Scientists who are searching for a "gay gene" have been criticized by sociologists for their narrow understanding of sexual orientation,which does not take into account the way biology and the social environment interact to produce sexual behaviors.Which of the following theorists makes this point?
A) Simon LeVay, who believes that "there's growing evidence to support the idea that biological and developmental factors before birth exert a strong influence on sexual orientation"
B) Dean Hamer, who examined the DNA of forty gay brothers and found that thirty-three of them had a statistically significant similarity in the Xq28 region of the X chromosome
C) Social historian Jeffrey Weeks, who points out that even though homosexual acts have been documented throughout history, homosexual identity as we know it today didn't exist before the twentieth century
D) Laura Allen and Roger Gorski, two scientists at UCLA, who reported that a segment of the fibers that connect the brain's hemispheres is up to one-third larger in homosexual men

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Social historian Jeffrey Weeks argues that sexual orientation is not solely determined by biological factors but also shaped by social and cultural norms, which change over time. He notes that the concept of homosexual identity as it exists today was not present in earlier eras, and thus a narrow focus on searching for a "gay gene" may miss the complex interplay between biology and culture in shaping sexual behaviors.

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