I think that eventually the research will suggest (never prove) that the biological component is a predisposition towards one preference or another (or another) and that environment is a major player. At some time, the decisions are basically 'locked in', even if its the reverse of what a person thinks. But that's all in par with normal genetics anyway. Our genes are the template but not always the expression. Nutrition is just one environmental factor that can limit or even alter the outcome of our programming.
> For years, there have been groups that have claimed to "cure" > homosexuality through "Christian" therapy. At one point in grad > school I looked at doing an analysis of the success of such > treatments. I gave it up after I got completely stonewalled trying to > get information about the programs' treatment success rates. None of > these groups were telling. I then went through the psych literature > back to the early 50's. Briefly the only studies that reported so > called successfull conversions were uncontrolled case studies. I > found one real study that actually reported follow rates - 6 months. > Their results went from miserable to worse. after 6 months only one > participant reported not being attracted to members of the opposite > sex. So from what the data suggest, you cannot be forced to be gay, > or straight. > > larry > > > > -----Original Message----- > >> From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >> Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 1:49 PM > >> To: CF-Community > >> Subject: Re: Warning: This may offend if religious > >> > >> > >> Actually, it is. No amount of research has shown for a fact > >> that you are forced to be gay or not. There has been some > > > >But, no amount of research has shown that you can be forced to be gay or > >not. > > > >"Are" and "can be" are the operative words. The question is whether you > >are gay at birth or "change" later. I think that most studies agree > >that there's an aspect to both. > > > >As to the term "lifestyle" it's loaded simply because it implies are > >transient thing: the word "style" implies something that may change at > >whim. And the word life style was simply an invention that's mostly > >been used to implie personal choices. The phrase "lifestyle choice" has > >become cemented with the word "lifestyle". > > > >In my opinion neither homosexuality or religion can be considered > >"lifestyles". Homosexuality because, regardless of cause, most > >homosexuals feel they have no choice, and religion because (the truly) > >religious feel that they have no choice. > > > >In both cases you can have aspects of "lifestyle" in those people that > >experiment either sexually or religiously, but that shouldn't then imply > >that anybody gay or religious has made a lifestyle choice. > > > >Jim Davis > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
