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Re: gay by birth vs. gay by choice
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Date: 
Tue, 4 Dec 2001 17:55:46 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Robert M. Dye writes:
in article GnszKI.5KJ@lugnet.com, Ross Crawford at rcrawford@csi.com wrote
on 12/3/01 11:07 PM:

Beats me. Why do heterosexuals find the opposite gender sexually attractive,
anyway?

It is the FACT that heteros
find the opposite sex attractive that MAKES us heteros, not some "choice" to
find the opposite sex attractive by people who are "already" hetero.

I don't think it's a question of circular definition-- it's a question of
"why". Why am I attracted to women and not men? Why are heterosexuals
attracted to the opposite sex? Not, "why am I a heterosexual?". IE, if
gayness is a choice, is heterosexuality similarly a choice? Or is
heterosexuality "genetic" and gayness not? Or are both genetic? Etc.

DaveE



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  Re: gay by birth vs. gay by choice
 
(...) What muddies the issue here is that you have gays who are so at birth (IMO), and then you have the *lifestyle choice* gays, who, for one reason or another, choose to experiment with their sexuality with the same sex (so-called bisexuals). I (...) (23 years ago, 4-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: gay by birth vs. gay by choice
 
in article GnszKI.5KJ@lugnet.com, Ross Crawford at rcrawford@csi.com wrote on 12/3/01 11:07 PM: (...) Please, can't you think any better than that? It is the FACT that heteros find the opposite sex attractive that MAKES us heteros, not some "choice" (...) (23 years ago, 4-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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