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Do you think that there is a link between having an emotionally absent father and being gay?
I sometimes wonder if I would have had more confidence with women had I had a more nurturing father and that this self esteem would have led to deeper attraction. I think that I was looking for a male to desire me as my father emotionally rejected me by being distant and sidelining me. I know that straight guys can experience the same but I think that an initial genetic susceptibility to homosexuality can potentially be offset by a supportive, encouraging father.
I sometimes wonder if I would have had more confidence with women had I had a more nurturing father and that this self esteem would have led to deeper attraction. I think that I was looking for a male to desire me as my father emotionally rejected me by being distant and sidelining me. I know that straight guys can experience the same but I think that an initial genetic susceptibility to homosexuality can potentially be offset by a supportive, encouraging father.