And this is why I've been virulently opposed to the whole 'it's not a choice! It's biology!' fad going round the last decade or so.
The vast majority of studies about biologically determiend homoseuxality are shaky at best (another way to describe the example quoted in the article about lesbians and hormone levels is: "about 60% of lesbians show no elevated hormone levels and those that do, show only a moderate difference from the norm"). Written that way, it doesn't sound like hormone levels are the 'cause' of lesbianism (not to mention the fact that the study was of about 200 total women, only 24 of which were a 'control group' and there was no attempt to recruit lesbians from outside family members of the CAH study group to see what their levels were).
I understand that there seems to be some imaginary moral weight to the idea that people 'chose' to be queer, and if – instead – it can be proven that it's bioligical than the moral weight of chosing will be removed. Little attention seemed to be paid by queer folks to India or China where socially undesirable persons (girls, in both cases) were eradicated in huge numbers due to changes in technology, as if that wouldn't happen to queers.
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Date: 2010-06-30 04:16 pm (UTC)The vast majority of studies about biologically determiend homoseuxality are shaky at best (another way to describe the example quoted in the article about lesbians and hormone levels is: "about 60% of lesbians show no elevated hormone levels and those that do, show only a moderate difference from the norm"). Written that way, it doesn't sound like hormone levels are the 'cause' of lesbianism (not to mention the fact that the study was of about 200 total women, only 24 of which were a 'control group' and there was no attempt to recruit lesbians from outside family members of the CAH study group to see what their levels were).
I understand that there seems to be some imaginary moral weight to the idea that people 'chose' to be queer, and if – instead – it can be proven that it's bioligical than the moral weight of chosing will be removed. Little attention seemed to be paid by queer folks to India or China where socially undesirable persons (girls, in both cases) were eradicated in huge numbers due to changes in technology, as if that wouldn't happen to queers.