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Re: gay by birth vs. gay by choice
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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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:
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> > Beats me. Why do heterosexuals find the opposite gender sexually attractive,
> > anyway?
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> 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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| (...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| 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" (...) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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