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Originally Posted by SerenityLives
So, for a very long time, researchers have been trying to find one specific gene, not genes (plural) that determines a person’s sexual orientation. Many of the LGBTQ community at that time found it ludicrous and offensive that they should be looking for a gay gene, which implies there’s something wrong or it’s a genetic mutation that results in their orientation. So if you flip it around, if people think that heterosexuality is the minority, by same logic, then they should also be lookin for the specific gene that make a person straight right?
As it turns out, recently in some studies, sexuality is a result of a combination of various parts of genes (plural), and hormones in the mother’s womb before birth. So that clears up a lot I guess for the confusion in overall society, not just lgbtq community. I hope I answered your question  |
Huh, that's interesting. Perspectives are so complicated! When I hear of people looking for a specific gene in this area, the way my brain works is not to conisder it a "gay gene", but to consider it a "sexual orientation gene". If it's "flipped" one way, you are attracted to males, if it's flipped another way, then to females. There is no morality inherent in genes; it's just straight coding.
Kind of like sickle cell anemia. It's a single-gene issue. If the gene is one way, blood cells are round. If the gene is another way, blood cells are sickle-shaped and more sticky. The end result can be mortally problematic, but as far as the genes are concerned, there's nothing to be offended by; it's just how information is coded.
If we flip it around so heterosexuality is the minority, I would still consider it looking for a "gene that determines sexual orientation" rather than a "straight gene".
I'm a little confused again. Why is looking for one gene that determines a person's sexual orientation offensive, while finding out that sexuality is a combination of genes (plural) and hormones not offensive? Neither of those scenarios have anything to do with making a judgment on the person who received those genes or hormones. Why is one scenario (one gene) offensive and the other scenario (plural genes and hormones) not offensive?