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The issue of nature vs. nurture is the most important debate between psychology and biology. ... With several issues it is a matter of both nature and nurture but a question that gets everybody is why do some males prefer to be heterosexual while others are homosexual? ...
Many people still believe that nurture is the cause for homosexuality. ... One of the most common traits in homosexuals found on the; National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality web site, is that they never conformed to their gender when they were children. ...
As valid as these points may be the main cause of homosexuality is the biology that the children are born with. There have been tests done to try and find a biological reason to homosexuality. ... ” (LeVay and Hamer 3) These discoveries are all important on the brains involvement with homosexuality. ... The brain develops while the child is in the womb and with these differences, no matter how small, the discovery is a giant step into proving a biological basis for homosexuality. ...
Tests on lab rats have been used to prove the nature theory. ... The fact that without early exposure to testosterone the brain will develop female suggests a strong argument for the biological predisposition of homosexuality. ... Dean Hamer, Chief of section on gene structure and regulation at the National Institutes of Health studied a family that had a history of homosexuality. They found that on the mothers side there was more traces of homosexuality then on the fathers side. ... He discovered that the homosexuality rate went up. ... The findings of this study help secure and argument for a biological basis for homosexuality. ... , (LeVay and Hamer, 5) This study by Levay and Hamer show that homosexuality is something that runs in family trees. ...
Along with the other studies scientists could not leave out researching homosexuality and how it was found in twins. ... Pillard of the Boston University School of Medicine researched to find a way that twins could fit into the study of homosexuality. ... The study of the twins is important to determining a valid argument for the biological reasoning for male homosexuality. ... This shows that genes are linked to homosexuality. ... They are brothers so it is obvious to think that they were brought up the same way by the same parents so their “nurture” was the same. ...
Through tests and studies there has been support that homosexuality is caused by a number of different things during the prenatal development stage.
Approximate Word count = 1959
Approximate Pages = 7.8
(250 words per page double spaced)
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