So you're gay. Why and whose fault.

**Canna Sylvan** · 06-12-2012, 09:28 PM

Seems a lot of people don't understand. So I'll explain it best my stoner mind can.

Let's start off with some definitions.

You have gender, sex and sexuality.

Gender is the role you play, male or female. It is the outward appearance you give.

Sex is the genetic factor. Usually XX or XY chromosomes.

Sexuality is usually which gender role you attach your emotions towards. It can be physical, or may not be.

The default state sexual orientation is a male and a female gender join for the goal of procreation. This is human heterosexuality.

But, you can deviate from this default state and is caused by numerous factors. The state this forum seems so hung up upon is homosexuality. This is a non-reproductive relationship. It's a deviation, and that's it. It has several causes and I'll try to get into those.

The causes are: chromosomal, brain structure, hormonal and choice.

Chromosomal:

X0 Syndrome (Turner Syndrome)

Have the gender appearance of a woman. To the best of my knowledge are only attracted to men. Cannot reproduce.

XXX/XXXX (metafemale syndrome)

Have the gender appearance of a woman and can usually reproduce. These women are also called super-females. So these women can be attracted to other women.

XXY( Klinefelter's syndrome)

Usually infertile male gender appearance. They show more female characteristics. When these men are gay, they appear as super feminine, high voice and slightly over weight. There's no evidence these men become gay more than average.

XXY (super-male syndrome)

Usually male gender role appearance who are usually fertile. These men tend to produce more testosterone, are below average intelligence, aggressive and homosexual.

XY(AIS)

Usually female gender role appearance and infertile. These women would've developed into a normal man, but for some reason during the sexual phase of development in the womb had an androgen insensitivity syndrome. All humans are born being female and develop into male because of androgen. These women, other than XY chromosomes, are exactly like their infertile XX infertile counterparts by outward appearance. They have a vagina, breast development, and wider hips.

Brain structure

Some men or women's brain develop more male or female structures. These people tend to become homosexual more than average. Other than their brain functions, they tend to be normal. Very little is known about this cause.

Choice

One of the most controversial reasons. You just want to be gay for some reason. Not much is known about this cause. Some think it may be environmental experiences and/or a combination of any of the other reasons I mentioned above.

I hope my stoner ass helped you out. Please contribute whatever else you'd like. Happy fucking, no matter how you consentually do it.

**cannabineer** · 06-12-2012, 09:37 PM

I disagree about one thing, and that is the word gender. I was always taught that gender was a specialist term for the study of languages. Words (in languages other than English) have genders, e.g le boeuf or das Schiff. English, of course, as genderless articles like a and the. (Pronouns seem to be the sole gendered words in modern English.) I lament the postmodern co-optation of gender to describe a property of actual living things, esp. humans. We have sexes.

For your use of gender, I propose sexual identity. This covers who we are andor think we are. Thus a person can be physically male but psychically identify [her]self as a woman. cn

**Canna Sylvan** · 06-12-2012, 09:46 PM

Originally Posted by cannabineer

I disagree about one thing, and that is the word gender. I was always taught that gender was a specialist term for the study of languages. Words (in languages other than English) have genders, e.g le boeuf or das Schiff. English, of course, as genderless articles like a and the. (Pornouns seem to be the sole gendered words in modern English.) I lament the postmodern co-optation of gender to describe a property of actual living things, esp. humans. We have sexes.

For your use of gender, I propose sexual identity. This covers who we are andor think we are. Thus a person can be physically male but psychically identify [her]self as a woman. cn

That's Oxford definition #2.
"
1the state of being male or female (typically used with reference to social and cultural differences rather than biological ones):
traditional concepts of gender
[as modifier]:
gender roles
the members of one or other sex:
differences between the genders are encouraged from an early age"

Never heard of male and female gender connectors for electronic equipment? Like gender changers? Gender is your sexual role. Doesn't matter if it's a person or non-living mechanical equipment or language. All deal with roles they play on the sex.

**cannabineer** · 06-12-2012, 09:50 PM

Originally Posted by Canna Sylvan

That's Oxford definition #2.
"
1the state of being male or female (typically used with reference to social and cultural differences rather than biological ones):
traditional concepts of gender
[as modifier]:
gender roles
the members of one or other sex:
differences between the genders are encouraged from an early age"

Never heard of male and female gender connectors for electronic equipment? Like gender changers? Gender is your sexual role. Doesn't matter if it's a person or non-living mechanical equipment or language. All deal with roles they play on the sex.

Nope; never heard of those. Imo Oxford sold out in that instance. I'd think it would be valuable to maintain a purely linguistic (grammatical) term. Never mind me; I'm an old curmudgeon shaking my cane at all the young whippersnappers. cn

**curious2garden** · 06-12-2012, 09:50 PM

Originally Posted by cannabineer

(Pornouns seem to be the sole gendered words in modern English.)

This made my day.

**cannabineer** · 06-12-2012, 09:54 PM

Ohhhh snap!! cn

**Canna Sylvan** · 06-12-2012, 10:05 PM

Originally Posted by cannabineer

Nope; never heard of those. Imo Oxford sold out in that instance. I'd think it would be valuable to maintain a purely linguistic (grammatical) term. Never mind me; I'm an old curmudgeon shaking my cane at all the young whippersnappers. cn

amazon.com/VGA-Gender-Changer-HD15-Thin/dp/B000BSLSJI/ref=pd_bxgy_pc_img_c

That's a VGA female to female gender changer. Say your monitor has a built-in male(with pins) cable and your Xbox 360 has a male cable. You use that thing in the middle. Sort of like a DP scene in a porno.