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[–]MyLongestJourney 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Homophobia

Here is a post about a recent piece in LGN by Julie Bindel. She denies science by ignoring the mountain of evidence indicating a genetic and environment-in-the-womb basis for sexual orientation determination:

Why is that idea homophobic? I really do not understand. Why is it homophobic to say that homosexuality is perhaps a product of the environment ? (There is no conclusive evidence that homosexuality is genetic by the way).

[–]reluctant_commenter[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

(There is no conclusive evidence that homosexuality is genetic by the way).

There is conclusive evidence that homosexuality is to at least some sizeable degree genetic, and conclusive evidence that to at least some degree that it is "environmental" in the sense of, formed/affected by conditions in the womb before birth-- not "environmental" in the sense of, say, something you could get bullied into.

I refer you to a couple of comments by u/GatitoMalo: https://saidit.net/s/LGBDropTheT/comments/8b6e/study_genetic_patterns_offer_clues_to_evolution/uuyb https://saidit.net/s/LGBDropTheT/comments/7yuf/julie_bindel_theres_no_gay_gene_and_i_love_the/tr53

[–]MyLongestJourney 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Like most human mental conditions and behaviors,the science is not yet settled on homosexuality's causes. It is not homophobic to say that.

[–]reluctant_commenter[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

There's a difference between saying "the science is not yet settled" and "there is no evidence of genetic basis for sexual orientation." Julie Bindel has claimed the latter, not just the former. I do agree with you that the science is not settled.