This is a subject which has so many problems, as it brings up the sticky problem for me of asking the question, Why are some people within and without the scientific community trying to find a biological reason for homosexuality? If society can find a "reason" for homosexuality in nature it can of course become more comfortable with it, and it becomes less of a threat as it cannot be "caught" or learned behaviour. For social constructivists such as symbolic interactionists everything about the human is learned or constructed by society, and in fact sax and gender are only synonyms. I myself after extensive research cannot accept that sex and gender are one and the same thing. and do agree that gender is socially constructed however I must believe that sex is a biological predetermined component of the human condition. to believe other wise would for starters lead us to have to accept that homosexuality is a socially constructed condition. However the idea that homosexuals of either sex are opposite sex people trapped in the body of an opposite sex person is entirely without validity and in fact negates the very idea of homosexuality. My question must be at this point "why would homosexual people wish to find a reason for being homosexual"? Do they wish justification? Do they need justification for existing? Do they crave greater social acceptance from biological explanations? I would write more however I would like other people’s comments to think of first. I am myself a male to female transsexual as well as being a Dr of psychology and sociologist. I tell you this only as you deserve to know al the facts and may even believe this gives me a natural bias, I do hope not.
Samantha.