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> If this were the case, we'd have 'bred out' the gay, surely? This assumes that there is a gene that determines whether someone is gay or not. I was under th
by jm__87 8y ago
> If this were the case, we'd have 'bred out' the gay, surely?
This assumes that there is a gene that determines whether someone is gay or not. I was under the impression that gay and trans are an epigenetic phenomenon that occurs during early development. In the womb, a male brain develops too much along the female trajectory or female too much along the male trajectory, either due to presence of hormones that should not be there or the lack of hormones that should be there.
- Jedd 8y ago> This assumes that there is a gene that determines whether someone is gay or not. This was evidently parent's assumption, per the claim that gay-shaming was evolutionary. I've taken some liberty by inverting the former and conflating the latter (evolutionary / genetics) but my point is that there's no evidence for (and quite a bit against) the claim that any of this is 'evolutionary'.
- jm__87 8y agoYeah, looks like I replied to the wrong one. Sorry about that.