Nature not nurture determines lesbian sexuality, says Pink Sofa

Lesbian dating site Pink Sofa has released survey results which reveal that, despite arguments otherwise, sexuality is not a choice for most lesbians.

Of the more than 5,000 respondents in the Pink Sofa poll -- http://www.pinksofa.com/guest/your_say/post.asp?topicid=204 -- more than 60 per cent believed they were born lesbian or bi-sexual, with only six per cent attributing their sexuality to a life event or their upbringing.

Further, only seven per cent of respondents said their sexuality was a conscious choice. About a fifth of participants took the middle ground believing their sexuality was a combination of nature, nurture and choice.

Pink Sofa respondents are not alone in arguing the genetic influence of sexuality.

Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Melissa Etheridge inadvertently supported the nature debate, with a recent post on The Daily Beast blog, referring to the banning of gay marriages.

“Gay people are born everyday. You will never legislate that away,” she said.

Etheridge suggested that since banning gay marriage California could forget about getting any tax payments from her.

It seems as though the long standing nature v nurture debate will continue to be discussed for some time yet.

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We have one of the largest databases of lesbians in the world with an active membership of more than 100 000 women and a site usage of 6.5 million pages viewed per month.

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