tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post2285971614211062162..comments2024-03-18T10:32:20.125-06:00Comments on Clayton Cramer.: It's 1935 GermanyClayton Cramerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03258083387204776812noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-13328068252854977752015-07-25T14:44:25.033-06:002015-07-25T14:44:25.033-06:00My article was careful to only suggest that this w...My article was careful to only suggest that this was one cause, and not the only cause possible. I do not find it impossible to believe that some combinations of genetic defects might cause or encourage homosexuality. The refusal to even consider something this obvious is disturbing.Clayton Cramerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03258083387204776812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-16906658244903605012015-07-25T14:17:51.484-06:002015-07-25T14:17:51.484-06:00If you haven't already read it, this story by ...If you haven't already read it, <a href="http://askthebigot.com/2015/07/23/the-story-of-moira-greyland-guest-post/" rel="nofollow">this story by Moira Greyland</a> of her upbringing by two gay parents (male and female) will likely be of interest, despite being disgusting. (via Glenn Reynolds).Allen Cogbillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17859147855610271882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-41958392760680640212015-07-25T01:17:07.006-06:002015-07-25T01:17:07.006-06:00I think it is a mistake to see one cause for homos...I think it is a mistake to see one cause for homosexuality.<br /><br />There are a number of congenital traits which may be caused by several different factors. For instance, Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome, which results in the person being intersexed, is caused by several different genetic defects.<br /><br />I think that when this phenomemon is completely understood, it will be found to have several different causative mechanisms. Some of these mechanisms will be very chancy.<br /><br />For instance - a particular form of some gene in a male child, which makes the developing embryo vulnerable to the effect of a particular form of an unrelated gene in the mother, which makes the embryo vulnerable to a uterine environmental condition, which creates a potential in the born child that can be triggered by an environmental condition. All four of the elements are required. None are extremely rare, appearing say 20% of the time each. The occurrence of all four would be about 0.16%, accounting for about 10% of observed male homosexuality.<br /><br /><br />Other mechanisms might include only three or two of such elements, but with rarer occurrence.<br /><br />JoeMama said... "...biological predestination demands that 100% of "other" twins be gay."<br /><br />Not at all. The genetic exposure may create a window during fetal development during which some other factor triggers the development. And even identical twins in the same womb may have different exposures.<br /><br />The report that such ideas is considered crimethink is distressing. Today I saw an essay (linked by the great David Thompson) about a flaming lesbian feminist leftist radical British woman denounced for "transphobia" by the British National Union of Students.Rich Rostromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13262703348236110420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-25310686440778852532015-07-25T00:15:20.347-06:002015-07-25T00:15:20.347-06:00And that the journal would put this in writing, to...And that the journal would put this in writing, too!Windy Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01951254236693386401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-35414605139069713292015-07-24T22:30:44.365-06:002015-07-24T22:30:44.365-06:00I believe that the current politically correct vie...I believe that the current politically correct view is that all homosexuals were "born that way" and cannot change (although this begs the question of heterosexuals who leave their wives for a homosexual relationship).<br /><br />But be of good cheer... this is starting to change, because now that homosexuals have won, they don't want to be victims. They want to have chosen their lifestyle.<br /><br />The truth is in between. It would be surprising if all homosexuality was predetermined. It would be surprising if some of it was not predetermined. I also think that some of it is literally an addiction, started in youth who are just a bit confused.<br /><br />History has few exclusive homosexuals. It has a number of heterosexuals (demonstrable by the fact that they fathered children) who also engaged in homosexuality. And, we have the evidence of prisons, where people engage in homosexuality while there, but revert to exclusive heterosexuality the moment they get out.<br /><br />This would all be quite interesting to study, but good research is unlikely to be doable or publishable without substantial risk, as your journal rejection suggests.<br /><br />As an aside... The APA removed homosexuality from its list of mental disorders at a convention decades ago in San Francisco - by majority vote. After the vote, members were polled privately and over 70% believed it was a mental disorder, but they didn't want to label people with it. So much for scientific honesty.StormCchaserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02998174514362089471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-37887630249912791392015-07-24T17:02:13.967-06:002015-07-24T17:02:13.967-06:00Studies of identical twins suggest that when one t...Studies of identical twins suggest that when one twin is gay there is a 5%-to-8% that the other twin is gay.<br /><br />Biological predestination (I was born that way)is the basis for anti-bias legislation. While 5%-to-8% is twice the national norm, biological predestination demands that 100% of "other" twins be gay.<br /><br />Like you, researchers tend to support the traumatic youth theory. It is reasonable to suppose that a childhood that is traumatic for one of the twins increases the odds of the childhood being traumatic for the other...thus explaining the "twice national norm".<br /><br />Eaton Rapids Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09102166969915526172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-65650891695402301072015-07-24T14:09:49.028-06:002015-07-24T14:09:49.028-06:00I think this post has less to do with homosexualit...I think this post has less to do with homosexuality than with the destruction of our scientific institutions. If there are no scientific venues where a legitimate, properly argued and formed paper can be published, no matter the subject, then we are truly in trouble. TMLutashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12033938954514865135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-20486344910631184472015-07-24T13:01:29.913-06:002015-07-24T13:01:29.913-06:00What a tragic turn of events. I appreciate the edi...What a tragic turn of events. I appreciate the editor's honesty, but deplore the fact that so many of our institutions and citizens have been bullied into silence by thugs. America sure has been fundamentally transformed since I was a kid.Jay Karamaleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16371524589931023208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-26960112771381422252015-07-24T03:38:54.193-06:002015-07-24T03:38:54.193-06:00The editor is right. There will be no scholarly de...The editor is right. There will be no scholarly debate on this subject. The journal would be foolish to publish the article.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16032672334544228703noreply@blogger.com