[lbo-talk] dixor

[Miike Quenling Ellis]

ok to clarify.....of course one can't answer the question in regards to
social construction by reducing the arguement to nature vs environment.
social environment is only a part of environment...for example trees
aren't socially construct but are part of an environment. it is given that
innate traits will manifest themselves absent of a social evironment. In
isolation kids with still make up their own languge....albeit the capacity
will be signifigantly impaired but it will still exhibit itslef.
admittedly it would be very difficult to find a 'gay' gene....but that
doesn't make the question over whether it exists or not nonsensical. i
mean how was the issue over innate language capacity examined? by
examining behavior where social environment was non existant or minimal.
my thinking is that if sexual preference was innate it would be so for
everyone.  enhanced or diminished in certain individuals, i think it would
still be there. yeah so far that's a guess but at some point an examinable
or testable one. to also compare it to language i'm inclined to think that
sexual preference is more like a specific language rather than a capacity
or genetic trait. people aren't genetically predisposed towards speaking
slang or a certain dialect just that they are genetically predisposed
towards speaking something. it's not nonsensical to distinguish these
issues.

~M.E.

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