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Originally Posted by Quasar

The nurture argument is invalid. Daniel said he was brought up in a, for want of a better word, 'straight' family. He's still gay.

One person's experiences posted on an internet forum does not negate an entire body of research and work into a specific argument

People also commonly assume that the nurture argument is specifically related to your family formation but that isn't just what it's about, it is far more than that. From the second you are born you are injected with norms, values, ideas, belief systems, messages, codes, cultures, environments, the list goes on. The specific elements of what shapes a person are impossible to nail down, but socialisation plays an instrumental role in the development of human beings, from the way we talk, to the things we're interested in, right down to our gender and our sexuality.

None of this is chosen, but these are not ideas you are born with whilst floating in the womb.