# Is a revulsion reaction to homosexual sex biological, cultural (or some combination of both)?

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**Created:** [September 10, 2010, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-revulsion-reaction-to-homosexual-sex-biological-cultural-or-some-combination-of-both/553271 "2010-09-10T06:24:39Z")
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### Author: ![qpw3141](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/6bbea6/32.png) [@qpw3141](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/qpw3141)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2010, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-revulsion-reaction-to-homosexual-sex-biological-cultural-or-some-combination-of-both/553271/83 "2010-09-11T22:42:45Z")

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> > I really can’t take seriously anyone who keeps wailing ‘cite’ to confirm something that most people know perfectly well from their own experience and the experiences of others with which they have discussed such a common matter over the course of their lives.
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> That is not how science works. If you make a claim about a scientific fact–such as alleging that a human behavior is an evolved trait–you must back it up with _facts_. Casual anecdotes that aren’t even backed up with statistics are useless. If you wish to just ramble on about your opinion without proof, then don’t discuss it in a debate forum.

OK, please provide a credible citation that shows that revulsion to homosexual sex amongst heterosexuals is a result of societal conditioning.

You see, it works both ways. 😉

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> Men may not be aroused by sex they have no interest in, but this has not been definitively proven.

OTOH, has it ever been definitely disproven?

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> The fact that you don’t recognize the many things people are repulsed by due to culture

Whoa, cowboy, hold it right there!

I certainly do recognise that there are many things that people are repulsed by that are due to training.

I actually mentioned one - children eating things that were bad for them. The only thing was that you were so obsessed with the idea that everything I said was wrong that you just came up with the knee-jerk response: ‘cite?’.

I must admit that that did, at least, give me a good laugh. 😃

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> > I know that you desperately want to believe that such revulsion is not innate and that the whole of humanity is engaged in some massive and weird conspiracy against homosexuals to force people into feelings of revulsion that are against their nature but that just isn’t plausible to anyone thinking coherently and no amount of yelling ‘cite’ is going to make it more so.
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> I do not care if it’s innate or not.

Yeah, right.

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> But you have given no evidence. You’ve simply made an _argumentum ad populum_ repeatedly. A common view is not automatically the result of evolution.

I’ve detailed several salient points that would need to be answered before your assertion that revulsion amongst heterosexuals to their own participation in homosexual activities is purely a result of cultural influences.

And your reaction to each of these has been … surprise, surprise, to ignore them and scream: ‘cite cite cite’.

No, **obviously** a common view is not necessarily a result of evolution. Nice attempt at a straw man argument but, I’m afraid, no cigar.

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> No, I don’t care if it’s innate. What I _do_ care about is someone refusing to even vaguely educate himself on this topic while going on at great length about something I hold very dear to my heart. No, not homosexuality. Science.

ROFLMAO.

You claim to hold science dear and yet you refuse to use your own mind but just reflexively yell: ‘cite cite cite’ whenever someone says something with which you you disagree.

Now, tell me, do you believe that very few teenagers spend more than five minutes a day banging their head against a wall?

Can you provide a citation for that? 😉

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