[quote=Shadowfax]I am not responsible for the journalistic quality of the article. I went for the quick, approachable source, but I see you are going to need some serious convincing. Here is a more scholarly source:
It’s not proven at this point, but there is strong evidence that most of one’s sexual preference is genetic.[/quote]
I think this is key (and it happens to be my personal belief, as well):
“The results of this research became the widely popularized Kinsey Scale of Sexuality. This scale rates all individuals on a spectrum of sexuality, ranging from 100% heterosexual to 100% homosexual, and everything in between [7].”
IMHO, all human behavioral traits can be placed on a spectrum, with the outliers at the farthest ends being what society considers “abnormal” or “dysfunctional.” Personally, I think all these behaviors are “normal” but perhaps less common.
Based on this theory, some people are 100% straight, and can never be compelled to experiment with or even think about homosexual sex. Likewise, some gay people are 100% gay, and can never imagine or desire to be engaged in heterosexual relationships. IMO, the majority are somewhere in the middle, with society and their environment encouraging a heterosexual lifestyle. If this is the case, one could say that some people who are somewhere in the middle might be “converted” to a homosexual lifestyle. It’s not that they went from 100% straight to 100% gay, but that they went from 60% straight to 60% gay. I do think this is possible.
