For all of you who think homosexuality is a choice and that people can turn heterosexual. For all of you gays who insist that you were born who you are. For all the straights who thought or had homosexual experiences and feared you may be just a tad bit gay. As fun as it's been arguing our respective points it is time....it is time to hold hands because the fact of the matter is we're all right. Yes Gay activists some people are just a tad bit gay and can be conditioned to live heterosexual lives and yes fundamentalist Christian there are genuinely natural born homosexuals and they'll never change who they are.

I came across this article "Do Gays Have a Choice?" in (Scientific American Mind Magazine).

Ever since the late 1940's , when biologists Alfred Kinsey published his extensive reports on sexual practices in the U.S., it has been clear, as Kinsey put it, that people "do not represent two discrete populations, heterosexual and homosexual....The living world is a continuum in each and every one of its aspects." In other words, sexual attraction is simply not a black and white matter, and the labels "straight" and "gay" (or Bi) do not capture the complexities.

For obvious evolutionary reasons, most people are strongly inclined to prefer opposite-sex partners, because such a relationships produce children who continue the human race. But a few probably up to 7% of the population are exclusively attracted to members of the same sex, and many are in the middle. A recent position statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics and eight other national organizations agrees that "sexual orientation falls along a continuum."

Where do you stand in the CONTINUUM?!

How strongly are you attracted to members of the opposite sex?
0=Very strongly
1=Moderately
2=Not at all

Have you ever felt sexually attracted to a member of the same sex? (Ever means ever folks)
0=No
1=Yes

Have you ever had a dream about a sexual encounter with a member of the same sex? (Again ever means ever) Eye-wink
0=No
1=Yes

Have you ever had a waking fantasy about a sexual encounter with a member of the same sex?
0=No
1=Yes

Have you ever voluntarily had sexual contact (such as kissing or petting) with a member of the same sex?
0=No
1=Yes

How frequent are your same sex fantasies or dreams?
0=Never had them
1=Rare or Occasional
2=Frequent

Have you ever felt sexually aroused when you've had any exposure to two people of your same sex having a sexual encounter (through gossip, a video or same other means)?
0=No
1=Yes

Would you be willing to have sexual relations with someone of the same sex?
0=No
1=Maybe
2=Yes

How frequent are your same sex encounters?
0=Never had them
1=Rare or Occasional
2=Frequent

Now add up the numbers and see where you stand:

0-1: Exclusively heterosexual
2-3: Predominantly heterosexual
4-5: Predominantly heterosexual, with homosexual tendencies
6-7: Equally heterosexual and homosexual
8-9: Predominantly homosexual, with heterosexual tendencies
10-11: Predominantly homosexual
12-13: Exclusively homosexual

Unfortunately I could not link the article because the magazine makes you pay to read it on their web site (http://www.SciAmMind.com) I highly recommend picking up the issue because there is a lot more to the article. It really goes into great detail and study on the matter.

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