Homosexuality: Nature or Nurture
Abstract
The quest to achieve ultimate unity has become quite the hot topic in present years. In Ryan D. Johnson’s online research article, Homosexuality: Nature or Nurture, an explanation of homosexuality is broken down so the world has a better understanding of homosexuals. As referred to in the title, the origin of homosexuality has been debated to be because of nature or nurture. Basically, are people gay because it’s their personal choice or is it just who they are? The idea behind nurture is that the way one was raised can eventually affect a child’s sexual preference. In the first paragraph of this study, Johnson travels back to ancient Greece claiming that homosexuality has been around for ages, yet the root of the question still seems to be up in the air. According to the APA “sexual orientation is not a choice…[but] social theorists argue that on individual’s upbringing can directly influence this” (Johnson 1). Biological theorists believe that there is an actual genetic way of justifying homosexuality. Scientists and Psychoanalysts have evaluated the chromosomes of straight and gay males nonetheless the hypothalamus, and other certain wavelengths of their brains to find any comparisons to give reason to such different sexual preferences. This study focuses on the internal and external factors that could possibly contribute to and elucidate how one is a homosexual. The first experiment that Johnson assessed was that of Alfred Kinsey from the University of Indiana. His target objective was ‘1) to find out how many adult males engaged in homosexual behavior, and 2) to suggest theories about [how] it came to be.’ Many men said they had not participated in any homosexual relationships, yet more answered yes when asked about same-sex relationships. This shows that most men feel more comfortable with having an encounter with two other women, but not another male. Then again this is the typical heterosexual man, or the closeted homosexual that skew
The quest to achieve ultimate unity has become quite the hot topic in present years. In Ryan D. Johnson’s online research article, Homosexuality: Nature or Nurture, an explanation of homosexuality is broken down so the world has a better understanding of homosexuals. As referred to in the title, the origin of homosexuality has been debated to be because of nature or nurture. Basically, are people gay because it’s their personal choice or is it just who they are? The idea behind nurture is that the way one was raised can eventually affect a child’s sexual preference. In the first paragraph of this study, Johnson travels back to ancient Greece claiming that homosexuality has been around for ages, yet the root of the question still seems to be up in the air. According to the APA “sexual orientation is not a choice…[but] social theorists argue that on individual’s upbringing can directly influence this” (Johnson 1). Biological theorists believe that there is an actual genetic way of justifying homosexuality. Scientists and Psychoanalysts have evaluated the chromosomes of straight and gay males nonetheless the hypothalamus, and other certain wavelengths of their brains to find any comparisons to give reason to such different sexual preferences. This study focuses on the internal and external factors that could possibly contribute to and elucidate how one is a homosexual. The first experiment that Johnson assessed was that of Alfred Kinsey from the University of Indiana. His target objective was ‘1) to find out how many adult males engaged in homosexual behavior, and 2) to suggest theories about [how] it came to be.’ Many men said they had not participated in any homosexual relationships, yet more answered yes when asked about same-sex relationships. This shows that most men feel more comfortable with having an encounter with two other women, but not another male. Then again this is the typical heterosexual man, or the closeted homosexual that skew