Is Homosexuality a Choice? - Page 2


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Dr. Alfred Kinsey created The Kinsey Scale to judge sexual attraction, and to answer the question…are we 100% straight or 100% gay? He came to the conclusion that “a seven-point scale comes nearer to showing the many gradations that actually exist” (pp. 639, 656) Kinsey, et al. (1948). Sexual Behavior in the Human Male.

0- Exclusively heterosexual with no homosexual
1-Predominantly heterosexual, only incidentally homosexual
2- Predominantly heterosexual, but more than incidentally homosexual
3- Equally heterosexual and homosexual
4- Predominantly homosexual, but more than incidentally heterosexual
5- Predominantly homosexual, only incidentally heterosexual
6- Exclusively homosexual

I don’t want to throw away any of that research that helped show people that, hey, we’re not “playing gay” just to upset you, we were born this way. Just remember that there’s always several ways of looking at things. What if some of those “newly gays” actually went on to have successful homosexual relationships? What started as a choice could end up as a real and lasting love. Some people know if they’re straight or gay from the moment they recognize sexual attraction. Some people actively make a decision to broaden their horizons. I don’t think that they’re belittling homosexuality—they’re opening their minds. I stand by my theory that no matter how heterosexual or homosexual you are, there is always someone of either sex that you could fall in love with, or be attracted to. Maybe you’ll never meet them, maybe you overlooked them because they weren’t what you usually go for biologically, but they’re there.

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9.   Aug 9, 2001 7:25 PM
I'm sorry it has taken this long for me to respond, McWolf...my partner and I own a business in a beach resort and since Spring I haven't had time to check out the "suite" or anything else.

To an ...


-- posted by ooragg


8.   May 14, 2001 7:17 PM
In response to message posted by ooragg:

You say you were married for 27 years? Did you have children? What implications was the ...

-- posted by mcwolf


7.   Mar 20, 2001 4:45 PM
I loved this article. It was very fair minded. As to the question posed by student in the primate sexuality class: there are many, many other ways to explain human beings other than Darwin's surviv ...

-- posted by blondegeek


6.   Mar 19, 2001 10:13 PM
Dear Kimberly,

Your article was very good. Most of the same thoughts are considered in the Transgendered Community. It is not really known if it is genetic or nurture that causes a person to be tra ...


-- posted by katencat


5.   Mar 16, 2001 9:56 AM
It's funny because we were talking about this kind of thing in my Primate Sexuality class. I am of the opinion that everybody is "capable" of being attracted to someone of the same sex, but that cult ...

-- posted by Sondakhan





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