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alpha0 · 4400 days ago · link · · parent · post: Where Masturbation and Homosexuality Do Not Exist - Alice Dreger - The Atlantic
A 'choice', then.Given all this, the Hewletts conclude, "Homosexuality and masturbation are rare or nonexistent [in these two cultures], not because they are frowned upon or punished, but because they are not part of the cultural models of sexuality in either ethnic group."
I doubt it. I didn't choose to speak English, but it happened nonetheless. Perhaps cultural signals can lead to different outcomes irrespective of choice. My guess is that certain individuals are prone to homosexuality, although perhaps not inherently homosexual, and they will develop into gay adults given certain environmental factors. It seems that in this culture, those environmental factors are negligible.