ual research concerning identity. Identity, especially on a teenage/college level, is very important to most people.It is difficult for confused adolescents to find their place in a culture that does not essentially accept homosexuals. During high school, most teens have a hard time dealing with their sexuality if indeed they are gay. Ivan Pavlov studied a type of conditioning in which he experimented with animals by adding a stimulus that normally would not elicit a certain behavior. It is my opinion that, in high school, this may happen to some teens. As teenagers go through school they may be taunted and ridiculed as being gay for many different reasons, even if they are really not. Teens that are continually called gay throughout high school essentially leads them to believe they are because of the constant scorn of their classmates. The scientific study as to whether or not homosexuality is a social problem or a natural trait is significantly controversial. Homosexuals were contrary to nature according to the two cross-cutting axes of sexuality and gender: not only were they attracted to members of the same sex, but they were presumed, on these grounds, to be inverted, with bodies, conduct, attitudes, tastes, and personalities characteristic of the opposite sex. According to this logic, for a woman to desire a woman sexually, she must have some male characteristics, and for a man to desire a man he must be, in some way, female (Terry 35). Does this hold true for all homosexuals? There is a very limited amount of research to support this theory of sex/gender regime. People have a core sexuality that is either heterosexual or homosexual (Garnetts & Kimmel 121). It is my opinion that there may never be an answer as to why people are gay. The Bible does condemn homosexual activity but does not condemn love. Social and moral issues are at the top of the continuum as to whether or not homosexuality is an act of nature or just a choice ...
