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[–]According-Junket-885 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

I don't know about trauma, but sexual orientation is most likely a mix of nature versus nurture.

Homosexuality is at least not 100% genetical, or else there wouldn't exist examples of identical twins with different sexual orientations.

[–]Q-Continuum-kin 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Almost everything is probably epigenetics.

[–]Chocolatepudding 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Really; well idk. But even in times of great repression and danger men would still find each other, wouldn't that suggest very little nurture involved?

[–]According-Junket-885 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Nurture just means environment in this context. It doesn't mean that men are brought up to be gay by their parents.

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

Despite not being 100% genetical, how much would it realistically be then? Too bad there aren’t many studies on it. But, considering why with homophobia, it would make sense. At least from the arguments I’ve read on against studying.

Two studies I can think of (and mostly brought up) are the twins, and brain differences.

[–]RedJackalRampant homosexual 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

There's a study that determined if one male twin was gay, the other was 50% likely to also be gay. https://youtu.be/qnXUb0zTNuE?t=1137 The video is a bit outdated, but I'm sure you can find the study somewhere.

[–]BiHorror[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Alright, thanks! I'll look up on it.

[–]According-Junket-885 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

No one knows. I saw Richard Dawkins talk about this recently.

The effect of a gene is not inevitably tied to it, but depends upon the environment in which the individual is brought up.