2009-07-20, 11:55 PM
Well this isn't really coherent with homosexuality definitions, but here's my take on homosexuality:
Homosexuality isn't (purely) genetic. I have two twins in my school, one of them's g'ay, the other isn't. Same genes, not same sexuality. That's not saying no genes promote homsexuality: if you have some gene that gives you a fetish for body figure and only trust people built similarly to you, you're more likely to become g'ay. I know that gene is sort of a streatch, but you get the idea.
I say that it's a mental disorder mainly caused by your surroundings. After all, if someone with the same genes as you can be attracted to the opposite gender and you can't, doesn't that guarentee that somewhere along the way, you mind was tweaked by your surroundings? I've heard that there's about a 50% chance of one twin to be g'ay if the other is, and that's for two reasons: they have the same genes, and they have very similar environments (this is probably the more important factor).
As for having a mental disorder, please don't get offended, I mean it in a much less offensive way: an illogical part of our thought patterns. For example, after sucking at swimming as a kid and having some not-so-awesome tubing experiences, I never feel very safe when swimming anywhere where I can't touch the bottom and generally avoid swimming. One of my friends at school got sick to his stomach the first time he had a hamburger at a fast food restaurant, and now he only gets chicken burgers for fast food. Both of these fit my definition of mental disorder: no amount of swimming practice is going to make me feel safe swimming across a small lake, even though I would be much safer than I feel. And despite the fact that fast food chicken burgers, regular burgers, and fast food burgers are all prepared in similar ways, my friend isn't going to eat a fast food burger.
The same goes for g'ays. No amount of hoping or looking at hot babes is going to un-g'ay them. Sure, it's illogical to want to be with people of the same gender since you're defeating the original purpose of sex - propogate - but your mind isn't going to be changed anytime soon. This sounds a little pessimistic, but I'd say the relatively recent influx of contraceptives is increasing the population of g'ays: you don't have sex to have kids anymore, you have sex to feel good. Therefore, homosexuals don't break too many norms when they have sex with each other.
As for people saying you're weighing down the human race, well, you're technically right, but not in all practical use. Sure, g'ays generally don't have kids. But according to this, shouldn't your parents no longer exist (aka suicide) as soon as the last kid moves out of the house? Your parents have served their role in the propogation game; they are no longer helping the human race to survive.
That's just my opinion. Sorry for roasting your brain with an essay xD
Homosexuality isn't (purely) genetic. I have two twins in my school, one of them's g'ay, the other isn't. Same genes, not same sexuality. That's not saying no genes promote homsexuality: if you have some gene that gives you a fetish for body figure and only trust people built similarly to you, you're more likely to become g'ay. I know that gene is sort of a streatch, but you get the idea.
I say that it's a mental disorder mainly caused by your surroundings. After all, if someone with the same genes as you can be attracted to the opposite gender and you can't, doesn't that guarentee that somewhere along the way, you mind was tweaked by your surroundings? I've heard that there's about a 50% chance of one twin to be g'ay if the other is, and that's for two reasons: they have the same genes, and they have very similar environments (this is probably the more important factor).
As for having a mental disorder, please don't get offended, I mean it in a much less offensive way: an illogical part of our thought patterns. For example, after sucking at swimming as a kid and having some not-so-awesome tubing experiences, I never feel very safe when swimming anywhere where I can't touch the bottom and generally avoid swimming. One of my friends at school got sick to his stomach the first time he had a hamburger at a fast food restaurant, and now he only gets chicken burgers for fast food. Both of these fit my definition of mental disorder: no amount of swimming practice is going to make me feel safe swimming across a small lake, even though I would be much safer than I feel. And despite the fact that fast food chicken burgers, regular burgers, and fast food burgers are all prepared in similar ways, my friend isn't going to eat a fast food burger.
The same goes for g'ays. No amount of hoping or looking at hot babes is going to un-g'ay them. Sure, it's illogical to want to be with people of the same gender since you're defeating the original purpose of sex - propogate - but your mind isn't going to be changed anytime soon. This sounds a little pessimistic, but I'd say the relatively recent influx of contraceptives is increasing the population of g'ays: you don't have sex to have kids anymore, you have sex to feel good. Therefore, homosexuals don't break too many norms when they have sex with each other.
As for people saying you're weighing down the human race, well, you're technically right, but not in all practical use. Sure, g'ays generally don't have kids. But according to this, shouldn't your parents no longer exist (aka suicide) as soon as the last kid moves out of the house? Your parents have served their role in the propogation game; they are no longer helping the human race to survive.
That's just my opinion. Sorry for roasting your brain with an essay xD