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[sheepgrl]

So I was talking to some friends and realized I've very different opinions than them on a lot of things. And I guess I just wanted to see what people in general think about homosexuality, three things in particular. So here's a poll - please vote. And I'm not friends-locking this entry, so if any of you have friends who might want to take this

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[krazey_kit]

Um, have you heard of Kensey? He interviewed thousands of people about sex in the 40's and 50's. He was basically the begining of sex studies. He wrote two books, one about men and one about women. His books are like 700 pages though so that's a lot of reading.

Um then there was that one gay dude that cut up thousands of dead people and found out that gay men had bigger brain cells then straight men. Yeah, I don't remember his name, I just remember being freaked out.

There are new studies comming out on gay genetics. It's not one clear gene it's a few of them put together. I can't find my psychology computer program so I'm preddy much usless beyound this.

[ranchangrnl]

I think that homosexuality is different for each person. I know people who are gay and were born that way, others that "experiment", and others still that have no idea what they want. Personally, you can't choose who you fall in love with. BUT you CAN choose who you fool around with. Some people just want to get a taste of both sides before deciding which they like better. Some call that bisexuality, but it's just a temporary phase. Sooner or later that person will fall in love and they'll discover their prefrence.

The genetics question is more complicated. It's not a "disease", but there is evidence that it runs in families. I liken it more to hair color and eye color then cancer or glaucoma. And, just because you may have the "gene" for homosexuality (no one knows. It may be one gene, it may be multiple, or nothing at all) does not mean that you are going to fall in love with someone of the same gender. You can't help who you feel emotionally and physically attracted to.

So yea, that's my two cents.

[sarka]

I don't think it's so simple as being easily labeled, "straight", "gay" or "bi". It's like a spectrum. Straight is on one end, gay on the other, and most people fall somewhere in between. I know straight men who are attracted to the occasional guy, I know gay men who are attracted to some women. Who you're attracted to doesn't change who you are, and everything pretty much depends on whether or not you'd act on your attraction or not.

Did that make any kind of sense?

[helgarr]

I agree with you.

Except for the fact that I don't fall in between. I couldn't be more straight.
Hm. But I do think the female body is more artistic and fun to play with...

But I agree with you. *nods*

[saturnalia]

If a woman has been married (to a man) for 40 years, then goes and falls in love with another woman, it's probably because...

Personally, I'd say it's just because she's found the right woman. Maybe issues with her husband would have something to do with it as well, if she's considering cheating on him, but I'd say it's more to do with chance.

[tigrrrlilee]

hi lovey,
I think sexuality is quite fluid and I think that naming things (like, I'm straight/queer/bisexual) mostly exists for political purposes and I think that if a woman fell in love with another woman that I would say it means she fell in love with another woman, and I don't think anyone could determine her sexual orientation besides herself. 's interesting though.