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==Environment and nurture==

==Environment and nurture==

This has been the historical secular position.  

That homosexuality is affected by environment and nurture has been the historical secular position.  

In his 1980 work ''Overcoming Homosexuality'', Robert Kronemeyer writes: "With rare exceptions, homosexuality is neither inherited nor the result of some glandular disturbance or the scrambling of genes or chromosomes. Homosexuals are made, not born 'that way.' I firmly believe that homosexuality is a learned response to early painful experiences and that it can be unlearned. For those homosexuals who are unhappy with their life and find effective therapy, it is 'curable.'<ref>Robert Kronemeyer, ''Overcoming Homosexuality'', p. 7 (New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1980)</ref>

In his 1980 work ''Overcoming Homosexuality'', Robert Kronemeyer writes: "With rare exceptions, homosexuality is neither inherited nor the result of some glandular disturbance or the scrambling of genes or chromosomes. Homosexuals are made, not born 'that way.' I firmly believe that homosexuality is a learned response to early painful experiences and that it can be unlearned. For those homosexuals who are unhappy with their life and find effective therapy, it is 'curable.'<ref>Robert Kronemeyer, ''Overcoming Homosexuality'', p. 7 (New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1980)</ref>

===Sexual abuse===

===Sexual abuse===

Childhood sexual abuse is well attested to demonstrate a correlation to the incidence of homosexuality among those affected by it. A large national survey of almost 35,000 Americans showed that more three times as many men and women who had been sexually abused as children became homosexuals versus that of heterosexuals.<ref>7.4% or homosexual men and 3.1% of females, vs. 2.0%  of heterosexual men and 0.8% women.</ref><ref>Laumann, Gagnon, Michael, and Michaels, ''The social organization of homosexuality:...'', (1994) p. 344</ref>  Another study reported that 58 percent of male adolescents who later became homosexuals suffered sexual abuse as children, while 90 percent who did not identified themselves as heterosexuals.<ref>Sheir and Johnson, ''Sexual victimization of boys:... (1988) pp. 1189-93</ref> In addition, 43 percent of male homosexuals reported sexual activity with other male during the ages of 10-12,  versus 9 percent of heterosexuals.<ref>Manosevitz, ''Early sexual behavior in adult homosexual and heterosexual males'', Journal of abnormal  psychology 76, (1970) 396-402</ref>    

Childhood sexual abuse is well attested to demonstrate a correlation to the incidence of homosexuality among those affected by it. A large national survey of almost 35,000 Americans showed that more three times as many men and women who had been sexually abused as children became homosexuals versus that of heterosexuals.<ref>7.4% or homosexual men and 3.1% of females, vs. 2.0%  of heterosexual men and 0.8% women.</ref><ref>Laumann, Gagnon, Michael, and Michaels, ''The social organization of homosexuality:...'', (1994) p. 344</ref>  Another study reported that 58 percent of male adolescents who later became homosexuals suffered sexual abuse as children, while 90 percent who did not identified themselves as heterosexuals.<ref>Sheir and Johnson, ''Sexual victimization of boys:... (1988) pp. 1189-93</ref> In addition, 43 percent of male homosexuals reported sexual activity with other male during the ages of 10-12,  versus 9 percent of heterosexuals.<ref>Manosevitz, ''Early sexual behavior in adult homosexual and heterosexual males'', Journal of abnormal  psychology 76, (1970) 396-402</ref>

==Biological research==

==Biological research==