The Latin word inclinatio came into Spanish as inclination . The concept is used to name the act and effect of leaning or tilting .
To understand what inclination is, therefore, it is necessary to know the various meanings of the verb inclinar. It may be the action of bowing the body as a sign of courtesy or adoration; to lower the head and trunk; to persuade a person of something; or to show a preference or tendency.
A bow, in this way, can refer to a bow . In this case, the bow is a body movement that is carried out to show respect, loyalty or devotion.
The result of moving away from a position perpendicular to the surface or something else is also called inclination. A construction that, instead of standing upright as it should, twists or tilts, suffers a tilt.
The Tower of Pisa is a structure famous throughout the world for its tilt. This is the bell tower of the cathedral of the Italian city of Pisa , which began to lean as soon as its construction began in 1173 . The authorities had to close access to the public in 1990 to carry out maintenance tasks and prevent it from collapsing; It was only in 2011 that people were allowed to enter again.
Inclination, on the other hand, can be a propensity . We usually talk about sexual inclination or sexual orientation to refer to the pattern of attraction that an individual shows. Heterosexuality is the sexual inclination towards members of the opposite sex, while homosexuality is the sexual inclination towards people of the same sex.
Sexual inclination is a topic of constant debate, since it attracts situations of hatred and contempt on the part of those people who defend heterosexuality as the only acceptable possibility. One of the recurring arguments by groups against any sexuality that does not involve attraction between a man and a woman is that "it is not natural ." When religious events are added to this, discussions can become very heated, and never come to fruition.
No matter how much a group of individuals tries to suppress those who do not follow a set of rules - as arbitrary as any other - they will never be able to triumph over people who think, who use their own reasoning to make decisions instead of being carried away by the statements of others. Sexual inclination is not a decision or a deplorable act: as long as it remains within the same species, it is natural regardless of the sense in which it occurs.
The term inclination also receives other shades of contempt when used alone in the plural. In these cases it is also implied that the person being talked about has a sexuality that deviates from the norm, although it is also possible to refer to a lifestyle that is reprehensible from the point of view of the speaker, although his judgment does not allow to be a mere opinion.
In the sentence "We already know what can be expected from Juan, given his inclinations" it is made clear that the speaker does not agree with the life Juan leads; Although you do not give us information about your tastes or hobbies, about those activities that represent you, we know that these do not meet the requirements to be accepted by the issuer. Just like sexual inclination, other characteristics of people are often in question although this is not correct: desires, tastes and feelings are not good or bad, nor can they disappear just because another person tries to block them.