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To: RetiredNow who wrote (219589)	2/19/2005 8:59:58 PM
From: neolib	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574730

Good point. OK, in good scientific fashion, I'll modify my theory. Let's say being gay works sort of like fat people. Most fat people just eat too much or don't exercise enough, myself included. However, a small percentage of all the fat people have something in their makeup that makes them predisposed to being fat. For instance, maybe they have an underactive thyroid or a slow metabolism due to some chemical imbalance. We are all predisposed to eat. Eating too much causes weight gain. Most people are predisposed for sexual attraction to the opposite sex. Too much of that may lead to heterosexual promiscuity. So a better analogy along these lines might be that anorexia is like being gay. Both are the opposite of biological expectation. Same thing could be true with gays. Maybe there is some small percentage that are predisposed to being gay because of their physical makeup, but the majority are gay due to socialization and personal choices. This theory fits the best. I'd bet this is what they will find as scientists investigate the issue further. The experiment I would like to see is correct sexual hormonal boosts (of the embryo) during the 10-16'th weeks of pregnancy. The sexual organ tissues differentiate near the beginning of this time for both males and females, while the associated brain development occurs near the end (IIRC). That interval looks enticing as a possible source of problems. I'd like to make sure the gender development remains firmly to one side across this time span. Then follow to adulthood, and see if homosexual occurrence is reduced compared to a control. Note that the opposite hormone treatment during tissue differentiation can cause an XX embryo to develop into a male body. I think one can also cause an XY to develop into a female, but this requires hormone suppression, which might be more difficult, I don't know. Perhaps a more direct experiment would be to switch hormones after tissue differentiation, but before associated brain development. Would this greatly boost gay or transsexual occurrence? There are some sheep or goats (don't recall which) that have high homosexual occurrences that would be the logical subjects for this experiment.