2. I tend to think there is a biology "template", that can be altered with cultural influences. (Like the bird-song analogy.) But whether this involves desire, identity, or behavior is a hard question. Logically, I think that the spectrum approach is a better one to take rather than "gay", "straight", "bi", etc. since sexual arousal and emotional love are so mixed up. (It seems to me that in theory two members of the same sex can be in love, and even express that love in sexual actions, without having a general preference for one gender or another.) The points where we pin names to the spectrum is cultural. There are certainly taboos and cultural influences thatalter the behavior as well. For example, same-sex experiences between women (but not becoming pure lesbians) seems to be less and less taboo, even expected of college-age women. And straight women know that it is a turn-on for straight men, which may make them more likely to experiment to increase their own sexual attractiveness to men(see Girls Gone Wild for rampant examples). But the reverse is not true for women.
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1. Yes. In fact, I believe this has been well-proved by the failure of gender reassignment surgeries in the past. http://www.moss-fritch.com/medical_error.htm
2. I tend to think there is a biology "template", that can be altered with cultural influences. (Like the bird-song analogy.) But whether this involves desire, identity, or behavior is a hard question. Logically, I think that the spectrum approach is a better one to take rather than "gay", "straight", "bi", etc. since sexual arousal and emotional love are so mixed up. (It seems to me that in theory two members of the same sex can be in love, and even express that love in sexual actions, without having a general preference for one gender or another.) The points where we pin names to the spectrum is cultural. There are certainly taboos and cultural influences thatalter the behavior as well. For example, same-sex experiences between women (but not becoming pure lesbians) seems to be less and less taboo, even expected of college-age women. And straight women know that it is a turn-on for straight men, which may make them more likely to experiment to increase their own sexual attractiveness to men(see Girls Gone Wild for rampant examples). But the reverse is not true for women.
3. Mathematics, Olympics, stories
4. Roads, warriors, architechture