No it isn' t. A person who likes taking risks gets a signal sent to their brain every time they' re in a risky situation, and get a shot of adrenalin, rewarding the behavior. A person who doesn' t gets a signal sent to their brain, and a chemical is released inducing panic, in effect punishing them for the risky behavior. Not to say that homosexuality is " risky" , but what I' m trying to get at is that there' s links to suggest that homosexuality has some connection to the way your brain' s wired. You can' t just suddenly decide to find something attractive, or have an outside influence convince you that something is attractive.
Your surroundings only influence the perception of your alignment. I' ve got a gay friend who grew up in a hardcore ultraconservative family. He was playing with dolls when his brothers were playing football. His family calls him Rick, despite the fact that he' s gone by Ricky since the 10th grade. They didn' t " teach" him to be gay, and definitely didn' t teach him that being gay was okay, but he still is.
Now granted, leading a homosexual
lifestyle has nothing to do with how you' re born, but the tendencies are present from birth and early childhood. Ask any gay guy' s mother, they had a hunch their kid was pitching for the other team from the time they were little.
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