Compare and contrast the various theories on the causes of homosexuality. Which theory appears to b

Through the biological perspective of deviance, sociologists have linked homosexuality to hormones, genes and the brain (Taylor, Thio & Schwartz, 2013). Hormonal theory does not describe a cause of homosexuality. Genetic Theory describes the cause of homosexuality as people being born gay.

The brain theory is much more in depth about the cause of homosexuality. It states that the size of a person’s hypothalamus will cause them to be homosexual or not. Gay’s hypothalamuses were less than half of the size of straights’.

The sociological perspective of deviance describes society and socialization to be the causes of homosexuality (Taylor, Thio ; Schwartz, 2013).

The conclusion that society causes homosexuality arises from the fact that same sex practices are common .

In this case, socialization from a parent was the cause of homosexuality (Taylor, Thio ; Schwartz, 2013). While the biological and sociological perspectives of homosexuality may explain the causes, the origin or how homosexuality first came to be is not described in either of these perspectives. These perspectives fail completely in describing when and how deviant populations first became categorized and called homosexuals.