Thanks for this post. This short film (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=354057227367687976) is perhaps one of the most poignant comments I've seen on this debate in a while.
You cannot however choose your sexual orientation. That is in your genes. That is biological.
I don't know that I support this idea. The science is (like that claiming children are best raised by a parent of each gender) questionable as of yet. Besides, the complex interchange and attractions that make up our sexual identities seems, to me, far more of a grey area than the simple polars "nature or nuture." Sexual orientation is just one piece in the vastly complex world of human sexuality--which also includes fetishes, frequency, aspects of physical attraction (i.e. coloring, symmetry, fitness, hairiness, etc.), unique erogenous zones, etc.--and the best arguments for tolerance lie in recognizing the huge "grey zone" rather than catering to the simplistic either/or arguments. Simply put, I'd rather argue that no two people have the same sexual identities, and any attempt to draw a line between acceptable/not acceptable behavior is a dangerous practice (although certainly a necessary one... otherwise, we truly would be on a slippery slope around child abuse, rape, and other frightening sexual behaviors).
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Date: 2006-07-07 03:56 am (UTC)You cannot however choose your sexual orientation. That is in your genes. That is biological.
I don't know that I support this idea. The science is (like that claiming children are best raised by a parent of each gender) questionable as of yet. Besides, the complex interchange and attractions that make up our sexual identities seems, to me, far more of a grey area than the simple polars "nature or nuture." Sexual orientation is just one piece in the vastly complex world of human sexuality--which also includes fetishes, frequency, aspects of physical attraction (i.e. coloring, symmetry, fitness, hairiness, etc.), unique erogenous zones, etc.--and the best arguments for tolerance lie in recognizing the huge "grey zone" rather than catering to the simplistic either/or arguments. Simply put, I'd rather argue that no two people have the same sexual identities, and any attempt to draw a line between acceptable/not acceptable behavior is a dangerous practice (although certainly a necessary one... otherwise, we truly would be on a slippery slope around child abuse, rape, and other frightening sexual behaviors).