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To: LearnsFromMistakes

No, but I have gay friends who have confided in me that it isn't a choice. And that all things being equal, they would rather not be gay.


48 posted on 11/13/2004 8:10:18 PM PST by durasell (Friends are so alarming, My lover's never charming...)
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To: durasell

Being 'out' is so 'in' right now...


52 posted on 11/13/2004 8:12:50 PM PST by LearnsFromMistakes (Iowa - back home in the red.)
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To: durasell

"No, but I have gay friends who have confided in me that it isn't a choice. And that all things being equal, they would rather not be gay."

I can't imagine anyone choosing to be gay either, but I think the science isn't definitive yet. There was one small study, though, that found marked differences in a certain part of the hypothalmus btwn. straight men and gay men. I think it was smaller in gay men, but I don't know that they were able to conclude that it was a congenital finding vs. a developmental issue. And I can't recall whether the study included women.


132 posted on 11/13/2004 10:29:49 PM PST by MonaMars
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