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BBC : Scans see 'gay brain differences'

Goodshape · 2008-06-17 01:14:24

Full article : http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7456588.stm Interesting. I'm sure there are exceptions, as with any rule, but I always thought sexuality was more of a base instinct - which rules out the alternative nurture, or learned experience, explanation. So the idea of different brain structures makes sense to me.

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17-06-2008 2:14am

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Goodshape

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news.bbc.co.uk wrote:

The brains of gay men and women look like those found in straight people of the opposite sex, research suggests.

Full article : http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7456588.stm

Interesting. I'm sure there are exceptions, as with any rule, but I always thought sexuality was more of a base instinct - which rules out the alternative nurture, or learned experience, explanation. So the idea of different brain structures makes sense to me.

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#2 17-06-2008 2:54am
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Makes sense I spose

Sure the whole point of sexual attraction is survival of the species

So I guess that part is jus broken

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