Homosexuality Is Genetic Or Merely A Learning Process?

Many scientists have a difficult time understanding homosexuality on the evolutionary aspect. They believe a human beings’ main purpose is reproduction, which makes the sexual relationship between two males a confusing concept for most evolutionary thinkers (McKnight 1). Evolutionary thinkers believe that the less desirable genes are removed from the system when they are not breed as often, but this cannot be said for homosexual males who have been a continuing presence in most societies over numerous generations (McKnight 1). These evolutionary thinkers, like most humans, have a need to place others into

As far as this article goes, it supports the decision that children should be placed in a loving and caring home that will support them no matter the sexual orientation of the parents. Whether they are a homosexual or heterosexual couple should not deter a social worker from placing a child in the environment that will raise them to the best of their abilities. The author, Ellen Goodman, gives her own input where she brings up a child by the name of Ruthie. Ruthie is the daughter of two fathers, and was placed into their lives by a birth mother who chose to two fathers to raise their child. Facts are also given on the bases that out of all the couples that

Homosexuality is at the front lines of the nature versus nurture debate. Many studies have been conducted, but a clear cause has yet to be found. Anti-homosexuals, consisting mainly of religious groups, believe that homosexuality is abnormal, unnatural, and can be changed. Because of their beliefs, homosexuality must be a learned behavior. Whether homosexuality is biological or learned behavior is still a mystery, but scientists are finding more evidence to suggest the former.

As humans, we are all born as individuals. Some parts of us, we are born with, like different hair and eye colors along with certain aspects of our varying personalities, and others, we learn through our experiences, such as music and fashion taste and weird senses of humor. For years, there has been one of many aspects of human beings that science cannot pinpoint whether we are born with it (nature) or if it is learned (nurture). This one aspect is sexuality. Some believe that people choose to be gay to torture their parents, while others believe that they are “born this way”. Actually, homosexuality is not solely nature or nurture, but it is both.

Marriage between a man and a woman has been accepted as the long-established, conventional way of raising a family for thousands of years. Now it is not only legal for gay couples to get married but also for them to adopt children of their own. To take such a long-standing practice and suddenly add major extensions to previous rules, it is no wonder that many people are wary about the subject. It is understandable that these new laws will not be accepted by everyone, especially by those who have lived with the normality of “regular marriage” their entire life.

It seems that none of these options are conclusive, and it's reasonable to suppose that the cause, like human behaviour in general, is too complex to fit into a single simplistic model.

The focus is not on homosexual adoption, but on what is best for the child being placed in that home. The process of adoptions goal is to find a suitable home for the child. Being raised with a mother and a father is the best environment for the child. Orthodoxy Today reports that “the scientific fact is that children's health is endangered if they are adopted into households in which the adults - as a direct

In his article, “Homosexuality: Nature or Nurture,” Johnson points out that there were numerous studies to determine whether or not homosexuality has a genetic cause. According to his article, many scientists are coming closer to find a gene for homosexuality. However, there are also many opposing theories that the environment a child is raised or that the role parents play in raising their children influences their sexual preference (Johnson). Johnson’s article concludes that “no theory or experiment has led to a definite answer.” Since science has not advanced enough to determine if homosexuality has a genetic cause, I hypothesize both certain genetic influence and our environmental factors makes us predisposed for certain sexual preference. The interesting question is to what degree each force has in influencing our sexual preference. The article “Is personality more nature or nurture? Behavioral and

Being asked if the writer believes homosexuality is nature or nurture, biologically, all living things were meant to reproduce. In order to reproduce, opposite reproductive parts must come together. Take a look at humans: a male and female are needed in order to create a child. An egg and a sperm are the key components of reproducing. It is impossible for a male and a male, or a female and a female to have sexual intercourse and create a child. Advances in technology may allow it to happen in the future, but as for now, it is impossible. Naturally, a male and female

The conception that lesbians and gay men may be parents is frequently perceived in today's society as impossible or immoral. Gay men and lesbians are often viewed as excluded from having children because sexual reproduction is related to men and women only. My approach to this uniquely controversial topic of gay parenting will be that of attempting to analyze the Pro side first. Gays and lesbians are human too and who is to say that they don't deserve equal rights in society. Society has to realize that the modern family has developed into many different forms in recent years in that the "nuclear family" is not necessarily the most common form anymore.

The nature and nature of homosexuality is heavily debated. Some people believe that homosexuality is biologically determined and others believe it’s base on ones environment. This topic can be argue to be base on both nature and nurture. Studies conducted in the past decades support both the biological and environmental aspect of homosexuality.

Homosexuality has been a feature of human culture since early history. In the course of the twentieth century, society began to discuss the matter of homosexuality after the modern gay rights movement began in 1969. People once thought of gay rights as “something that can be cured” or a “mental illness”, but now in modern day, people are looking more into biology, psychology, history, and cultural variations of sexual practice and identity. Not only is gay rights a sensitive topic for Americans today, but especially for the homosexuals who are discriminated now.(Wolraich 11)

The realization of the homosexuality in the modern western world as a cultural, sexual and a social category has been a result of complex power relations that surround sexuality and gender. The acceptance of homosexuality in the society has met its fair share of resistance and skepticism. The view that homosexuality can be in the same league as heterosexual has led it to be viewed as a normal behavioral and moral standard (Gallagher & Baker, 2006). Inasmuch as the skeptics may not want to accept the existence of homosexuality studies show that the habit is rampant today with many gay people coming out in the open. Of interest is the political acceptance of homosexuality with passing gay rights so that it can be recognized by law. This move has given homosexuals the ability to engage in legal entities like marriage (Gallagher & Baker, 2006).

LGBTQ is becoming something that is more of a concerned focused topic, but plunging deeper into it, single sex families are said to have no disadvantages compared to families of opposite sex. There are many questions that tend to pop up within this topic. What about the children? Do these households with single-sex families have any disadvantages? Are children better off with opposite sex families? There is also a possible disagreement amongst sociologists as to if there are any consequences of raising a child in a single-sex family and if it could be harmful to the child or not. In gay parented families there are also a function of two different things: the first one being the rich variety of family constellations that they comprise, and the second one being that the other is the fact that they are living in a society that hasn’t even came to value rich variety which this could lead to a major amount of tension for families in gay parenting. One last but not least issue that serves in LGBT parenting is that the development of sexual identity will be impaired among children of lesbian and gay parents.

Nowadays, the question of gay marriage is one of the most heated and controversial. Over the years, same-sex couples are fighting for the legal recognition for their marriages and their right as parents. Parenthood is one of the most valuable experiences in a human life. After finding a partner, it is natural for people to want to raise children. Homosexual parent are the same in ability and commitment to raised healthy children. It would be a big step for improvement in our society to provide necessary support and rights for same-sex couples and their children.