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'I grew up with a lot of females and rarely had male friends, at about the age of twelve I began to notice boys or should I say, it was then that I began to notice little else.....it is after all only natural,'. There are many stories just like this one that comes from homosexuals, but ironically they all sound the same. The truth of the matter is that the controversy has spread to a new frontier. The controversy being brought forth, is now being questioned in the environmental and biological aspects of homosexual behavior. Is this behavior something that parents should learn to shelter their children from?. People question whether or not homosexuality is environmental or biological, but people also question the genetics of homosexuality, and whether it is a choice.
During the development of a child, genes are inherited. Genes are codes that give traits. Genes are passed from the parents to the child. It is very possible that the fathers inherent traits may dominate the mothers inherent traits, this is not unusual. Genes traits are a child's genetic make-up. Genes give eye color hair color, skin complexion etc. but does this means homosexuality is passed on through genes? I do not believe it is, living in a Jamaican culture, you are aware that homosexuals are around, but they aren’t as brave as in a culture where homosexuality is legal, why else would these homosexuals be hiding?
Sexual orientation is the romantic interest in one's own gender, opposite gender or both. Sexual orientation is not defined by sexual behavior, Heterosexuals, Homosexuals and bisexuals express themselves according to their experiences or feelings. Do you believe homosexuality is innate or learned?. Many would argue that discrimination against left handers or homosexuals is indefensible regardless of the origins of those attributes, but human prejudices are complex and the simple reality is that many people find it easier to accept a difference that is believed to be innate. When it comes to such a topic as this, there are many factors to be considered, but it all boils down to a persons value system and their choice of living.
I strongly believe homosexuality is a learned behavior, which is brought forth from our environment as children. The things parents would tell us, the things we would see others doing, the unwritten norms we were led to be followed because they were seen as 'the right thing' in the eyes of our elders. I believe, however, that there may be many, many different factors that play into the conditioning of one to be gay. You see, I personally believe that homosexuality is a conditioned, or learned behavior. But, I must quickly add that one’s perception is his reality. I grew up in a home where I learned Christians values, I understood the true definition of spirituality and, while I still had room for more learning I also grew to understand who God really is, and what doing the right thing really means. I still had the understanding of calling sin by it's correct name. I believe that sin is a bad thing, though we are humans and we are not perfect, we should be able to understand right from wrong, by trying our utmost best not to go out of the way. According to the bible, God created male and female in the beginning for every living thing that was created, which suggests that creatures of the same sex aren't suppose to be together, this was for the purpose of procreation and nothing else. The bottom line is, what is to be done about it? If one is drowning in the sea, does it really matter how he found himself to be in that predicament? Does the lifeguard qualify the situation before offering the hand of deliverance?.The same goes for one drowning in the sea of sin. Jesus doesn’t seem to focus much upon the reasons one is the sinner he is, but rather simply offers him salvation from his sin. In Jeremiah 3, God says, “Only acknowledge thine iniquity…, and I will heal your backsliding.”
A central tenet of modern neuroscience is that for every difference in behavior, whether between groups of people, or within an individual person, over time there must be some corresponding differences, in the structure or function o the brain. Many homosexuals believe that they were different, from an early age and that they did not make a conscious choice to be homosexuals. While this may be true, these are anecdotes which are convincing to science. However, research has shown many differences. For some the genetic influence may be very strong, while for others it is weak, and the choice of responding to same sex attraction is much greater than the strongly determined sexuality of others. Psychologists thought that homosexuality was based on biology, because they would normally explain themselves, by saying ' this is the way I am' .They say this due to the fact that they feel like this is the way they are born, or in a sense this is just the way they were meant to be. Hence, they have now decided that it is learned as homosexuals often experience gender dysphoria.
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