jewishfeminist02 – Sorry, but there’s no evidence for a neurological or developmental basis either. They may well have known from an early age that they have certain ta’aivahs, I knew from an early age that I had a ta’aivah for chocolate, doesn’t mean it’s not a ta’avaih. Unfortunately many people know from an early age that they have a very strong ta’avaih for physically abusing people or a ta’avaih for money that is so strong they will do literally anything to get it. Yet we label these people criminals because ta’avaihs are not excuses (I’m not saying that homosexual ta’aivahs should be criminal, just using an extreme example). I agree with you that a frum Jew with homosexual ta’avaihs who controls them is extremely admirable, but that doesn’t mean that what they are controlling is not a ta’aivah.
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