People are born Gay, but are trained to be Feminine or Masculine?

gender roles

psychology 101

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psychology 101

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a 101 year old science that hasn't had any set foundation.

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psychology 101

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One of my psych professors was obsessed over this issue but patently refused to hear any evidence or arguments that there are natural/ingrained gender roles. I often brought up the idea that are biological characteristics support what she believed to be social constructs. She would never enter into that conversation.

I believe people are born masculine or feminine, but society and culture help define what those are.

In other words, a mixture of nature/nurture.

whats up with all the queer related threads today.

the gay must be going around like the flu.

I'm going home.

afraid to touch that obviously

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No one is born gay.

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Damn straight. There's no way guys like Liberace, Richard Simmons and Paul Lynde were born gay. They were coached up by the "other team" so to speak.

It seems pretty obvious to me that there would have to be at least some natural gender roles if you look at some of the simple physiological differences between women and men.

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people angry that I would even suggest it.

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Not angry, just not equipped with how to handle opposing evidence.

For instance, she would argue that the idea of Females being the primary caregiver to children is a cultural construct not a biological trait. I brought up the point that nature selected females to be the incubators of fetuses. Human females' bodies naturally care for children for nine months prior to birth. Wouldn't the biological fact that women are equipped with a uterus suggest that there is a biological tendency to become the primary caregiver?

To her credit, she was very willing to allow my point of view to be shared and she told me I ended up getting the highest grade in the class. Not ever professor is cool about you challenging them (even respectfully.)