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Polanski
Just because an adult is sexually stimulated by the sight or actions of a child does not excuse his actions. Your author attempts to excuse Polanski by saying the thirteen-year-old victim he raped behaved provocatively. So where does this slippery slope end? With the three-year-old tot who has learned that ''flirting'' melts an adult and yields ...
Posted to Human Nature by Mary Golden on October 14, 2009
Behavior Trumps the Label of "Orientation"
Labelling a person as 'gay' or 'straight' connotes particular behavior which is deemed 'wired'. But the big issue which Saletan slightly implies is: human freewill determines behavior before and beyond 'orientation' or 'wiring'. ''Wiring'' refers to blinking, breathing, heart rates, so forth. Everything else humans have to learn, ...
Posted to Human Nature by Usama3 on April 1, 2009
re: genetic homosexuality..It is X-linked.
I hope someone has mentioned somewhere in the discussion that the x chromosome in males comes from the mother. Therefore all of the shared traits (increased fecundity, homosexuality, etc.) follow the pattern of gene on an inherited x chromosome. The female chromosome carrying traits associated with sexuality does not seem like a big ...
Posted to Human Nature by drugdoc on June 26, 2008