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PostPosted: 08/21/05 7:03 pm    ::: What Makes People Gay? Reply Reply with quote
This is an article from the Boston Globe's Globe Magazine. It appeared in their last Sunday edition. Thought some of you might be interested.

http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2005/08/14/what_makes_people_gay/


*warning: quite long but interesting
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PostPosted: 08/21/05 11:30 pm    ::: Re: What Makes People Gay? Reply Reply with quote
HAven't read the article yet, but I have to ask: Why is it we never ask what makes people straight?
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PostPosted: 08/21/05 11:40 pm    ::: Re: What Makes People Gay? Reply Reply with quote
PUmatty wrote:
HAven't read the article yet, but I have to ask: Why is it we never ask what makes people straight?


Because that's the natural course of things. Being gay is a deviation from the gameplan.
Don't take it the wrong way, I believe this is a very "scientific" explanation Laughing



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PostPosted: 08/22/05 12:03 pm    ::: Re: What Makes People Gay? Reply Reply with quote
PUmatty wrote:
HAven't read the article yet, but I have to ask: Why is it we never ask what makes people straight?





Actually there are no straight women, they are just "pre-lesbians"

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PostPosted: 08/22/05 12:06 pm    ::: Re: What Makes People Gay? Reply Reply with quote
PUmatty wrote:
HAven't read the article yet, but I have to ask: Why is it we never ask what makes people straight?


I think the presumption is that if you find one then you'll find the other.



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PostPosted: 08/22/05 12:09 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
Rolling Eyes

What makes people hetero is the biological imperative to propagate the species. If artificial ways doing so manage to penetrate the collective knowledge of the human race and go down to the instinct level, then it's a whole new ball game.

But seriously. I thought it had already been established that you're born homosexual, or heterosexual, or bisexual, and the only question was whether you acted on it or engaged in behavior that's unnatural to you.

(speaking as the one in a million whose love life would have been hella easier if I'd been born gay)



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PostPosted: 08/22/05 12:40 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
Men are becoming really disposable, but some things will never change.



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PostPosted: 08/22/05 12:44 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
BCBG25 wrote:
Men are becoming really disposable, but some things will never change.



Thinking of switching sides? Twisted Evil Wink



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PostPosted: 08/22/05 12:59 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
Maybe when Svet becomes available Wink
But really, too late for that.
Back on topic, unless there's a major scientific breakthrough, I don't see attitude towards gay people changing significantly. When people realize it's not a lifestyle, maybe then we'll see some progress...



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PostPosted: 08/22/05 1:20 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
BCBG25 wrote:
Maybe when Svet becomes available Wink
But really, too late for that.
Back on topic, unless there's a major scientific breakthrough, I don't see attitude towards gay people changing significantly. When people realize it's not a lifestyle, maybe then we'll see some progress...



Hey, get in line Wink She makes me want to Shoop too...



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PostPosted: 08/22/05 2:12 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
BCBG25 wrote:
Men are becoming really disposable........



your brutal truthful honesty makes me want to Crying or Very sad .
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PostPosted: 08/22/05 2:19 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
PennyTfan1 wrote:
BCBG25 wrote:
Men are becoming really disposable........



your brutal truthful honesty makes me want to Crying or Very sad .


Don't cry, Kelly. I mean, Coco. I mean, PennyT.
I mean, the reason is, I would think, the fact that we can freeze men's "utilities" these days.
I still like to think they'll be around when I need them Wink



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PostPosted: 08/22/05 2:43 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
BCBG25 wrote:
PennyTfan1 wrote:
BCBG25 wrote:
Men are becoming really disposable........



your brutal truthful honesty makes me want to Crying or Very sad .


Don't cry, Kelly. I mean, Coco. I mean, PennyT.
I mean, the reason is, I would think, the fact that we can freeze men's "utilities" these days.
I still like to think they'll be around when I need them Wink




I seem unable to word my response correctly so I'll take the high road......except to say that I kinda had an idea as to what you meant (there were other reasons that came to mind in addition to freezing) and I am in full agreement with your statement...and the crying part is just about the fact that reminders bum me out. Laughing
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PostPosted: 08/22/05 2:58 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
Oh please, share your thoughts Twisted Evil
It's not just about the freezing, but about single moms and stuff like that. Don't know if that's the case, but it seems as though growing up without a father figure isn't such a big deal anymore, but I can't speak from experience on that one, so I'll just stop rambling...



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PostPosted: 08/22/05 3:39 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
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What Makes People Gay?


My parents met on Fire Island. Both are big Streisand and Midler fans. My grandfather was a figure skater. Guess that explains me...
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PostPosted: 08/22/05 3:59 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
BCBG25 wrote:
Oh please, share your thoughts Twisted Evil
It's not just about the freezing, but about single moms and stuff like that. Don't know if that's the case, but it seems as though growing up without a father figure isn't such a big deal anymore, but I can't speak from experience on that one, so I'll just stop rambling...



Essentially true, BCBG... But I don't think the type of guy that makes deposits at the 'Freezing Center' is the type of guy you'd want putting a bun in your oven, lol. Twisted Evil

But maybe if my research in genetics finally teaches me how to clone Svet, I can give you an aliquot of her DNA and you can 'do as you see fit'... Wink



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PostPosted: 08/22/05 4:02 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
Admiral_Needa wrote:
BCBG25 wrote:
Oh please, share your thoughts Twisted Evil
It's not just about the freezing, but about single moms and stuff like that. Don't know if that's the case, but it seems as though growing up without a father figure isn't such a big deal anymore, but I can't speak from experience on that one, so I'll just stop rambling...



Essentially true, BCBG... But I don't think the type of guy that makes deposits at the 'Freezing Center' is the type of guy you'd want putting a bun in your oven, lol. Twisted Evil

But maybe if my research in genetics finally teaches me how to clone Svet, I can give you an aliquot of her DNA and you can 'do as you see fit'... Wink


and I was concerned about how I was going to word things. Rolling Eyes
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My parents met on Fire Island. Both are big Streisand and Midler fans. My grandfather was a figure skater. Guess that explains me...




Wow Bud, YOU NEVER HAD A CHANCE Wink Wink Wink



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