What is natural, or are we socially constructed by culture?

Why does a lesbian wants to be a lesbian. A Homosexual a homosexual.

They reply this is who I am , and want to be, yet they do not tell their parents and hide their relationship behind them.

Some said it is the role of motherhood was lost.

good question dan, good question.

maybe a lesbian doesn’t want to be a lesbian, maybe she just is one. Maybe its part of who she is, and she doesn’t have a choice about who she is. Maybe its always been a part of her, and she just has an intuitive sense that it is “who she is”.

Just another option.

cheers,
gemty

boi,

haven’t heard from you a long time, you must have a socially constructed
to believe most of my questions are dulled for that reason I should be ignored.

Damn you! culture ! Intution!

Ignored the little Socrates of me. :stuck_out_tongue:

being that there is so much evidence for genetic reasons into homosexuality, i would say that it is “natural” in the sense of how i think you are referring to it. but the reaction they have, and that society has towards them, is completely cultural. from one culture to another there are different views on homosexuality ranging from complete acceptance to burning at the stake.

it’s interesting to take this question further than homosexuality though, towards our daily lives. is it natural to work 9 or 10 hours every day? to be away from your family for that long? some animals never see their offspring, should we be as involved in ours for as long as we are (age eighteen)? is in natural for everyone to have children? or just culturaly expected?