Yahoo Answers is shutting down on May 4th, 2021 (Eastern Time) and beginning April 20th, 2021 (Eastern Time) the Yahoo Answers website will be in read-only mode. There will be no changes to other Yahoo properties or services, or your Yahoo account. You can find more information about the Yahoo Answers shutdown and how to download your data on this help page.

Trending News

Promoted
tim k
Lv 5
tim k asked in Society & CultureCultures & GroupsLesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender · 9 years ago

is lesbianism genetic or choice?

i am a hetero male with several lesbian friends now one told me yesty that she was fighting with her father as she said lesbian is a choice when her father thought it to be genetic ,now i have no choice i am only attracted to females, trying not be crude but males do not stir my loins can some one please explain this to me as to chioce and genetics

Update:

thanks all for your answers ,may be the term genetic may be replaced with born that way but i have always thought for true same sexers there would be no real choice ,the others i think would be bisexual

8 Answers

Relevance
  • Anonymous
    9 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    lesbianism is definitely not a choice. that's like saying being straight is a choice. if you're straight, you just feel attracted to the opposite sex, you dont say to yourself "Hey self, i want to like girls today." it's just how you feel. You are just born the way you are, you don't choose to be that way.

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    Some people disagree, but as a lesbian, I know for certain that it's not a choice. It's in youre genes, but it's not heriditary, or anything.

    Some girls act like lesbians, but aren't and do it for attention.

  • Phable
    Lv 5
    9 years ago

    It's a choice.

    Sexuality is simply a preference and opinion. Opinions are not genetic.

    Homosexuals say they are "born like that" because it helps them feel accepted.

    An infant has absolutely no preference of anything because it doesn't know anything. When that child is brought up, it decides what it likes, usually based off of what society thinks is right.

    I'm sure if homosexuality were considered the right thing, it would be more popular than heterosexuality.

    Also, keep in mind that homosexuals have converted to heterosexuality. How can you explain that if it isn't a choice?

    Shane- No, I'm right. It doesn't feel like a choice because they believe so wholeheartedly that it isn't one. Do you know how powerful the human mind is?

    I know people that have converted and love their new partner and regret their old lifestyle.

  • Shane
    Lv 5
    9 years ago

    Phable-no, you're wrong. If homosexuals tried to be straight they'd feel awful and it's a choice to choose being straight when you're gay!

    It's not genetic per say but it's nature and nurture kind of thing. You're kinda born with it but environmental backgrounds can influence things a bit.

  • How do you think about the answers? You can sign in to vote the answer.
  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    It's genetic, I think. It could be something else (I heard something about "hormone imbalances in the womb"), but it's clearly NOT a choice.

    I despise gay/bi people who say that it's a choice. They shame the whole LGBT community.

    Source(s): I'm gay
  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    um we're just kind of born this way. It's not our choice and it's not passed down from generation to generation.

  • ?
    Lv 6
    9 years ago

    It's not really either...

    It happens because of a horomone imbalance during the fetus's developement.

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    yeah ive been a lesbian all my life,

Still have questions? Get your answers by asking now.