Neighborhood Ministries

Value of Gender-While sex is determined by our genes, gender  is learned from parents and others around them. Boys and girls learn what gender they are long before they know about the different body parts. Though they claim they are born that way, traditionally, most Gay people were boys who developed it at an early age. Trauma or other circumstances may have caused them to be sensitive to others feelings. That is normally a female trait and the boys were often bullied for it. As a result they begin to identify as girls. Parents may also contribute. For instance one boy who claimed he was a girl from the time he was two. While his parents had no idea why he claimed to be a girl, it was evident that they had wanted a girl and were disappointed to get a boy. They unconsciously conveyed their feelings to him without knowing it so he wanted to be a girl so they would accept him. Boys who go through puberty in a school with very little contact with girls, like in a Boy’s school or  monastery, may develop a sexual relationship with other boys not available from girls. That is why it is more common among the rich and priests.  Today, it is increasingly common among older girls in their teens. That is because our media shames girls by portraying girls with perfect bodies and because of the boys obsessed with sex hounding them. It also results from the lie perpetuated by the media that girls are restricted from equality with men by the so-called glass ceiling. They see the male lifestyle as more desirable and safe.