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Originally Posted by StuartD
I believe that the latest tests have confirmed that "left brain / right brain" activity is different in homosexuals.
As in, women's brain waves are distinctly different from that of men... and thus, homosexual people's brain waves more resemble that of the opposite sex.
I know that doesn't really answer the question of this thread, but I'd imagine that a person's brain activity is only partially set by birth and partially set by upbringing.
For me personally, I tend to believe that a gay person is just gay, and a straight person is just straight. They don't really choose, they just are.
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Its true that their is a difference in the brain, however its also been shown in other research that the way we are brought up can cause physical changes in the brain.
Im am gay and try to keep upto date with the research, not because it effects how I feel about it, just because Im curious about it.
The latest consensus seems to be that its up bringing, genetics, chemical causes pre birth and probably other factors too. There is no "one reason" why people are gay. Some will probably have a gay gene, but thats not proven by any means. Some will have been effected by "older brother syndrome" which is where the more boys a mother has carried in her womb, the more likely she is to produce a gay male. Others will have been affected by up bringing.
Human sexuality seems to be much more complicated than scientists first thought when they started looking at it.
I havent seen any scientific research that suggests its choice. But even if it was, who really cares? Im an adult and if I had chosen to have consensual relationships with men, surely thats my look out and no one elses - we live in a free society after all.
I have seen lots of research about how children play. The boys who turn out gay are more likely to play less agressive games as a child. Even when parents have tried hard to make them play more like boys do. Thats suggests that sexuality is determined by early childhood, regardless of the reason for them being gay.