Homosexual tendencies meaning
Across cultures, 2% to 10% of people report having same-sex relations. In the U.S., 1% to % of women and men, respectively, identify as homosexual. Despite these numbers, many people still consider gay behavior to be an anomalous choice. However, biologists have documented homosexual conduct in more than species, arguing that same-sex deed is not an unnatural choice, and may in fact play a crucial role within populations.
In a issue of Science magazine, geneticist Andrea Ganna at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, and colleagues, described the largest survey to date for genes associated with queer behavior. By analyzing the DNA of nearly half a million people from the U.S. and the U.K., they concluded that genes account for between 8% and 25% of same-sex behavior.
Numerous studies have established that sex is not just male or female. Rather, it is a continuum that emerges from a person’s genetic makeup. Nonetheless, misconceptions persist that same-sex attraction is a choice that warrants condemnation or conversion, and leads to discrimination and persecution.
I am a molecular biologist and am interested in this modern study as it further illuminates the genetic cont
Homosexuality between phobia and terror
By Hossam El Din Darwish
From “disorder” to sexual orientation
In recent decades, major shifts occurred in the vocabulary and substance of discourse on homosexuality. These changes have not been limited to the Western planet, but to a certain extent pervaded most parts of the world. An important change in this context is the increased use of the phrase “homosexuality” as opposed to “sexual disorder”. This prevalence or change is extremely important and significant. The term “disorder” is not only a descriptive one, as erroneously argued by some homophobes and those who are repulsed by it; it is also a normative concept. The term clearly implies a negative evaluation of homosexuality and homosexuals themselves. On the other hand, the word homosexuality is a relatively normatively neutral phrase, meaning that it ascribes it neither condemnation nor acclaim. This change in terminology, in Western countries at least, was accompanied by profound and extreme legal, political, social and media transformations. However, in the Arab/Islamic world, we find this change to be partial and limited in terms of get to, and it has not been accompanied by majo
The Psychology Behind Homosexual Tendencies
A ZENIT DAILY DISPATCH
The Psychology Behind Homosexual Tendencies
Part 1
Dr. Richard Fitzgibbons Makes Distinctions of Same-Sex Attractions
WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, Pennsylvania, 5 DEC. (ZENIT)
The new Vatican document on the priesthood and homosexual tendencies mentions a range of conditions, from deep-seated homosexual tendencies to transitory same-sex attractions.
To learn more about the nuances of the range of gay tendencies and their treatment, ZENIT turned to Dr. Richard Fitzgibbons, a psychiatrist, author and contributor to the Catholic Medical Association's document "Homosexuality and Hope."
Part 2 of this interview will manifest Tuesday.
Q: How would you distinguish between someone with same-sex attractions and someone with deep-seated homosexual tendencies?
Fitzgibbons: Those with deep-seated gay tendencies identify themselves as
homosexual persons and are usually unwilling to examine their emotional conflicts that caused this tendency. Strong physical attraction is present to other men's bodies and to the masculinity of others due to profound weakness in male confidence.
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Some people say they are not practicing homosexuals, but that they contain homosexual tendencies. They indicate by this that they do not get committed in physical relationships but that they still divide those same sexual desires.
One person wrote mentioning that the tendency to sexually prefer those of the same sex is not a sin but only a temptation. It depends on what is meant by 'tendencies.' My original definition of 'tendency' described those who though refrained from physical relationships still nurtured thoughts about sexual relationships. The tendency to allow sexual desires for those of the same sex to mentor one's thoughts is erroneous. If, however, one does not accept such thoughts as proper but rejects them, then this gentle of 'tendency' is merely a temptation. Temptation becomes sin the moment we 'own' the sexual want. If we hold the thought, then it becomes our own, and we will favorably respond toward it. In this case, being sexually aware of someone of the similar sex is not improper . One crosses the threshold when one responds favorably to that enticing reflection of being sexually end to that person. Those sexual desir . |