New Evidence that Childhood Family Factors Influence Sexual Orientation

lifesite.net ^ | November 30, 2006 | lifesite.net

[scripter]

There's a very similar article posted here: New Evidence Found for Childhood Family Factors Influencing Sexual Orientation.

There are a number of helpful links in that thread.

[scripter]

This study reall just says that people in these situations are more likely o become that way rather than it being a choice.

I think you're close. What the article says is the environment in which children are raised plays a major part in determining to whom children are attracted. As other evidence points out, it's not a choice because homosexuals are confused about their sexuality.

[fox martyr son]

I agree. How many commentators on this thread are divorced?
How many have or have had in the past extra-marital affairs? How may engaged in pre-marital sex resulting in loss of virginity, a bastard or an abortion?
Funny there's not much talk about these sins.

[scripter]

In many primates, most notably bonobos, sexual release has a social bonding function quite separate from reproduction.

I'm sorry, but this is a prime example of bad science getting pushed as fact by the media. What you rarely find from the media are corrections or disclaimers. Here are two articles on the subject:

Should Humans Imitate Bonobos?
The Animal Homosexuality Myth

See my profile for more information.

[Oberon]

A rational society would classify it as a fetish, like feet or leather.

A former co-worker of mine once regaled the office with a story from her 9-year-old niece's birthday party, at which one of the boy guests repeatedly smelled the girls' feet. The niece would yell "MommEEEE! He's sniffing my feet again!"

The co-worker was horrified by this behavior and went on at length about how it was creepy and pathological, and the kid needed to be locked away from girls until he could be cured of his obvious sexual wierdness.

Which was all well and good, except that the co-worker was a lesbian.

[stormer]

"Correlation is not causation."

Thank you. Neither having the time or interest I won't bother looking at the numbers, but it's always interesting when some study comes out and "proves" what people want to believe, they jump all over it. It is just as likely that these stats could be presented in a way that completely contradicts the information as it is presented here.

[scripter]

Seems the decline in the traditional family contributes to homosexuality.

Indeed. The bigger picture is quite complicated but the decline of the traditional family does indeed play a part. The media also plays a part. The radicals pushing the homosexual agenda plays a part. The homosexual agenda in government schools plays a part. It's too bad our culture continues to slip...

[scripter]

You may find The Gay Gene? of interest, particularly the summary.

[Mr. Lucky]

According to my Merck Veterinary Manual, homosexual behavior in farm animals is a treatable disorder.

[jaybee]

Yes, but that sexual molestation, if it was at an older age, may be as a result of the child already displaying homosexual tendencies, and therefore being an attractive target for an abuser.

Also when the original article states that those who "left the home before 18" displayed a far higher rate of homosexuality, I contend that the REASON they may have left the home before 18 was that their homosexuality caused them to run away/be thrown out.

[Andonius_99]

QUIT POSTING PICTURES OF MY FAMILY ON THE INTERNET!!!

[BeckB]

Having an unstable childhood environment might fail to protect the child from early molestation. I wish they had asked how many of those who were homosexual had been molested and at what age this took place.

[Neoliberalnot]

I note the biggest factor of all was omitted from the study results: Molestation as a child by a homosexual -- this is the problem with survey information when few will admit such deviant behavior. I have seen estimates in this country that 80% of male homos were molested. The suggestion that the absence of fathers is the biggest culprit does not apply in most cases especially among Blacks where 50% have little or no contact with fathers and yet the incidence of homosexuality in Black communities is about 0.1%.

[scripter]

What must also be considered is the article is written about families in Copenhagen. Denmark was the first country to legalize homosexual marriage and is well known for its tolerance of alternative lifestyles.

Just how tolerant is Denmark? Well, they don't see a need to ban sex with animals unless it happens in pornographic films. In realizing just how tolerant Denmark has become, your point seems unlikely but not impossible.

[Mrs. Don-o]

Don't die [while your kids are still at home] or get divorced

Both excellent goals, worth a strong and concerted effort.

[Mrs. Don-o]

What if I die, then get divorced? Do the odds go up?

That's already a pretty high level of oddity, right there.

[Mrs. Don-o]

That's ridiculous.

What's ridiculous?

[justshutupandtakeit]

"Rock and roll was ushered out in favor of Calypso (which made stars out of angry agitator Harry Belafonte and Calypso Louis Fahrakhan), heroin junkie beop jazz musicians, communist folkie music (Pete Seegar et al), and gay poster idols like Tab Hunter."

R&R was never "ushered out" in favor of Calypso. "Yellow Bird" was just a one hit wonder. Calypso remains an anomalous music of the islands nowhere near as popular as Reggae. After YB some of the greatest R&R ever performed was created.

BeBop jazz PREDATED rock and certainly did not appeal to the same audience. It also did not lack fantastic musicians, heroin or no. Folk music also did not supplant rock but was merely another varient of American music.

Hudson and Hunter and Sal Mineo were very pretty men and women liked to look at them on the screen. Their homosexuality was carefully hidden even going so far as beard marriages to keep up the facade.

[Nonstatist]

With parents like that, you could end up with kids that turn out like this:

Every one of them could buy and sell you a hundred times over.

[Hemingway's Ghost]

The mother's age was directly linked to the likelihood of homosexual marriage among men -- the older the mother, the more likely her son was to marry another man. Also, "only children" were more likely to be homosexual.

CRAP! To counter this one, as soon as my only son can read, I'm getting him a subscription to Playboy!