Male Sexual Orientation Is Connected with Genes

has long been debated where our sexual orientation comes from, particularly whether its biological or social forces driving these behaviors. In regards to homosexuality and bisexuals, some have argued that it may be a choice that these individuals are making.(Levay 2012: 41)Some have even said it is a mental disorder that one can recover from, but there is plenty of data that says otherwise.(Levay 2012: 41)(Levay 2012: 65) I believe diverse sexual orientations develop in humans due to sex hormones

Homosexuality, Natural or A Chosen Life? Today, America is still faced with segregation issues, only today it isn’t about the color of skin but about your sexual orientation. A private matter that is suppose to be between two individuals, whether they are heterosexually or homosexually married, has become an issue of society. When it comes to finding a job, getting married, and all the legal rights involved in a marriage, homosexual couples are criticized and in some states not allowed. If it is

Factors of Sexual Orientation Nicole Mercer Muskingum University EDU 500 Joy Cowdery Abstract What does it mean to be a woman or a man? What is it that influences us as individuals to live as a man or as woman as well have the feelings of attraction to someone else? Furthermore, what is it that influences us to have those feeling to someone of the same sex? What does this all mean? Approximately 100 years ago a German physician by the name of Magnus Hirschfeld suggest that the brain

findings lead that some researchers estimate that sexual orientation is 30 to 70 percent genetic (Mustanski, Chivers, & Bailey, 2002). Another research suggests that sexual orientation is impacted by a gene or genes found on the X chromosome. Though genetic tendencies for homosexuality may be passed from mothers to their children (Rahman & Wilson, 2003). During human evolution, homosexuality was developed to minimize competition between males for a limited number of potential female mates (Schulling

significant region of the brain, plays a role in sexuality. This theory is supported by evidence homosexual behaviors in young age (Bellamy, 2012). According to Heffner & Johnson (2003), Darwin believed that sexual orientation is not a choice, it emerges from adolescence without prior sexual experience. Many experiments in the biological perspective have been done to support that nature plays a role in homosexuals. Biologist have found anatomical, genetic, and endocrine evidence in homosexuals. Alfred

environment where it the cultural, moral, family or peer group environment. However, the factor of child sexual abuse was a bit challenging because some evidences suggested that it can cause homosexuality while disapprove of this factor. One would say that the maybe the severity of the trauma on victim and the victims coping skills maybe more of a factor in the developing of sexual orientation. All in all, personal choice is the biggest factor in homosexuality because every practicing homosexual makes

Homosexuality: The attraction to same sex: sexual attraction to or sexual relations with somebody of the same sex. Since the beginning of time, homosexuality has always been shunned, taboo, and misunderstood. Homosexuality and its psychological behavior is a phenomenon with a long history, to which there have been various cultural and moral responses. Theories on sexual development claim that homosexuality is developed after birth as a result of a person’s environment (nature). Environmental factors

Women who carry this hormone have more childhood characteristics that are similar to a male such as playing with boy like toys, and engaging in rough-house play (Levay 2011: 78-79). Women who have CAH also may have genitilia closer to a male’s genitals, and it affects their behavior and brain patterns. A study that was conducted first in 1968 then replicated in 2007 showed that women with CAH had more sexual fantasies and dreams, during masturbation or during sex with their partners that included

the LDLR gene deformity, behavioral, ecological and hereditary elements (Jansen et al.,2002). Age, male sexual orientation, cigarette smoking, hypertension, western-sort diet, extreme maternal

continue to face.  The beliefs of many people around the world about the nature of homosexuality, go into two patterns called choice and gene. Is homosexuality a choice or a gene? Are we born the way we are? Or are we shaped by the environmental factors while we grow up? The origin of homosexuality has been discussed intensively around the world. Gay is a sexual orientation, but the fact of acting on it is a choice. However, every person has their own views regarding this concept throughout time. Some people