Tarminic
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Posted - 2007.08.10 15:16:00 -
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 Originally by: Miss Anthropy
Sexual preference is NOT genetic; nor has anything to do with DNA. There is no *** gene. A *** person is not "born that way". They choose it. It's not forced on them like a disease at birth. Children have no concept of sexuality until they reach puberty. Until that time they have no preference regarding their gender object of desire.
I disagree to an extent - while obviously there is no "*** gene" that flawlessly converts one's sexuality if expressed, one's likelyhood to have a differing view of sexuality can be linked, to a certain extent, to biology - for example, women that have a higher expression of genes that control testosterone production tend to be more Tomboyish and have sexual fantasies that involve other women more often. This information is available through wikipedia if anyone wishes to check my sources.
Originally by: Derovius Vaden
As I understand it, there is much debate about genetics of homosexuality; the most obvious arguement against this notion is the perplexity behind passing on a recessive trait that only manefests itself in people who don't reproduce. Such a trait would not last more than a few generations, and our species has been around for a few hundred thousand generations or so.
The answer is a bit more complex than that - a recessive gene that lowers reproduction rate might indeed have a positive effect over the long term to provide a guard against scarcity of resources via overpopulation. If the gene is recessive, one could be a carrier for it without actually being homosexual themselves. Of course, that's all speculation, and as far as I know there has been no singe gene that alters the likelyhood of one being heterosexual or homosexual.
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And any self-respecting geneticist would remove such behaviour modifying genes from our toon's clone anyways... Or perhaps thats the one gene the Joves forgot to remove! Look at them now!
WTF. 
I know I'm stepping in an anthill here, but those are just my personal views - I have no problem with people who are homosexual, bisexual, or transgendered.
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