Yawn...this is nothing new. There have been many "gay" fruit fly studies.
The first one was done in 1963 by Kulbir Gill, AND another in 1995 study by Zhang and Odenwald, and a more current one Balakireva et al, 1998 that ALL found the same thing, when the altered flies were also put in with opposite sex flies, they also attempted to copulate with each other. Every other test until this one found that they were "bisexual" when genetically altered. Funny this one doesn't mention that or even attempts to measure for so called "bisexuality". And as we all know, now say it with me, if science is valid, it's R-E-P-L-I-C-A-B-L-E.
Apparently it causes a hyper sexual response similar to a dog humping a leg...any port in a storm so to speak. THIS IS HARDLY A SMOKING GUN, it's a simple rehashing of an old experiment that doesn't replicate the many others that came before it.
Now if anyone wants to read the study I linked to and have a discussion about it I'd be happy to, but to discuss the merits of this one through "news" reporting and without at least the abstract is futile.
The abstract was ALREADY posted.
Teaching Special Ed would be easier........
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1417935/posts?page=121#123
We also learned back in the "olden days" that there were probably a fairly good per centage of people who were pretty asexual. These poor kids now have to declare themselves. Can't help but wonder if a lot of declared homosexuals and lesbians have been forced to adopt a sexual identity that they don't have and never did have. It stands to reason if they are not attracted to the opposite sex,and you force them to think about it too early,they probably imagine that they feel different and confused because they are homosexuals.
In times past they may have been the old maid aunts,who were often pretty and every one wondered why they didn't marry,maybe they just weren't interested. Or the bachelor uncles who went out drinking with the guys or went to the races,played sports and attended sports events with groups of friends.
Both sexes participated in book clubs and political activities,sometimes they took care of aging parents and/or helped their siblings with young children.
Now with all of our new found smarts we give them hype about feeling different,label them homosexuals,dose them with Viagra and Estrogen,medicate them with uppers and downers,send them to counseling and tell them to go out and enjoy life. Then we wonder why so many of them commit suicide,take illicit drugs,dabble in porn and seem unhappy.
I guess I am just and old fashioned,old lady,who believes that sex is not a life imperative and that God knew what He was doing when He created us,that He created us for a purpose and that too much "enlightenment" might just be sending a lot of kids down the wrong road.
Please know that I do understand that the above scenario does not account for even a large per centage of the homosexual population,but I would bet a lot of money that it accounts for many more than anybody conceives.