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That's a very interesting link you posted - but fare from conclusive. The neuroscientist who published it was Simon Levay a homosexual.Is it a matter of lifestyle choice/culture or biological? Whats with bisexuals or pansexuals?
Do you think our sexually "liberated" culture encourages bi and pansexuality?
YouGov | 1 in 2 young people say they are not 100% heterosexual
A difference in hypothalamic structure between heterosexual and homosexual men.
"Abstract
The anterior hypothalamus of the brain participates in the regulation of male-typical sexual behavior. The volumes of four cell groups in this region [interstitial nuclei of the anterior hypothalamus (INAH) 1, 2, 3, and 4] were measured in postmortem tissue from three subject groups: women, men who were presumed to be heterosexual, and homosexual men. No differences were found between the groups in the volumes of INAH 1, 2, or 4. As has been reported previously, INAH 3 was more than twice as large in the heterosexual men as in the women. It was also, however, more than twice as large in the heterosexual men as in the homosexual men. This finding indicates that INAH is dimorphic with sexual orientation, at least in men, and suggests that sexual orientation has a biological substrate."
A difference in hypothalamic structure between heterosexual and homosexual men. - PubMed - NCBI
Development of the human hypothalamus.
"In addition, differences in relation to sexual orientation can be seen in this perspective. The vasopressin and VIP neurons of the SCN develop mainly postnatally, but as premature children may have circadian temperature rhythms, a different SCN cell type is probably more mature at birth. The sexually dimorphic nucleus (SDN, intermediate nucleus, INAH-1) is twice as large in young male adults as in young females. At the moment of birth only 20% of the SDN cell number is present. From birth until two to four years of age cell numbers increase equally rapidly in both sexes."
Development of the human hypothalamus. - PubMed - NCBI
There may be something biological to homosexuality.
Levay cautioned against misinterpreting his findings in a 1994 interview: "It’s important to stress what I didn’t find. I did not prove that homosexuality is genetic, or find a genetic cause for being gay. I didn't show that gay men are born that way, the most common mistake people make in interpreting my work. Nor did I locate a gay center in the brain
Notice my usage of the word MAY? Obviously it's not conclusive, it is one study. However, if you marry that study with the fact that the Hypothalamus is only 20% formed at birth, there may be factors either environmental or genetic, which point to a biological connection between homosexuality and Hypothalamus development.
One of those factors may be molestation. You, yourself have posted information regarding homosexual men and their rate of early childhood molestation...correct? We know for a fact that early childhood trauma (violence, abuse) affect brain development. Why not sexual trauma?
It's ok....critical thinking is a learned skill.