Interesting New Study About Homosexual Incidence

Interesting New Study About Homosexual Incidence

It pretty well demolishes the, "I was born this way" claim. Howard Hsueh-Hao Chiang, "Homosexual Behavior in the United States, 1988-2004: Quantitative Empirical Support for the Social Construction Theory of Sexuality," Electronic Journal of Sexual Behavior 12:

The present study analyzed data collected in 11 rounds of the General Social Survey conducted between 1988 and 2004 (N = 10,767 men and 13,868 women). Using simple cross-tabulations, the prevalence of homosexual contact in America was estimated by sex, year, and various sociodemographic variables. The subsequent results of three estimation models (OLS, logit, and probit) revealed a statistically significant causal effect of the urbanization character of an individual’s residential environment at age 16 on the likelihood that the same individual would engage in homosexual behavior as an adult. The results empirically confirm the idea that sexuality is socially constructed, thus bringing quantitative social scientific inquiries about human sexuality closer to relevant theoretical perspectives.

If homosexuality is actually something that is inherited (a claim that even the American Psychological Association admits lacks evidence), then you would not expect a dramatic increase in homosexuality to be associated with growing up urban.

UPDATE: A reader points out:

I also backed up to the index page and spent some time browsing through the table of contents. There are a number of articles discussing polyamory (Care to bet it's the next marriage battle?) and a review of a book titled "Why Marriage?". The book, and the review, both come out very strongly for same-sex marriage, and equate modern opposition to 1950's opposition to interracial marriage.

The point is, this is not a mouthpiece for the Conservative Coalition.