[lbo-talk] Re: Instinct

[arash at riseup.net]

> No, the twin research does not provide support for this claim.  To
> demonstrate that a genetic base "has to be there", you have to show
> that people who are gay are genetically distinct from people who are
> straight.

This would be true if the only if homosexuality were completely
genetically determined.  If being gay depends on a particular set of genes
and an enviromental trigger, one could miss the enivronmental trigger and
turn out straight.  But the possibility of turning out gay hinges on
having this particular set of genes, not any set of genes.  And in this
sense there is a biological prerequisite.


> The quicker we get past this goofy nature/nurture debate, the
> better.
>
> Miles

This is not a case of nature or nature, my point here is that you can't 
nurture just any nature for this behavior, you need a particular nature
(set of genes) to start with.