| The Swedish study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal, compared the size of the brain's halves in 90 adults. Gay men and straight women had halves of a similar size, while the right side was bigger in lesbian women and straight men. [...] When these results were collected, it was found that lesbian women and straight men shared a particular "asymmetry" in their hemisphere size, while straight women and gay men had no difference between the size of the different halves of their brain. In other words, structurally, at least, gay men were more like straight women, and gay women more like straight men. |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7456588.stm
In other words, structurally, at least, gay men were more like straight women, and gay women more like straight men
In other words, structurally, at least, gay men were more like straight women, and gay women more like straight men
More accurately, geometrically. Until scence can diagram the path of all nerves, and what each neuron's specific function, "structurally" doesn't quite cut it.
In other words you can have 2 identical homes, size wise from the outside, same square footage and all. Doesn't make how their designed inside identical, or even similar.
I have witnessed it Cynthia, so I have the objecivity to assess for myself, and given my predisposition towards my walk with God, and the acute lack of any scientific proof to the contrary, I'm airing on the side of caution....that of my spiritual being, when I'm no longer a living entity of the materailistic world we live in currently. And my God has made it clear to me what's right, what's wrong, what's sin and what isn't.
Doesn't mean I don't tolerate such a choice. But it also means I'm not obliged in any way to support it as "normal" or perfectly acceptable lifestyle. Why do some people chose to pierce nearly every orafice they have? Why do some people choose to tattoo their body from head to foot? Synapse in the brain, you're claiming? I'm not buying it
Why would anyone want to pierce their tongue??, their nipple?, their penis?
I would say that sexual orientation is much of the time hormonal, and hormones are genetically determined.
Just as a normal heterosexual might choose to be celibate, a latent homosexual might choose to be celibate or heterosexual. Sure, this is a matter of choice, but again, that choice is guided by hormones, which are genetic in origin much of the time.
As for full body tattoos and piercings, those are also one's free choice, but I think that they are psychologically driven rather than hormonally driven. I would say that such things are more related to masochism than gender. I imagine that there are heterosexuals who opt to be homosexual and vice versa because they are masochists as well, bit I would imagine that such cases are very scarce.
Hey, I can't explain other sexual urges either, only that people have them. It how one chooses to act upon them.
And until I see scietific proof to the contrary, free will still wins
I had a student in 2001 who was diagnosed with this; She had a deep voice and facial fuzz (hair)....The girl was as cute as a button, but it was very obvious that she had more male hormones. Now, that isn't to say she will chose one way or another in terms of sexually relating to a mate, but it is clearly a biological condition. and if that is scientifically proven...then why not a desire to procreate with someone who is not in our traditional scheme of what's normal?
I had a student in 2001 who was diagnosed with this; She had a deep voice and facial fuzz (hair)....The girl was as cute as a button, but it was very obvious that she had more male hormones. Now, that isn't to say she will chose one way or another in terms of sexually relating to a mate, but it is clearly a biological condition. and if that is scientifically proven...then why not a desire to procreate with someone who is not in our traditional scheme of what's normal?
Free will still wins, Cynthia. I never said we don't have desires, Cynthia. I simply referenced on how we chose to act or not act on them
Free will still wins, Cynthia. I never said we don't have desires. I simply referenced on how we chose to act or not act on them
I am not arguing that, Sirs. Free will can still keep this child who demostrates feminine behaviors, from chosing to relate sexually to another male when he grows up. But, my point is that there are differences that perhaps we need to look into with a bit more science.
Free will still wins, Cynthia. I never said we don't have desires. I simply referenced on how we chose to act or not act on them
I am not arguing that, Sirs. Free will can still keep this child who demostrates feminine behaviors, from chosing to relate sexually to another male when he grows up. But, my point is that there are differences that perhaps we need to look into with a bit more science.
Ummmm, with all due respect Cynthia, I think they are.....in spades. And the best they can come up with so far is the "size of the house", that I referenced in my initial response to Prince. So, getting back to square 1, we all have desires, many of them spurrned on & driven by the famouse teenage hormones. I could go into what my sexual desires ..... were. But this isn't the place or peoples to go into that with. And no amount of science is going to help me out with them
Oh so were you a child who cried with the girls, tattled with the girls, spoke in a high pitched voice, like the girls, ordered pink diaries through Scholastic Book Orders with pink pens/feathers attached, craved the attention of little girls and teased the boys in the 3rd grade?
Oh so were you a child who cried with the girls, tattled with the girls, spoke in a high pitched voice, like the girls, ordered pink diaries through Scholastic Book Orders with pink pens/feathers attached, craved the attention of little girls and teased the boys in the 3rd grade?
You really don't want to go there, Cynthia >:(