Scientists Destroy Anti-Gay Arguments About “Choice”
http://www.vocativ.com/312971/scientists-destroy-anti-gay-arguments-about-choice/
Anti-gay activists are going to have to stop using one of their very favorite arguments—that is, if they care anything about scientific truth. (Which, LOL, don’t hold your breath.) That’s because a team of leading sex scientists has reviewed decades of cross-cultural research and concluded that there is scant evidence to support the theory that homosexuality is a result of social influence or, you know, recruitment by “the gays.”
Instead, they say, it’s much more likely that non-hetero orientations are a result of “nonsocial” factors. In other words: nature rather than nurture.
The more than 50-page paper, published in the journal Psychological Science in the Public Interest, covers the evidence on everything from the prevalence of homosexuality to theories on sexual fluidity in women. It’s the section on the “cause” of non-heterosexuality, though, that has the most important political implications. As the authors note, this science “is frequently—if not always correctly— used to support political, social, and moral conclusions regarding homosexuality.”
This matters on an individual level, too: Past research has found that people who believe that sexual orientation is “innate” are more likely to believe in equal rights for lesbian, gay and bisexual people.
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