Question re: all the Gay Posts lately.

[Wallydraigle]

Question. If being gay is determined by genetics, wouldn't it be a suicide gene? Gays are less likely than straights to have children and pass their genes along, and therefore should gradually phase out, right? Granted, in the past they played out the role of being straight to fit in more often than today, but this is much less common now. It seems that we have had gays with us all through history, up til today, with the number of them apparently increasing, rather than the opposite. Logic would dictate that being gay either isn't that dependent on genes, or that the genes are not received hereditarily. If the later is the case, then being gay is the result of a mutation, and is not a normal Mendelian trait. What do you think?

While you do pose a valid question for debate, it appears that some of our members are not mature enough to carry on an adult conversation. Therefore this thread is locked before it gets too out of control, and the flaming begins.

The Watchful Mod

 

[urbantechie]

Maybe the people who asks about gays are sexually insecure with themselves and want the general consensus of what others feel?

 

[Wallydraigle]

Maybe so... anyone else?

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

<< Question. If being gay is determined by genetics, wouldn't it be a suicide gene? >>



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Sexuality isn't strictly affected by genetics though. Research on mice shows that interuterine exposure to certain hormones during critical periods of development can lead to homosexual behavior.

As with most complex human behavior (eg language, perception, cognition) sexuality is the outcome of an interaction between genetics and environment. This does not mean that once developed, a trait can be reversed. There are zones of development during which a developing organism is sensitive to environmental influence. After that period is over, development is usually set.

 

[Valhalla1]

did you have to make a new thread on this? this fits in with the current &quot;gay&quot; thread


this is the useless drivel posts that the mods are talking about

 

[Wallydraigle]

This asks a serious question. Some people gave it some serious thought. What's worse a drivel thread or crapping in one?

 

[pamchenko]

i asked this in class once...about being homosexual seems like an evolutionary dead end...I don't remember the TA's answer because he didnt say anything insightful or of consequence...sometimes I think people that are gay do it to be fashionable...you know...like be different or whatever...but then there are those out there that GENUINELY like dick. what's up with those guys? I'm guessing maybe hormone imbalance that feminizes them in some way? hormone imbalance could be due to genetic mutation or even malnutrition or various factors... perhaps homosexuality could be a recessive trait and heterozygotes could pass on this gay gene... I seriously doubt there is just one locus responsible for homosexuality though...it prolly takes many things to happen at the same time to be this way...I can't imagine saying any of this in class...my school is so liberal I'd prolly say &quot;I think those that are gay, are just like that and we should accept them for who they are...&quot; god forbid anyone try to provide an alternative explanation.

 

[Moonbeam]

We've been over and over this. Have you noticed that a high proportion of gays are especially gifted in some ways. Primitive societies fit them into the culture where they play special roles. These gifts can confer survivability on the group that harbors gay genes. The answer can be just as simple as unsure the survival of your genes by insuring the survival of your sister.

 

[pamchenko]

i'll be damned if there were gay superheroes.

 

[GroundOO]

The ambiguously gay duo? god what was that from? ..... Anyways I think it's something mental, maybe partially genetic I dunno. It's pretty damn stupid though, I mean, common! chicks are amazing! Of course this is just my opinion...even if it is right.

 

[Deicide]

All your fags are belong to us!!!

 

[Green Man]

<< i'll be damned if there were gay superheroes.

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Batman and Robin?

 

[vi edit]

I've personally known of 3 seperate gay men that were practicing gays, switched to a heterosexual relationship, had a couple children, and then divorced and went back to a gay lifestyle.