The issue of homosexuality as a biological trait rather than an environmental trait has long been debated. I have heard many of my peers speak that they always knew from the beginning that they were homosexual. Some would hide because of the unacceptance; some were brave enough to take the ridicule from early on. It is believed that homosexuality is brought about by misguided upbringing and their social environments (Stombler Rd. 9). For instance, it was believed that if the child was lacking a male - figure in the home, he would most likely be gay. Or that child abuse can lead to lesbianism when the special needs of a little girl are denied, ignored, or exploited and the future womanhood of the child is in jeopardy. Some believed homosexuality was caused by a difference in brain structure. Simon LeVay published research stating that sexual orientation may be the result of differing brain structures (Stombler Rd. 9). The hypothalamus, a region in the brain that governs sexual behavior, was the structure that LeVay was pinpointing as the structure at fault. In his studies of the hypothalamus, he found that in homosexual men, the hypothalamus was smaller than that of heterosexual men. Instead, it was the size of the female hypothalamus, thus explaining their sexual tendencies.

When one’s particular religion and or faith comes into play, the idea of being gay or lesbian seems to be very uncomfortable. “One of the oldest myths in the modern western tradition is that homosexuality is evil: a sin, a disease, and a crime, whether against society or against nature; an abnormal lifeway that creates hypersexual and selfish delinquents, fiendish vampires, and monsters on the edge of society” (Stombler Rd. 4). However absurd this sounds to rational people today, this is still very much a part of some people's beliefs. In the 1930’s some also believed that masturbation was a cause of homosexuality so at night when the children slept, restraints were put on the children so they were unable to touch their body parts. The idea that homosexuals are condemned by God in the Bible is addressed also by Corvino in his book. He says that the Bible can provide ultimate rationalization for those people who want to condemn homosexuality (Corvino 81). Any Christian religion believes in love thy neighbor as thyself. Does this apply to all men, or only to those who do the socially accepted things in everyday life in our current society?

Any given society with derogatory names has in the past revamped the terms used toward them and made them a positive form almost a compliment to be used. The argument that these myths are still evident in our society is a strong one. Only when we as a society consider our peers, elders, and younger generations to be human and not categorize will we ever be able to reach true equality within a population. When people such as Levin the author of “Why Homosexuality is Abnormal” still have opinions such that homosexuality is abnormal because it is a “misuse of body parts” as he states in his artic

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