“Gays, lesbians, Trans,
bisexual, hetero and many more”
Homosexuality is a
romantic or sexual attraction or behavior among members of the same sex/gender;
it is a feeling being one/part of the opposite sex.
We’ve been asking for centuries on what are the causes of
homosexuality, so my classmates and I conducted a research study regarding on
this problem and whatever the results we may collated, we decided to let our
collated research be a part of the Research Forum of our school for the CAS
(College of Arts and Sciences) Days, unfortunately, we didn’t make it to the
top 3 yet we want to share our research study entitled “Heredity and
Environmental Factors Associated with Homosexuality among Selected Capitol University
Students, S.Y. 2011-2012”
The Summary
Typical, the word “gay” and “lesbian” are used to refer to homosexuality man and women. The term “bisexual” refers to people who are attracted to both men and women. We, researchers have noticed a number of homosexual students in the campus. This ignited our idea interest to find out what could be the factors associated with the increasing number of homosexuality. Heredity or Environmental?
Theoretical
Framework
Professors of Columbia University psychiatry Drs. William Byrne and
Bruce Parsons stated: “There is no evidence that at present to substantiate a
biological theory.”
American Psychiatric Association (APA) reports “there is no replicated scientific studies supporting any specific biological etiology [cause or origin] for homosexuality”, they also added “NO specific psychosocial of family dynamic cause for homosexuality has been indentified, including histories of childhood sexual abuse.”
American Psychiatric Association (APA) reports “there is no replicated scientific studies supporting any specific biological etiology [cause or origin] for homosexuality”, they also added “NO specific psychosocial of family dynamic cause for homosexuality has been indentified, including histories of childhood sexual abuse.”
This study is descriptive qualitative research with
interview as the main tool in gathering data. Our respondents were the
conveniently chosen respondents who openly admitted that they were homosexuals
and those who are willing to be interviewed.
We personally approached our chosen respondents and the results were
jotted down and were collated.
Table
3
Profile
by Sexual Orientation
Sexual
Orientation
|
Frequency
|
Percent
|
Gay
|
19
|
82.61%
|
Lesbian
|
4
|
17.39%
|
TOTAL
|
23
|
100%
|
Table
4
Perceived Factors of
Homosexuality
Perceived
Factors
|
Frequency
of Response
|
Analysis
|
1.
Treated like a girl by her elder sisters.
|
2
(8.69%)
|
Environmental
|
2.
Frequently exposed to gays during
childhood years.
|
2
(8.69%)
|
Environmental
|
3.
Had the natural inclinations of doing and feeling feminine or masculine.
|
11
(47.83%)
|
Biological-Hormonal
|
4.The
only male child and tended to copy ways of his sisters
|
2
(8.69%)
|
Environmental
|
5.The
only male in the family and had more female friends
|
1
(4.35%)
|
Environmental
|
6.
Influenced by friends
|
3
(13.09%)
|
Environmental
|
7.Influenced
by friends and neighbors who are mostly girls.
|
2
(8.69%)
|
Environmental
|
TOTAL
|
23
(100%)
|
Table 5
Relationship
in terms of
consanguinity
|
Frequency
|
Percent
|
Father
|
1
|
4.35%
|
Uncle
|
12
|
52.17%
|
Aunt
|
4
|
17.39%
|
Cousins
(up to 3rd degree)
|
6
|
26.09%
|
TOTAL
|
23
|
100%
|
Table 3 shows 82.61 percent were gays and the remaining 17.39 percent were lesbians, this was because the gays were open to be interviewed than the lesbians. Table 4 shows the socialization process is a big factor on the psychological process for becoming a homosexual. On table 5 shows (Relationship in terms of consanguinity) shows 1 respondent confirmed that he was a son of a gay and a big percent (52.17%) admitted that they had homosexual uncles, specifically gays. In this case, a big factor of environmental process affects the process of homosexuality because their uncles treat them as females (as they confirmed) which they believed the reason they become one. Further explanation of the respondents says that they were exposed in the opposite sex which is an additional points in environment.
We conclude that the respondents, although, they strongly believed that homosexuality is caused by environmental factors, analysis of the data showed that environment, especially the socialization process interplay with heredity in the development of homosexuality.
Recommendations:
Recommendations:
1. Parents, other family members and other significant persons should provide growing children appropriate environment based on their opposite sex.
2. Further study maybe conducted to further explore the cause of homosexuality.
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