are fetishes and sexual orientation choices or predetermined from birth?

[lee1287]

I dont know... Picked up i would assume.

 

[Thaluikhain]

Hmmm...well, in Western cultures, a big fuss is made about women's chest areas. However, in other cultures, no great importance is attributed to the sight of it.

Presumably then, sexuality is at least largely culturally based.

 

[CarpathianMuffin]

Sexuality is, I believe. Fetishes are a little from birth, a little from experiences in everyday life.

 

[Leon Last Lord Shyle]

There is little research on this.

What research does exist seems to be pointing at a combination of nature and nurture. I suspect the nature part is larger than the nurture part, but both are definately factors for at least some elements of sexuality.

A good question is WHY is there so little research on this? It's a very fundamental question!

We've finally managed to culturally evolve to the point where Homosexuality is, for the first time in Human history, not Ostracized by the majority. We should make the most out of this period of enlightenment lest we fall back into the sweaty pits of basic Human instinctual survival practices. Could happen. You never know....

Look at ancient Rome homosexuality was accepted far more widely there hell there where even religious ceremonies staged around homesexual acts.

 

[Laser Priest]

I'd like to think they're a part of you that exists from birth.

Doesn't explain some of mine, though.

 

[MasterOfWorlds]

I think it's a 60/40 thing. With 60% of it being environmental, and the other 40% being genetic. I think that sexual orientation can be a choice, but I think that the vast majority of people are born with the orientation that they are. The rest just comes from environmental stuff.

 

[LetalisK]

Oh my, a false dilemma. You know it is possible for it to be neither genetics nor choice, right? Especially if you're coming from a biological perspective, where genetics and choice are more similar than different.

 

[Rayne870]

I'm thinking sexual orientation is largely determined by nature rather than nurture. However other stuff like fetishes and such I think develops over time.

Porn related:
When I started watching porn I went for the standard playboy type girls, thin models ect, then later on big boobs fake or real I didn't really care. Now I really like natural girls and girls that have a little bit of weight on them, like Gianna Michaels. And I do occasionally watch bigger models like Samantha Anderson.

Non Porn related:
My first gf was quite slender, large natural breasts, second was a little heavier with big breasts, later I dated a very slender girl with very small breasts, and later again a slightly heavier girl with small breasts. Now I have a GF that is above the "slightly heavy" range with large breasts that is trying to lose weight, and right now I really don't care about her weight as long as she is healthy.

My tastes have also changed from BDSM to more TLC type sex. I used to have a big thing for girls in fishnets as well.

 

[HeroKing89]

true lesbians are similar to heterosexual men.

Got to love NTS Logic Fallacies. Anyway the causes of human sexuality are complex and have some innate backing to it and also socio-behavioral backing. Either way you don't choose your sexuality, it just is what it is for whatever reason it is. Fetishes are essentially the same way except there is no biological component as far as i know.

 

[kickyourass]

Now there's a massive false dichotomy if I've ever seen one. They're absolutely not choices, but they're not predetermined from birth. They are, most likely, a combination of innate inborn tendencies and social influences from an entire lifetime which affect one on a subconscious level (subconscious meaning that you don't have a conscious choice).

Yeah, that's pretty much how I see it, I mean I certainly wasn't BORN a furry, but I also never chose to be one either.

 

[Hader]

Don't know, don't care. It is what it is. I don't care how it manifests.

 

[thylasos]

I don't give a damn, it has no effect on how I treat people. Except whether I have sex with them or not, I suppose.

 

[DesiPrinceX09]

Sexual orientation I can understand being predetermined, but fetishes? I think those are a tad too specific to be predetermined. I find it hard to believe that a scientist could actually say something like "that guy was born with a love for school girl outfits because it's in his genes", sounds silly to me but hey ya never know.

 

[Atmos Duality]

I think "Environment/nurture" is a strong factor for some of us.
I know my own fetishes well, and have identified strong factors in my life that lead to them.

 

[Logic 0]

I think it's both because environmental factors can explain most fetishes while I still don't know where one came from?