This project suggests an new way of understanding same-sex attraction.

People's experience of their sexuality is a mix of two powerful factors. First,
people have an innate nature. Second, people interpret their natures
through a cultural lens.

The relationship between the innate nature and culture
is like the relationship between computer hardware and
software. Both are very important in creating the total
experience.

The following pages will start by looking the '
Three Layers of Sex' and then
explain:

1) Innate Nature  There are two parts to our theory about people's


2) Cultural Lens  Cultural beliefs are awesomely powerful.

The rest of the project will then combine the innate nature and the cultural
lens to see if, together, they can explain the huge range of gay experience
in the past and the present.

It will also test the two against the work in the biological sciences.







© Copyright 2006 Belinda M. Edwards
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A New Theory of
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               Contents



    Gender - New!
    Un-spot-able | Coming Out
    Queens | Butch from Birth |
    Unscripted Relationships

    Sex & Relationships
    3 Layers of Sex | Lesbians vs Gay
    Men |  Sharedness or Gender?

    Weaving Individual Identities


    Test 3:  Biological Studies of   
                  Homosexuality

    Pesky Persistence of Non-
    Reproductive

    Evolutionary Advantage of
    Diversity in  Bonding Types