That's what happens when you grow a baby in a pink uterus
I've often bitterly speculated on which position, if any, anti-gay and anti-choice people would give up if it were demonstrated that sexual orientation is something you're born with. Well, here's one for you -- new research suggests that not only is orientation a congenital trait, but that the mother's body may make some male fetuses gay.
One the one hand, any evidence that sexual orientation is inborn can only be a good thing in terms of beating back the "lifestyle choice" argument for discrimination. On the other, my gimlet eye foresees some loons blaming mothers for a gay sons (as if they could control their uterine hoodoo) and using this as another "reason" why women and their funky reproductive tracts warrant outside supervision.
One the one hand, any evidence that sexual orientation is inborn can only be a good thing in terms of beating back the "lifestyle choice" argument for discrimination. On the other, my gimlet eye foresees some loons blaming mothers for a gay sons (as if they could control their uterine hoodoo) and using this as another "reason" why women and their funky reproductive tracts warrant outside supervision.
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