Delta4Embassy
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I think this is the wrong question. No gene will override our ability to make decisions and force us into a sexual encounter. I think a better question is "is homosexuality the result of hormones?"
When a male-to-female transsexual began her process of change, then-he identified as heterosexual, with no interest in male-homosexuality. Once he began female hormone therapy however, he noticed he was having such feelings. Though he eventually married a woman, and remains married to her to this day, the change from male to female hormones resulted in a noticed change of sexual interest. (Dr. Marci Bowers et al.)
The whole controversy over whether or not there is a gay gene seems to me more about explaining or justifying homosexuality to heterosexuals. "It's not a choice, they were born that way so leave them alone." But as a bisexual male myself, I don't need an excuse for why I'm attracted to both men and women. In my case I think it's simply no one ever sat me down and convinced me one was good, the other isn't. So my sexual history began with sex simply about the enjoyment of physical and emotional pleasures. But with no emphasis on gay or straight. After several heterosexual experiences, I naturally became curious about homosexuality and eventually had the opportunity to experiment. And I discovered I quite enjoyed it.
Ultimately, sex is about giving someone else pleasure. And we can all do that to anyone we choose to (and who's agreeable heh.) I think the categorization of gay or straight is artificial and not objective reality. Pleasure's pleasure and not dependent upon the recipiant. Eroticism occurs in our minds and we'll all interpret the acts however we decide to. Who we're with doesn't really enter into it unless we decide to focus on that aspect. But every person's body is warm, feels good against our own, and once we get over the gay/straight superficiality we come to realize everyone feels the same.
But who we share ourselves with is always the result of choice. Whether there's a genetic or hormonal component to it is perhaps immaterial. Making someone feel good, and they us is what sex is all about. Only recently was gay or straight even coined. Prior to such definitions everyone simply enjoyed sex with whomever (ancient Greece and Rome et al.)
Instead of clinging to such ideas, try thinking of sexuality as simply something that's a lot of fun. Afterall, when we masturbate, we're all enjoying the feel and feelings of our own sex - the purest form of homosexuality.
When a male-to-female transsexual began her process of change, then-he identified as heterosexual, with no interest in male-homosexuality. Once he began female hormone therapy however, he noticed he was having such feelings. Though he eventually married a woman, and remains married to her to this day, the change from male to female hormones resulted in a noticed change of sexual interest. (Dr. Marci Bowers et al.)
The whole controversy over whether or not there is a gay gene seems to me more about explaining or justifying homosexuality to heterosexuals. "It's not a choice, they were born that way so leave them alone." But as a bisexual male myself, I don't need an excuse for why I'm attracted to both men and women. In my case I think it's simply no one ever sat me down and convinced me one was good, the other isn't. So my sexual history began with sex simply about the enjoyment of physical and emotional pleasures. But with no emphasis on gay or straight. After several heterosexual experiences, I naturally became curious about homosexuality and eventually had the opportunity to experiment. And I discovered I quite enjoyed it.
Ultimately, sex is about giving someone else pleasure. And we can all do that to anyone we choose to (and who's agreeable heh.) I think the categorization of gay or straight is artificial and not objective reality. Pleasure's pleasure and not dependent upon the recipiant. Eroticism occurs in our minds and we'll all interpret the acts however we decide to. Who we're with doesn't really enter into it unless we decide to focus on that aspect. But every person's body is warm, feels good against our own, and once we get over the gay/straight superficiality we come to realize everyone feels the same.
But who we share ourselves with is always the result of choice. Whether there's a genetic or hormonal component to it is perhaps immaterial. Making someone feel good, and they us is what sex is all about. Only recently was gay or straight even coined. Prior to such definitions everyone simply enjoyed sex with whomever (ancient Greece and Rome et al.)
Instead of clinging to such ideas, try thinking of sexuality as simply something that's a lot of fun. Afterall, when we masturbate, we're all enjoying the feel and feelings of our own sex - the purest form of homosexuality.