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	Comments on: Boston Globe article on sexual orientation	</title>
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	<description>A [retired] college psychology professor&#039;s observations about public policy, mental health, sexual identity, and religious issues</description>
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		By: Throckmorton		</title>
		<link>https://wthrockmorton.com/2005/08/15/boston-globe-article-on-sexual-orientation/#comment-301</link>

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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2005 20:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I agree. The author made it seem like it was a religion vs. science issue.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree. The author made it seem like it was a religion vs. science issue.</p>
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		By: Hugh Rutledge		</title>
		<link>https://wthrockmorton.com/2005/08/15/boston-globe-article-on-sexual-orientation/#comment-300</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hugh Rutledge]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2005 19:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[What I found most interesting is the attitude that the authors took that so much research is being done that some day this will inevitably be proven;  and therefore, everyone should take our assumption as proven scientific fact.

They also played very loose with the opinion of Focus on the Family.  There is a range of positions between people chose their sexual identity and sexual identity is genetically determined.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What I found most interesting is the attitude that the authors took that so much research is being done that some day this will inevitably be proven;  and therefore, everyone should take our assumption as proven scientific fact.</p>
<p>They also played very loose with the opinion of Focus on the Family.  There is a range of positions between people chose their sexual identity and sexual identity is genetically determined.</p>
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		By: Throckmorton		</title>
		<link>https://wthrockmorton.com/2005/08/15/boston-globe-article-on-sexual-orientation/#comment-299</link>

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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2005 15:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Please let me remind people to keep remarks respectful. Strong feelings on this topic are understandable but flaming will get you deleted.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Please let me remind people to keep remarks respectful. Strong feelings on this topic are understandable but flaming will get you deleted.</p>
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		By: kaiwai		</title>
		<link>https://wthrockmorton.com/2005/08/15/boston-globe-article-on-sexual-orientation/#comment-298</link>

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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2005 08:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		By: Steve		</title>
		<link>https://wthrockmorton.com/2005/08/15/boston-globe-article-on-sexual-orientation/#comment-297</link>

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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2005 12:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I appreciate Warren&#039;s tireless effort in de-mythifying this whole thing about homosexuality.  As a minister in Asia, I sense there are more and more people agreeing and even gravitating towards this lifestyle.

Just to key off on this article, I agree with the general sentiment that something is inborn.  My theory is that our inborn hormonal combination, as dictated by gene, effect our temperament formation, (i.e. more feminine or musculine),which in turn, create unique nurturing environments, (micro environment)that further enhance our predispostion and shape who we think we are.

So, for example, a boy who is more feminine will choose to play with dolls and other girls, (and create his own micro-environment unique to him).  This UME (Unique Micro Environment) causes other boys to label him names, as well as his own doubts, &quot;why am I so different?&quot;  It is under these two forces of hetero-suggestion and auto-suggestion working strongly together that his little mind is conditioned to the point that he believes he is &quot;different&quot; from the other boys.  Sooner or later, through social forces, (i.e. incidence of sexual abuse, rejection by girl friends, admiration for the talent of other boys, media hype, sexual encounter with another gay, etc), he becomes convinced that this difference &quot;is&quot; homosexuality.

Therefore, I believe that while termperment, personality shaping-hormone, predisposition are inborn, choosing a homosexual lifestyle is NOT.  That is why, as a habit goes, it is possible to &quot;unlearn&quot; it.

Thanks again, Warren, for a resourceful site and your conviction for this important matter.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I appreciate Warren&#8217;s tireless effort in de-mythifying this whole thing about homosexuality.  As a minister in Asia, I sense there are more and more people agreeing and even gravitating towards this lifestyle.</p>
<p>Just to key off on this article, I agree with the general sentiment that something is inborn.  My theory is that our inborn hormonal combination, as dictated by gene, effect our temperament formation, (i.e. more feminine or musculine),which in turn, create unique nurturing environments, (micro environment)that further enhance our predispostion and shape who we think we are.</p>
<p>So, for example, a boy who is more feminine will choose to play with dolls and other girls, (and create his own micro-environment unique to him).  This UME (Unique Micro Environment) causes other boys to label him names, as well as his own doubts, &#8220;why am I so different?&#8221;  It is under these two forces of hetero-suggestion and auto-suggestion working strongly together that his little mind is conditioned to the point that he believes he is &#8220;different&#8221; from the other boys.  Sooner or later, through social forces, (i.e. incidence of sexual abuse, rejection by girl friends, admiration for the talent of other boys, media hype, sexual encounter with another gay, etc), he becomes convinced that this difference &#8220;is&#8221; homosexuality.</p>
<p>Therefore, I believe that while termperment, personality shaping-hormone, predisposition are inborn, choosing a homosexual lifestyle is NOT.  That is why, as a habit goes, it is possible to &#8220;unlearn&#8221; it.</p>
<p>Thanks again, Warren, for a resourceful site and your conviction for this important matter.</p>
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