This. Is an interesting point to make considering a few posts before Holly has chosen to become a lesbian because of men.Therefore, it's not one or the other. It's probably a mixture of both, there's too many variables within the human body to really 100% confirm what makes anyone how they are.And Josh, where DO you actually live? Because you obviously live in a rather accepting area and hence maybe don't have a wider view of other places. I can only imagine what would happen to openly gay people in the middle of Croydon and indeed in my old college there where people got stabbed and raped anyway.Saying that friends are accepting is completely different to EVERYONE accepting. Maybe the friends are in the minority in your area rather than the majority?I highly doubt that the societies are doing anything bar allowing people who aren't confident about it (for whatever reason) to mix about with others and discuss it at a rather difficult time of life (important exams, off to uni, etc), and this is a good thing about giving confidence to people who may get abuse throughout the world as then they can just turn around and walk it off... It will be several years until people are accepting about the gay community because of the views that will be passed down the generations of homophobia and racism and whatever else, it's not something that can be solved overnight and pride (as annoying that it closes down half of London for) and small societies are certainly a start.