Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: Dutch Boy
Unless there is a "gay gene" I would tend to agree. They are made not born.

That's not the only way people could be "born gay." Genetics are one possibility, but another is if the baby was exposed to certain hormones while in the womb. If a female baby is exposed to male hormones, she can come out pretty butch. Different hormones can have different effects. For instance, women who carry male babies and have a lot of stress during their pregnancies are more likely to give birth to kids who grow up to be gay. That doesn't seem to have anything to do with genetics, but nonetheless would result in a child being "born gay."

95 posted on 07/27/2003 4:49:20 PM PDT by xm177e2 (Stalinists, Maoists, Ba'athists, Pacifists: Why are they always on the same side?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies ]


To: xm177e2
nonetheless would result in a child being "born gay."

Not at all, propensity does not assume that there is no choice

97 posted on 07/27/2003 5:17:02 PM PDT by apackof2 (Listen much, talk little, learn greatly)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 95 | View Replies ]

To: xm177e2
If a female baby is exposed to male hormones, she can come out pretty butch.

Not true, if a female is exposed to abnormal amounts of androgens she will develop an intersex disorder. You’ve been reading too much homosexual propaganda.

For instance, women who carry male babies and have a lot of stress during their pregnancies are more likely to give birth to kids who grow up to be gay.

Did your “old wife” tell you that yarn?

108 posted on 07/27/2003 9:05:27 PM PDT by Clint N. Suhks
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 95 | View Replies ]

To: xm177e2
That's not the only way people could be "born gay." Genetics are one possibility, but another is if the baby was exposed to certain hormones while in the womb. If a female baby is exposed to male hormones, she can come out pretty butch. Different hormones can have different effects. For instance, women who carry male babies and have a lot of stress during their pregnancies are more likely to give birth to kids who grow up to be gay. That doesn't seem to have anything to do with genetics, but nonetheless would result in a child being "born gay."

My, your just a fount wishful conjecture, aren't you?

116 posted on 07/28/2003 1:37:18 PM PDT by Woahhs
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 95 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson