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Homosexuality: Nature or nurture?

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1 Homosexuality: Nature or nurture?

2 Homosexuality vs Heterosexuality
Homosexuality is the sexual attraction toward one’s own sex Heterosexuality is the sexual attraction toward the opposite sex

3 Birth Order H-Y antigens Mother’s immune response
Development/organization of anatomy

4 Brain Differences Symmetrical brains
Enlarged Posterior Corpus Callosum

5 Genetic Differences Sex Linked trait Maternal Heredity

6 Child Rearing Distant father Overly-involved mother Sensitive child

7 Homosexual “Cure Camps”
Conversion Aversion Reparative

8 Negative Psychological Effects
Anxiety Depression Suicide Personality Disorders

9 Failure of Behavioral Reconditioning
Great majority of patients remain homosexual Many develop psychological issues

10 My Stance Homosexuality is predetermined by birth

11 Recap: Nature Birth Order Fetal brain development Genetics

12 Recap: Nurture Failure of reconditioning
If you cannot reverse it, you cannot cause it


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