02-25-2022, 03:18 PM
(02-25-2022, 02:03 PM)GMDino Wrote: So there are still people thinking that people choose to gay and can be influenced to be gay? Or transgender?
That's amazing.
Quote:The findings, which are published on 29 August in Science and based on the genomes of nearly 500,000 people, shore up the results of earlier, smaller studies and confirm the suspicions of many scientists: while sexual preferences have a genetic component, no single gene has a large effect on sexual behaviours.
“There is no ‘gay gene’,” says lead study author Andrea Ganna, a geneticist at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Ganna and his colleagues also used the analysis to estimate that up to 25% of sexual behaviour can be explained by genetics, with the rest influenced by environmental and cultural factors — a figure similar to the findings of smaller studies.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02585-6#ref-CR1
article obtained from
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31481774/
As a parent of teens (I am) I'd prefer to wait until they are adults to make such a major decision. Given the science and what is at stake, I don't think that's unreasonable. If my child is showing signs of homosexuality/transgenderism, how much is genetic and how much is social influence that may change with time, age, and experience? Who is to say? What I won't do though is something that is possibly irreversible that could lead to even bigger issues as an adult.
There is also a genetic link to alcoholism. If you're going to be consistent, you should be advocating for not only giving kids the key to the liquor cabinet and beer fridge, but also for the abolishment of a legal drinking age opening up the bars to kids.
Quote:Alcohol use disorder (AUD) often seems to run in families, and we may hear about scientific studies of an “alcoholism gene.” Genetics certainly influence our likelihood of developing AUD, but the story isn’t so simple.
Research shows that genes are responsible for about half of the risk for AUD. Therefore, genes alone do not determine whether someone will develop AUD. Environmental factors, as well as gene and environment interactions account for the remainder of the risk.
https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/alcohols-effects-health/alcohol-use-disorder/genetics-alcohol-use-disorder
Now would you care to go in depth on your position and possibly enlighten me on something that I am missing that may change my mind? Or do you want to continue with the hyperbole and the post-grenade lob and run like above?
