Many people are abused by people of both sexes and it doesn't seem to have an impact on their adult sexual preferences. It does have impact development. However, despite a nature vs nurture debate that goes on in psychology, in which the answer is usually both nature and nurture, sexuality seems to be more genetic in nature. This also goes without saying most of what I learned also seemed to indicate that sexuality was more a gradient than it was binary (or tertiary with bisexuality) 100% one or the other.
So to your statement, I doubt his abuse "made him gay" and he would otherwise be "100% straight". Yes being abused can have a major impact on development, I've never seen any sources in my time at the university studying psychology that would backup that people can be made gay any more than they can be made straight.
So, funnily enough, it's actually more nurture than it is nature. Check out the twin studies done in Sweden & Australia for more information. That said, you're right about sexual abuse not deciding who is gay vs. who isn't. It really doesn't have much of an impact, because being gay isn't a fault of character. It's actually evolutionarily advantageous in moderation.
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EarlPoncho ago
and now he's gay. just a coincidence im sure
Stukov ago
Many people are abused by people of both sexes and it doesn't seem to have an impact on their adult sexual preferences. It does have impact development. However, despite a nature vs nurture debate that goes on in psychology, in which the answer is usually both nature and nurture, sexuality seems to be more genetic in nature. This also goes without saying most of what I learned also seemed to indicate that sexuality was more a gradient than it was binary (or tertiary with bisexuality) 100% one or the other.
So to your statement, I doubt his abuse "made him gay" and he would otherwise be "100% straight". Yes being abused can have a major impact on development, I've never seen any sources in my time at the university studying psychology that would backup that people can be made gay any more than they can be made straight.
pls-no-lynch-nsa ago
So, funnily enough, it's actually more nurture than it is nature. Check out the twin studies done in Sweden & Australia for more information. That said, you're right about sexual abuse not deciding who is gay vs. who isn't. It really doesn't have much of an impact, because being gay isn't a fault of character. It's actually evolutionarily advantageous in moderation.