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From: hsf@hlexa.UUCP (Henry Friedman)
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Subject: Re: Data: Homosexuality may not be learned (or inherited, or...)
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Date: Fri, 10-May-85 17:39:28 EDT
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> Indeed, the Prevailing View in psychological circles is that
> homosexuality is probably not learned (sexual orientation is
> determined very early), and certainly not inherited -- they
> just don't know why it happens.
> ..........
> Gordon A. Moffett               ...!{ihnp4,cbosgd,sun}!amdahl!gam

Why is it so obvious that homosexuality isn't inherited?  It could be
inherited as a recessive trait or a predisposition, or some combination,
or am I wrong?

Now, if homosexuals never had children, any inherited trait would, it
seems, have left the gene pool.  But they do--not that it would require
one of one's parents to be homosexual for a predisposition to be
inherited. We have no difficulty accepting that heterosexuality is
largely inherited (we assume it comes with sex and sexuality, but
the link may not be as strong as we once  believed).

--Henry Friedman