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EFLtrainer
Joined: 04 May 2005
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 Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 1:44 pm Post subject: Can we stop harassing homosexuals now? |
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060508/ap_on_sc/lesbian_brains
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Lesbians' brains react differently to sex hormones than those of heterosexual women, new research indicates. That's in line with an earlier study that had indicated gay men's brain responses were different from straight men
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Heterosexual women found the male and female pheromones about equally pleasant, while straight men and lesbians liked the female pheromone more than the male one. Men and lesbians also found the male hormone more irritating than the female one, while straight women were more likely to be irritated by the female hormone than the male one.
All three groups rated the male hormone more familiar than the female one. Straight women found both hormones about equal in intensity, while lesbians and straight men found the male hormone more intense than the female one.
The brains of all three groups were scanned when sniffing male and female hormones and a set of four ordinary odors. Ordinary odors were processed in the brain circuits associated with smell in all the volunteers.
In heterosexual males the male hormone was processed in the scent area but the female hormone was processed in the hypothalamus, which is related to sexual stimulation. In straight women the sexual area of the brain responded to the male hormone while the female hormone was perceived by the scent area.
In lesbians, both male and female hormones were processed the same, in the basic odor processing circuits, Savic and her team reported. |
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On the other hand
Joined: 19 Apr 2003
Location: I walk along the avenue
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| Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 4:04 pm Post subject: |
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I don't think the question of whether we should harass homosexuals is connected to whether or not homosexuality results from physical brain activity. Religion isn't related to brain activity, but we don't think it's okay to harass people on the basis of their religion.
Anti-gay bigots will seize on any excuse to harass homosexuals. If you prove that homosexuality is biological, they'll spin that as "it's a sickness". If you prove that it's freely chosen, they'll say that it's a deliberate sin. |
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Hollywoodaction
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 9:02 pm Post subject: |
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I don't think the question of whether we should harass homosexuals is connected to whether or not homosexuality results from physical brain activity. Religion isn't related to brain activity, but we don't think it's okay to harass people on the basis of their religion.
Anti-gay bigots will seize on any excuse to harass homosexuals. If you prove that homosexuality is biological, they'll spin that as "it's a sickness". If you prove that it's freely chosen, they'll say that it's a deliberate sin. |
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AbbeFaria
Joined: 17 May 2005
Location: Gangnam
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| Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 4:47 am Post subject: |
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| Anti-gay bigots will seize on any excuse to harass homosexuals. If you prove that homosexuality is biological, they'll spin that as "it's a sickness". If you prove that it's freely chosen, they'll say that it's a deliberate sin. |
Yeah, what he said. Religious nuts rarely listen to actual facts when they've deemed something to be immoral or sinful or just plain naughty. It's why they're no fun at parties.
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jinglejangle
Joined: 19 Feb 2005
Location: Far far far away.
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| Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 8:54 am Post subject: |
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| I'd have to agree. A lot of things Judeo Christians consider immoral are things humans are naturally inclined to. |
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Butterfly
Joined: 02 Mar 2003
Location: Kuwait
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| Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 4:02 am Post subject: |
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| Kiwiboy, I like women. |
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wannago
Joined: 16 Apr 2004
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| Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 7:09 pm Post subject: |
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| Religion isn't related to brain activity, but we don't think it's okay to harass people on the basis of their religion. |
Hmm...I wonder what some of the religiphobes on this board think about your sentiments. |
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On the other hand
Joined: 19 Apr 2003
Location: I walk along the avenue
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| Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 10:17 pm Post subject: |
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On the other hand wrote:
Religion isn't related to brain activity, but we don't think it's okay to harass people on the basis of their religion.
Hmm...I wonder what some of the religiphobes on this board think about your sentiments.
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Since this misinterpretation has now been brought up twice, I should probably take this opportunity to clarify my statement. What I should have written was...
A person's preference for one religion over another is not biologically determined. |
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Satori
Joined: 09 Dec 2005
Location: Above it all
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| Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 11:27 pm Post subject: |
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| Butterfly wrote: |
| Kiwiboy, I like women. |
Well I salute you, and raise a glass in your honor, and light a sliff in your general direction. Good to see you round again... |
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The Man known as The Man
Joined: 29 Mar 2003
Location: 3 cheers for Ted Haggard oh yeah!
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| Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 2:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Harassing homersexual is quite g ay |
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nautilus
Joined: 26 Nov 2005
Location: Je jump, Tu jump, oui jump!
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nature or nurture?
I was born with a normal brain, but after societal conditioning told me I had to be good with computers, the region of my grey matter controlling hand-eye co-ordination became very developed.
you'd have to test gays at birth, to be sure they were born with different brains. |
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Mr. Literal
Joined: 03 Jul 2003
Location: Third rock from the Sun.
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| Posted: Sat May 13, 2006 2:59 pm Post subject: |
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| I believe in equal opportunity: Harass everybody. |
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