How do people become homosexual?
 

Well, I had an interesting convo in an AIM chatroom on how one becomes homosexual. Surely people aren't born with it, so it's pretty much emotional. Like, if a boy is raised in a predominantly femine household (single mother, bunch of sisters) then chances are you're gonna be a little femine yourself becuase you don't really have a father figure. Science hasn't really proven what makes a person homosexual. I (and others in the chatroom) thought that it pretty much depends on your environment, but what if it's genetic? what if you're actually born homosexual?

Share your thoughts and theories and please, refrain from posting immature and homophobic comments.

I heard that it was a brain disorder on 20/20. Men and women are instinctivly supposed to reproduce with each other, and some how homosexuals are backwards if i remember correctly oOo:

i think most people are gay because they were molested as a child, or abuse sexualy some way, but i do think that some people are born gay

Yes, that was a point Jibber, something went wrong with the parenting that "scared" the child from the opposite sex.

I remember seeing some PBS program a while ago, concerning homosexual displays in the animal kingdom. One such study focused on Sea Gulls. The scientists figure that the homosexuality of the seagulls was based on population control.

Yep. We're just like seagulls too. I think homosexuals develop the trait. I actually kow a guy at school who had several girlfriends but decided he didn't like women so now he's gay. It is true some homos (not trying to use that as a slur) become that way because they were sexually abused or whatnot. Others may also be born with it. For the most part though I think people choose to be gay.

[quote="Chronic Diarrhea":76104]Yep. We're just like seagulls too. I think homosexuals develop the trait. I actually kow a guy at school who had several girlfriends but decided he didn't like women so now he's gay. It is true some homos (not trying to use that as a slur) become that way because they were sexually abused or whatnot. Others may also be born with it. For the most part though I think people choose to be gay.[/quote:76104]
Yeah, my friend has been through many boyfriends and she's had bad experiences with all of them, and now she's dating a girl. She's never been happier.

I'm pretty sure it's a hormone imbalance

Just like so many other questions in life, I don't think there's one concrete answer/reason.

Most homosexuals I have met, say that they started to realize that the were "different" aroud puberty.

i think its a combination of things, it prolly has alot to do with the chemical imbalance but i think the imbalance occours because of how the child was treated when they were young

its the enviroment they live in which determines their sexuality

they're desperate?

I heard 1 out of 5 males is born/becomes a Homosexual at sometime in life.

Well that mean 2 people that have responded to this thread are or will be homosexuals. I hope it not me, because that would mean my wife would have to get a sex change, and we just can't afford it at this time.

im gay ... Not really eek:

Sorry, i couldnt resist.

I dont think i agree with what jibber said here. I dont think it has anything to do with being molested. If the person was molested its more likely theyd become a molester ...

My ex worked at a beauty salon, so i was exposed (unwillingly) to tons of homos, both male and female. Several of them had had relationships with women. From being around them and listening to shit they had to say i came to the conclusion that most of em were gay just to fit into the whole gay social thing (click, group, whatever you wanna call it). Sounds kind of strange, but honestly to god thats what i think. I cant say this for all homos, but i really believe some "turn" gay for this reason. Maybe they dont feel welcomed by the other sex and find that they are welcomed by members of their own?

I also believe what innoxx said about being raised by single mother, no other male figures around. Also, having a mother that wanted a girl instead of a boy ?

btw.
i am not homophobic. i just dont like fags. Being critisized by a man acting like a women has to be the most humiliating thing for another man possible.

I think it's from stuff that happened to them as a kid, or they just want attention

its the invorment and also a hormone in balance that causes it around puberty

I beleive its due to most of the time hormone imbalances during puberty as Hungy fatman has said.

I believe it is due to too much video game playing...

All that joystick 'manipulation' can have severe repercussions on your
sexual orientation!

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The answer to the original question is : Nobody knows for sure.

There are two sides to the debate and both sides have been represented here. On one hand you have the case for biological factors, on the other hand the case for sociological/environmental factors.

