Epigenetics: How our experiences affect our offspring - The Week
January 20, 2013


Now this is interesting.

One of the first things that came to mind, and before anyone gets all excited, it's just a thought, is that in history homosexuality seems to wax and wane. We're all taught in school that this is because of religious bigotry and suppression naturally. (Religious authority potentially conflicts with State authority and the State runs most schools.)

So I Googled the topic. Shazam! Apparently this is a hot topic in genetic research that has not yet been suppressed out of political expediency.

http://www.the-scientist.com/?articl...omosexuality-/
Epigenetics Is A Critical Factor In Homosexuality



Epigenetics may be a critical factor contributing to homosexuality, study suggests

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I remember starting a thread about transgenerational trauma and it's impact and having people express that you shouldn't be blaming your ancestors for your problems. I took a ton of flack for that thread.

My daughter and I have discussed how we are similar in things apart from taught ritual and how we are like my mother. It's uncanny, there has to be a genetic basis is what I've always assumed.

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I think that it's a matter of perspective. People often forget that causality and culpability aren't the same thing.

For example, many people today suffer terribly from the effects of tobacco. Tobacco is a culturally embedded recreational drug largely because of the activities of our ancestors.

But since those ancestors presumably didn't know about the deleterious effects of tobacco, it is probably wrong to blame them for the results.

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Some movements and mannerism are certainly genetic but others are programmed in the womb as an adaptation to the local environment. That makes perfect evolutionary sense.

Also, I'm curious to know why research on epigenetics and homosexuality would be "suppressed for political expediency." It clearly supports the theory that a baby is programmed to be gay or straight before birth.

Lastly, it is foolish to NOT expect effects form trans-generational trauma. Parents may try to avoid passing down fears and anxieties but they get transmitted one way or another. Certainly part of that transmission does seem to happen before birth as well.

Interesting stuff.

What possible political motivation would there be for suppressing that research? It identifies genetic culprits for turning on and off homosexuality in a person before they are even born. It also identifies environmental and nurture reasons for the same anomaly.

Seems to me it would satisfy both sides of the question.

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Because if abortion is supported as a right, then the discovery of a genetic or epigenetic marker would lead to the abortion of gay children simply because of their sexual orientation. Abortion supporters would be confronted with a terrible dilemma if there was a test for homosexuality that could be administered to the unborn. Advocates for the unborn would prefer to avoid giving abortionists another reason to practice their trade.

But the whole point of this research is that there can't be an absolute test for it since experience and environment come into play in switching on and off these genes. Plus, a gene hasn't been identified so there's no way to test for it.

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