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I think given the discrimination of gay people in the world, it's very hard to make claims like "the rate of homo/bisexual individuals of their preferred gender

I think given the discrimination of gay people in the world, it's very hard to make claims like "the rate of homo/bisexual individuals of their preferred gender is far lower than the rate of heterosexual individuals, giving them a slight handicap in finding a SO". If discrimination of gay people is so rampant, how can we really know what the preferred bias really is? The other major issue I have is with enough science, parents have a choice in stopping autism, however sexual orientation is not genetic, and therefore should never be the choice of a parent to attempt to "choose" their child's orientation.

Lawtonfogle 11y ago
>If discrimination of gay people is so rampant, how can we really know what the preferred bias really is? You can look at changes in the rates of people who report to be homosexuals between different societies who discriminate at different levels. You can also studie non-human species (especially other great apes) and notice what their numbers are like between species. It does get messier when you start to count bi-sexuals, and especially when you consider a scale instead of a trinary classification, but it is pretty extreme to think that homosexuals make up the same portion of the population as heterosexuals. >however sexual orientation is not genetic, and therefore should never be the choice of a parent to attempt to "choose" their child's orientation. We still don't fully know what it is, but likely whatever it may be, one day we will have the ability to control it (I'm not talking about the current pseudo science of gay to straight conversion, but that one day we will have a much better understanding of the entire brain and will have the technology to modify it in ways that would be alien or magical right now).

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I think given the discrimination of gay people in the world, it's very hard to make claims like "the rate of homo/bisexual individuals of their preferred gender

by alexggordon 11y ago

Lawtonfogle 11y ago
>If discrimination of gay people is so rampant, how can we really know what the preferred bias really is? You can look at changes in the rates of people who report to be homosexuals between different societies who discriminate at different levels. You can also studie non-human species (especially other great apes) and notice what their numbers are like between species. It does get messier when you start to count bi-sexuals, and especially when you consider a scale instead of a trinary classification, but it is pretty extreme to think that homosexuals make up the same portion of the population as heterosexuals. >however sexual orientation is not genetic, and therefore should never be the choice of a parent to attempt to "choose" their child's orientation. We still don't fully know what it is, but likely whatever it may be, one day we will have the ability to control it (I'm not talking about the current pseudo science of gay to straight conversion, but that one day we will have a much better understanding of the entire brain and will have the technology to modify it in ways that would be alien or magical right now).