In a scientific sense, we are all bi-sexual.. or you could say we are all just sexual, not heterosexual or homosexual just sexual. What classes us as being straight or gay in our society? Most would say it depends on whether we are atracted to the same or the opposite sex or which sex we have sexual contact with. If this is ambigious.. meaning that there is atraction to both sexes, then we call it bi-sexual. Society puts so much stress on sexuality that it becomes a real issue with people and how they think of themselves, particularly on children/teenagers who have just started 'experimenting'. People are told that there are two main ways to get sexual gratification (or two main sexualities). Often there is alot of negativity expressed towards the homosexual community.. and maybe even vice versa on ocassion. Many people assume someone is born straight and 'becomes' gay as though they have no choice. Some believe that a gay life is pursued by a person. Where as a matter of fact, when looking at the bigger picture... all people want is pleasure, which can be achieved through sexual contact, or close contact. For some reason (probably because of reproduction needing a couple of opposite sex), society usually stereotypes people as being 'straight' or 'gay' due to the usual sex of the people they sleep with, and many think that sexuality is a fixed thing that we ARE rather than what we choose. If a male has always slept with females then it is not because of a chemical in his brain it is simply because he is atracted to the opposite sex, more so than the same sex, OR that he has been indoctrinated into thinking that straight sex is the 'right' thing to do. If there was no social pressure on humanity reffering to sexuality then men and women would be happy receiving sexual pleasure from any sex as it is what forfills their needs, UNLESS ofcourse a person (without any indoctrination) is still only atracted to members of the opposite sex for whatever reason (e.g. general looks of the female body... the general female kind of personality). and im not saying that some people already don't already think like this... So when people/teenagers/religious people, get all caught up in worrying about their sexuality and if they are 'wrong' or 'right' it is all for nothing... because it is not a fixed thing... it has nothing to do with our brain chemistry etc Being 'straight' rather than 'gay' is just as simple as prefering a snickers to a mars.. sexuality simply involves which socialy constructed norm we happen to fit into. so any kind of 'oh noo i think i mite be gay...' question is irelevant, physicaly we are just sexual beings with the ability to be sexual.. with whoever we want.
Stop trying to get into my pants. You know how smart talk does it for me. Actually, all recent scientific evidence points to bio/neurological differences in hetero/homosexual attraction.
I knew of a better article somewhere, but now I dunno. http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/classes/psychology/psy760/sex.pdf
hmmm could you repeat that? you forgot some people believe that people are born gay, like their brain is just wired like that. after watching a tv show last night about little boys who want to be girls i am convinced at least in some cases the chemicals/hormones in the brain are different and it can result in feeling attracted to the same sex. after all feeling attracted to someone is all just the brain pumping out chemicals and hormones telling you to go mate with that person.
not every is bi, either. you're either attracted to someone or you're not. not everyone has a shoe fetish, not everyone likes huge breasts. saying everyone is bi is like saying everyone gets a boner from painting toenails and having feet shoved in their faces. frankly, ew. not my thing.
http://members.aol.com/slevay/hypothalamus.pdf http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/full/102/20/7356 That last article has some interesting stuff about inducing gay in male ferrets too.
could you paraphrase that for me? i think it's stunningly interesting, but all the science speak is a bit to involved for me.
That's why I wanted that other article. Less weighed down by jargon. Yeah, give me a little time and I'll paraphrase it. I need a little breakfast and shoe fetishism before I get into that.
I believe that there are cells of sexuality. Depending on the makeup of this gene, usually we end up straight. But then that gene occasionally becomes damaged and we end up being either gay,lesbian or asexual.
What if someone isn't really attracted to either sex? What if someone doesn't get attracted to anyone at all?
