What Causes Homosexuality?

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VXIII said:
Studies show that the levels of testosterone in gay men are equal or even higher than heterosexual men. The levels of testosterone get higher in older women and get lower in older men. There are also some interesting experiments on male rats show that the estrogen injections don't affect the sexual orientation of male rats that haven't been castrated. That made me believe that genes and hormones levels have very little to do with our sexual orientation, in except of some very extreme cases that don't apply on the average gay man.

Is it a psychological factor ?, well, Studies show that child sexual abuse is a contributing factor for homosexuality ( rates of childhood sexual abuse in gay men are approximately 3 times higher).

I believe it is more of a psychological and environmental factor than genetic. Could it be a mix of all that ?, it could be. What I know is that the matter is not so clear-cut as many people of both camps would like it to be.

Well I remember watching the Homosexuality in Nature Documentary and they formed an experiment on this. They dyed a ShoeFly's eyes a distinctive color than the rest so they could tell him apart from the rest. Then they exposed him to high doses of competing hormone treatments. They reintroduced him to a swarm of male flys during mating season and he kept sticking his organ in other flies( much to the other male's dismay, kinda funny to watch lol).

Also its probably wrong that Testosterone and Estrogene are the cause, rather they are the effect of other hormones found in the body(there are other subtle ones). They mostly control body functions, high levels of testosterone make you more applicable to fitness(steroids) and also make men exceptionally horny(which in retrospect sounds about right if most gay men produce more testo). High doses of Estrogen on the other hand cause longer hair and fingernails, rapid healing/growing, rapid weight gain, and apparently becomes hostile to a fetus if too much(birth control).