On sexual ORIENTATIONS... [View All]

I emphasize orientation, because I think it is important. As far as the latest science in human biology has determined, though it may change in the future, sexual orientation is most likely determined by biology, not choice. The problem is that people are confusing sexual orientation with actions, and this is troubling. I thought we were smarter than this, but whatever. Homosexuals are people who have an attraction towards the same sex as they are, period. This, as far as anyone can tell, isn't a choice. For Heterosexuals, its the same thing, but with the opposite sex. Then we have bisexuals, and this is where things get blurry. Bisexuals are attracted to BOTH sexes, period.

This is where actions end up getting confused with orientation, if a bisexual man is with another man, is he "homosexual" for the time period he is in a relationship with that man? No, of course not, he's still a bisexual male, just one who is with another male. If that relationship fails, and later on that same man is in a relationship with a woman, is he now heterosexual? No, of course not, he's is still bisexual.

The tricky part is that bisexuality may be a continuum itself, not all bisexuals are attracted to both sexes equally, some may have a slight preference towards one or the other, but not wholly dismiss relationships with either sex. This doesn't mean they are homosexual or heterosexual.

Most people may actually be bisexual, with preferences for one sex or the other, whether they act on it is a choice, but they still wouldn't be choosing an orientation, they are still bisexual. In some cases, due to cultural pressures, they may suppress their feelings for the same sex, other times they do not. It doesn't change their orientation. Its certainly possible that both "pure" homosexuals and "pure" heterosexuals only consist of a small section of the population, and that most people are bisexual by nature. But, due to the fact that they are normally attracted to both sexes, due to nurture, they may develop preferences later on for one sex or the other.

There are also other issues such as gender identity that makes the issue even more complex, but then again, human sexuality has always been complicated, we just have to figure it out one step at a time.