Please do some research before you comment. There is an area in your brain called MPOA - Median pre-optic area. It is small in women and large in men. In gay men, it is of intermediate size so so is it in lesbian women. May be that area holds the key to the behavior. (please refer to works related to Dr. Elanine Hull for further details on dopamine release and MPOA and sexual behavior). No offense - but please do your research before you comment.
Kudos to rediff for this news brief! And kudos to Tamil Nadu for recognizing the needs of the homosexual population!! I totally disagree with Amar below regarding his views that people become homosexuals because child-abuse or pedophiles. And to add that these people in turn try to abuse others is utterly ridiculous!! Wake up! Homosexuals are an integral part of the society. They have always existed in our society and always will. This is no problem. The problem is really is the minds of people who are determined to ostracize them. The problem is really the discrimination they face from the so called straight people who do not have the backbone to admit that people with sexual preferences other than theirs exist in this world. It is easy to call homosexuals names and refuse to admit their existence it is more difficult to question your beliefs and open up to ideas that you are not comfortable with.
It is indeed amazing to see how liberals are trying to show homosexuality as a normal behavior. If homosexuality is normal, so should be incest since incestual thoughts also not developed but are in-born. Same is the case with paedophilic thought. A person who is attracted to 8 year olds also is attracted because he is born with such a mindset. So, just because some one is born with a particular sexual preference does not mean it is normal. homosexuality, even though is in-born is still abnormal. No one is against love between two men, it is only the abnormal sex between them we are against. Likewise no one is against the love between a sister and a brother, but if they have sex surely we are against it.
RE:it is ABNORMAL
by drunti on Mar 28, 2006 09:15 AM Permalink
Mr. Amar do you know enough genetics? People like Amar making bracket statments without any clue are the bane of our society to be more open-minded and move behond the realms of criticism. They just act smart and seem to be knowledgable about everything in this world.
Mr. Amar, there are things you are totally ignorant. Don\'t act like a bully on every topic that brings you discomfort or to your religion or ethnicity or your past upbringing.
I should ask Mr. Amar, why is he so afraid of homosexual or topics related to it... It seems people get so polarized. Why is Mr. Amar acting like a guardian of our ethos?
Even the Indian media (for that matter) the whole world seems to get excited with any work or topic related to any deviation that they are not accustomed to. For example in a homosexual world, Mr. Amar and his wife (if there exists one) may be considered rubbish - a deviation. I think, this topic should not be covered at all. Its a personal choice and thats where it ends. Period.
Most of the Homos must have become so due to child-abuse or pedophiles. These people in turn try to abuse others. Genetically, there is nothing that says one will become hetero or homo. This sort of abnormal behavior is pretty common in Western and Middle-eastern socities where childmolestation is very common. Though in India different sort of issues are there related to sexual behavior, Homosexual was not a historically a prominent one in India especially in South India. North India due to Islamic invasion they might have got used to such abnormalities. In South such concepts are totally alien.
RE:I really doubt
by purple on Mar 17, 2006 10:04 AM Permalink
i really cant agree with u. there may not be a strong genetic basis for homosexuality but a genetic basis cant be completely ruled out either. So its a mix of genetic and environmental factors. Its easy to say that this is not very common in india especially south of india when u dont the real numbers. Everything has been there in our society for a long time like the West or Middle East -Its just that all these topics have been swept under the carpet and we never knew that they even existed. these people are not abnormal and i think its perfectly fine for people to have their preferences.
