A logical experiment to prove this hypothesis would consist of administering testosterone to young girls and comparing their actions with those of their male peers. However, no such tests were done and Hutt's correlation remains speculative. Exotic becomes erotic. While Bem s hypothesis presents a biological explanation for the basis of homosexuality, his conclusions have yet to be tested. Fetal female rats were seen to have higher levels of testosterone if they had been situated between two male embryos in utero .
Severe ramifications pervade the search for a genetic cause for homosexuality.
Scientists are faced with many moral and ethical questions. A discovery leading to the belief that homosexuality is an inborn characteristic would probably give gays protection under many of the same laws that protect racial minorities and the physically disabled. It is crucial to consider that personality and behavior are more than simple chemical reactions. The studies discussed herein cannot account for the physiological characteristics of every member of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered community. It is also possible that the amounts of hormones studied are not abnormal, but fall somewhere in the spectrum of human sexuality.