The Nature vs. Nurture debate is not a new one. Its reach is widespread throughout the world of psychology. Scholars have debated on these grounds in discussing such phenomena as personality disorders, depression, obesity, and a million other topics.

Personally, I think it has more to do with the environment and the experiences the person had in early childhood development. Sure, I'm open to the idea that there may be physical factors, but without conclusive proof, I'd be more inclined to pick Nurture over Nature.


Zone

if yoy love teh c0k, yuo = ghey

No shit, but what we're trying to figure out is WHY they "like teh c0k".

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Got inspired...



Zone

My guess is the person sees a quality in the same sex that they like so much, they have physical emotion for it, and can't get that quality out of the opposite sex.

[quote="Bazooka_Joe":84839]My guess is the person sees a quality in the same sex that they like so much, they have physical emotion for it, and can't get that quality out of the opposite sex.[/quote:84839]


Well... I guess gay men like to make other gay men bleed from their anus.

[quote="Cpt. Zapotoski":45bfc][quote="Bazooka_Joe":45bfc]My guess is the person sees a quality in the same sex that they like so much, they have physical emotion for it, and can't get that quality out of the opposite sex.[/quote:45bfc]


Well... I guess gay men like to make other gay men bleed from their anus.[/quote:45bfc]
rofl!

[quote="Captain Wilkins":2d137]I'm pretty sure it's a hormone imbalance[/quote:2d137]

I think so too.

Like camp people, they talk quite feminenly(sp) and walk like a lady and have those little hand actions, but theyre not actually gay.
Some camp celebrities have a feminine way of acting, but are actually happily married (to a woman) and have kids etc.
Its just their characteristics are a little feminine.

People in prison, not all are gay, and while the "big bubba" stories and soap on the rope arnt as common today as they used to be, it still happens in prison, but theyre not all gay who do it. no women for years on end is bound to get a bit frustrating.

That makes no sense at all oOo:

Guys, you can be born gay, and you can just be raised that way. You don't have to be molested to become gay... lol. I heard that the most natural thing was bisexuality. Go figure....

One more thing; you wont become gay just by being raised by women. I was raised only by my mom and, whooop dee doo, I'm not gay.

[quote="Recycled Spooge":f865d]One more thing; you wont become gay just by being raised by women. I was raised only by my mom and, whooop dee doo, I'm not gay.[/quote:f865d]

Whooop dee doo? eek: Yeah you're straight hake:

Anyhow gg on making a decent thread on the OTBS forums we should all celebrate that some actual discusion is going on here. WHOOOP DE DOO... shit.

Gay people cant be born gay, it wouldnt make sense. My cousin could get any girl he wanted until about 8th grade when he decided he was gay. Bingo just like that. Its got to be absorbed, not genetic. Two segulls having sex would be funny to see

[quote:a999a]Two segulls having sex would be funny to see[/quote:a999a]


Pretty brutal, actually.

Nice, Zone!

Haha, that's a great scene in Clerks.....OMFG.....Make one of the part when Jay makes that speech bubble and sticks on the door of RST Video, and plays zee trick on Randal. I loved that bit.....

Well, there are different ways people can become gay.

[quote="Recycled Spooge":adfb5]Well, there are different ways people can become gay.[/quote:adfb5]

Yah, they can be taken up zee p00per and decide they like it.....Then they is ghey.

[quote="Recycled Spooge":ebf71]Well, there are different ways people can become gay.[/quote:ebf71]

Actually i think it is a matter of genetics, as well as other factors. But my attitude was , the more gay men, the more women for me.

[quote="Low spark":f9f28][quote="Recycled Spooge":f9f28]Well, there are different ways people can become gay.[/quote:f9f28]

Actually i think it is a matter of genetics, as well as other factors. But my attitude was , the more gay men, the more women for me.[/quote:f9f28]

LOL - Good call.....I like it. I just hope there are more Gay guys than Gay girls.......But then again, I hope the opposite! oOo: