Posted on 01/19/2014 9:08:58 PM PST by cunning_fish
Women who suffer stress during pregnancy increase the chance of their child being gay, according to a controversial new book.
The lifestyle of pregnant mothers affects the sexuality of their unborn child, altering their hormones and the formation of their brains, it claims.
Smoking or taking drugs can also result in a child who grows up to be gay, according to the book by Dutch neuroscientist Dick Swaab, which is yet another chapter in the debate about the origins and causes of homosexuality.
Professor Swaab believes that a child’s sexuality is determined in the womb and cannot be altered, while others argue that it is affected by upbringing or ‘selected’ as a lifestyle choice.
In his book, We Are Our Brains, he writes: ‘Although it’s frequently assumed that development after birth also importantly affects our sexual orientation, there’s no proof of this whatsoever.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Well they say stress is bad for you, but in this case I think it may be due to the types of women who’s lives tend to live more stressful lives also have stressful pregnancy and poor conditions for the proper development of a child.
So i could believe such a hypothesis plausible
It sounds like being a homo is a birth defect.
Aw, they changed the headline. Original one featured Dr. Swaab’s claim that it was smoking and drinking during pregnancy that caused teh ghey.
I don’t believe this bullsh*it, as well as that is causes mental problems, etc..
I’ve shortened a bit to fit here.
It sounds even more ridiculous as is.
IMO, this crap is beyond ridiculous and it is both called “science” and indoctrinators are “professors”.
You are right. There were so many facts proving that homosexuality is a behavioral disorder before this “science”.
There is a great correlation between how many biological older brothers a boy has and his chances of being gay.
“You don’t drink! You don’t smoke! What do you do?
“You don’t drink! You don’t smoke! What do you do?
“Subtle innuendos follow...’Must be something inside!’”
—Stuart Goddard (aka Adam Ant)
Pregnant women doing belly busters in local swimming pools or engaging in barroom brawls might also lead to their children growing up to be homosexuals.
Um, it is a behavior and a decision of the will. Humans are actually responsible for their decisions. GAD, the lefties!
Didn’t they just say drinking and smoking make your baby gay? They have really hit rock bottom.
I think this all sounds like BS to me.
Nothing is this simple.
A Professor DICK SWAAB made this claim?? Are you sure this didn’t originate from the Onion? Oftentimes the jokes write themselves.
Dick Swaab? Really? Brother of Dick Hertz? Sorry, couldn’t resist.
Stress in the womb...
And who would probably get blamed for causing that stress? Why (men) dads of course. It’s a given.
While we’re on the subject of buns in the oven...
What do you call the test tube, for test tube babies? A womb with a view...
If this stress thing gets accepted, it will be interesting to know that stress before birth cause one to be a homosexual, but the stress caused by homosexuals after birth causes the rest of us to be much more strident in our heterosexuality.
The comments on the article are the major barf alert. So many leftists.
So, they are saying that there are ways to prevent homosexuality in people? Just put the mother-to-be in a stress-free environment, and you are guaranteed that your kid won’t be queer!
Since the beginning of time, there has never been a stress free pregnancy.
Fetal Alcohol Gestation Syndrome?
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