Forum Overview :: Biohazard: Code Veronica :: Senor Barborito MetaFilter Post

[quote name="Senor Barborito MetaFilter Post"]I'm not sure of his standing within the academic community, but Marc Breedlove has been churning out some interesting research suggesting that among the causes of homosexuality is exposure to abnormal (or non-standard, if that's less offensive) amounts of certain hormones while in the womb. Obviously, there are plenty of other causes - sociological reasons, psychological ones, sexual abuse, etc. - but it seems likely that for a large percentage of homosexuals the causes are biological but not genetic in nature. The question then becomes - if this is so, should homosexuality be 'cured'? I actually posed this question to my mother, having explained the above to her, as she's about as fundamentalist non-denominational Protestant as it is possible to get. Curiously, she said she didn't really know, because if it genuinely was biological than presumably God must have allowed it for a reason. It was one of the few times I have failed to accurately predict her response to a question of ethics. posted by Ryvar at 5:05 PM PST on May 3[/quote]