Question...is it possible that the stress on a mother is transferred to a fetus...the fetus learns from that stress and it creates or alters its normal development and thus it is born with a learned behavior that is abnormal? Then, as the baby/child develops and the mother’s behavior or stress continues and reinforces what was learned in the womb, it then pushes the child down a path towards homosexuality? Not saying at the decision point on whether or not to engage in the homosexual act is not a choice. Thoughtful responses are appreciated and I would prefer to take religion out of the debate, although I am a practicing Christian.
No. I can’t see how elevated stress levels would determine the object of sexual desire. It is not logical. It would produce an agitated, discontented person. It would affect personality.
OTOH, I read Moberly’s “Psychogenesis” and you should read that.
When there is child abuse/neglect in infants/child, dysfunctions occur. It is interaction between mother and child which is crucial in early childhood and loving fathers should have some contact. It is important for little boys to re-identity with the father after they break away from the mother. Peer play is important also.....all together the way a child “sees” and “loves” and “feels’ is determined from the interactions of the adults in their early life.
Peer play becomes very important in Latency. It is essential to know the type of “friends” they have-—because they can be extremely warped by children who have been abused.
People like Hitler—had an extremely abusive father and Hitler was sexually perverted. Same with Jeffrey Dahmer whose father raped him all through childhood. Children can not grow up emotionally healthy when their environment is so sick and evil. They “see” humans as evil and hate them. The emotions are embedded and deep and nearly impossible to dispel.