Fleshdancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-03 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
38. I'm inclined to think it's biological |
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