Sexual orientation is a term used to describe a person's emotional or sexual attraction for another person. If this person is attracted to another one of the same sex, then it is said that this person has a homosexual orientation, and individuals having a sexual attraction for the opposite sex are said to have a heterosexual orientation. Now, individuals who have a sexual orientation for both men and women are said to be bisexuals. Lets not confused sexual orientation with gender identity which is our internal sense of whether we are males or females, or social gender role, which is what our culture defines as feminine or masculine behavior.
Scientists cannot have the exact reasons of what causes an individual to develop a heterosexual, bisexual, gay, or lesbian orientation. There are a lot of research conducted to find the possible genetic, hormonal, social, and cultural developments of sexual orientation, but no findings have emerged that let scientists to conclude that sexual orientation is determined by any particular factor. Although many people experienced little or no sense of choice in sexual orientation, some argued that probably nature and nurture play a role in this.
All major national mental organizations are concerned with therapy for trying to modify individuals sexual orientation. Until today there are no adequate scientific research to show that therapy will somehow change or modify sexual orientation. Furthermore, therapy tend to have a negative response, and instead of modify the behavior, it reinforce it even more.
Here I found a good video that I think it is very informative that look at twin boys and how they can be so different, also this study shows that nurture was not a cause, there is a part 2 that I did not add but you can look it up.
the video was really good. i never thought that in twins there could be this type of things. i mean since they are twins they should have the same genetics plus they live under the same environment. so they could be in the brain or any other thing it amazed me that with all the technology they still can find what make those changes.
I found your topic very interesting because I myself do not think there is anything that can be done to determine whether or not a child will turn to be homosexual. I found the video interesting as well because it does show how that just because you grow up in the same household it has nothing to do with your sexual orientation. I do find it a little sad that the stereotype of a homosexual has become very apparent.
the video was really good. i never thought that in twins there could be this type of things. i mean since they are twins they should have the same genetics plus they live under the same environment. so they could be in the brain or any other thing it amazed me that with all the technology they still can find what make those changes.
ReplyDeleteI found your topic very interesting because I myself do not think there is anything that can be done to determine whether or not a child will turn to be homosexual. I found the video interesting as well because it does show how that just because you grow up in the same household it has nothing to do with your sexual orientation. I do find it a little sad that the stereotype of a homosexual has become very apparent.
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