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Where is it written that homosexuality is natural? Even if one experiences oneself as aroused by the same sex, a fact that one certainly ought to respect rather than repress, the question remains as to the source and nature of this attraction.
I suspect that homosexuality is a psychological pathology, rather than an expression of genetics, despite the widely touted claims of studies of twins that supposedly prove a genetic basis. I do not have a background in science, have not read extensively about these studies, and cannot point to flaws in their construction or reasoning. However, I am still very skeptical. I have read that the studies do not prove what their promoters wish to prove--a genetic cause of homosexuality--and I doubt that natural selection is consistent with the preservation of a "homosexual gene".
There are alternative explanations of homosexuality that seem more congruent with the complexity of human experience, namely childhood experience. Based on such experiences, a child may form conclusions about Mother, Dad, and himself that profoundly affect his self conceptand later his sexual experience. For example, a violent, unpredicatble, terrifying father can "imprint" on a little boy's subconscious an aching, longing, need to be loved and held and protected by father. A cold, hostile mother, or a suffocrating, neurotic mom can imprint on her son's subconscious an overpowering sense of threat, or a very potent visceral aversion, that if left unresolved will make normal sexual response to women difficult, confusing, or impossible. And of course, child molestation plays a big role in the course of the sexual develpement of children.
I fully realize that what I have written is considered modern blasphemy, but I think it is true.
I have great difficulty accepting the idea that homosexuality is normal. I think it is a normal, understandable response to abnormal childhood experience.
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