Argentina Legalizes Gay Marriage and Adoption, 1st country in Latin America

[dtewi]

Slimebeast said:

dtewi said:

I thought we were discussing sociological behaviors being coded into DNA, not survival mechanisms They are typically connected.

I am not sure if DNA codes for instincts. Yes it does.

But DNA can't code for sociological behaviors. It's simply implausible. One's behavior in society is determined by knowledge of the society. And your genetic predisposition.

Then their decisions are done according to what's considered normal, lawful, and an enormous amount of other factors. Including instincts, hormones. 

However, the decisions are entirely based upon their knowledge of society. No.

DNA does not code for knowledge, it can't teach you how society works. It can't teach you math. But it determines your potential to understand maths.

That being said, homophobia is a sociological behavior, not an instinct. It's not just a sociological behaviour, it's also based on instincts. No behaviour is purely sociological. I already showed you the study that suggests homophobia in our modern society is inherited more than it's determined by environmental. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18347968

DNA does not code for homophobia! Yes it does, through the repulsions we talked about last night.

My reply in bold.

Your argument is using the idea that a predetermined personality also influences the behaviors of oneself in society. Well, duh. (I said an enormous amount of other factors, personality included) But that's just it. The homophobia is not coded into one's DNA! You also know that the environment one is in also molds their personality? Their DNA coded personality is not the only factor that would determine their behavior towards homosexuals. In fact, it's one of the least prevalent factors in determining it.

If their knowledge of society was based around the idea that homosexuality is the norm, would their personality interfere with this idea? No. Personality does determine one's behavior in society, but their knowledge of what is normal and not normal are much more enormous factors in determining their hatred. If they gather people with every type of personality, wiped their memories clear, and told them homosexuality was normal, they would not have any homophobia.