Our
View: Nature versus nurture on sex orientation
a redundancy
So
much time and research has been devoted
to finding out what the truth is. Are people
born like that or do they become that. It
is not just about sexual orientation though,
almost any trait in a human personality
can be questioned like this. Why do some
people have bad tempers, why are some people
pathological liars, why are some people
sickly sweet?
Nature
versus nurture, it is an age-old question.
It's genetic, no, it's learned, oh wait
it's genetic again. The scientists are always
going back and forth between these two extremes,
maybe depending on who is funding them.
But
now, when scientists are studying blink
reaction time in heterosexual and homosexual
test subjects to see which reacted in an
uninhibited way we have to ask ourselves
is does it really matter?
The
difference in involuntary reaction times
of heterosexual men and women compared with
homosexual men and women is hardly something
worth basing the study of nature and nurture
on in regards to sexual orientation. But
that is just what a group of scientists
have done.
There
have been so many studies in regards to
this. What could this information, if it
was ever proven, do for the world. The doctors
say it would be easier to diagnose psychiatric
problems if they knew how the brain of gay
and lesbians work, but we're not buying
it.
What
could knowing that people are born homosexual
really do? Is that an excuse, a justification
or just a casual conversation piece? Shouldn't
it be just as justifiable if not only is
it not by nature, but that people just chose
to be homosexual. They weren't abused or
exposed to certain behaviors but that's
just how they feel. Shouldn't that be just
as acceptable as it being a genetic or if
their upbringing led them to be that way.
Continuous
research on where this homosexual "trait"
comes from makes it seem more like a disease
than a way of life for 4 percent of men
and 3 percent of women. And furthermore,
whether it is learned or inborn the fact
remains, that is just the way it is and
all the research in the world is not going
to change anything.
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