no, another boring study claiming to be interesting was released.
> The origins of sexual orientation may be evident in the blink of an eye.
oh, how cute. what a gay title!
after some 'scientific' results are reported we get:
> The findings are consistent with other studies, which have
> found that certain traits in lesbians are highly
> "masculinized," while the same traits in gay men are
> almost the same as in straight men.
get back to me after that 'masculine' gene is isolated.
what crap. so lesians are all butch? what about the poor femmes?
where does anybody claiming to be a physical scientist get off with using terms like 'masculinized'? we need some serious operational definitionizing goin' on 'round here!
> While it's difficult to make generalizations about gay
> behavior on the basis of these findings
no it's not -- we already know they adore liza minelli!
> (for example, "all gay male thinking is like that of
> women"), it is possible to build a case for the origins of
> sexuality, the authors say.
>
> "On the basis of these results and in conjunction with the
> bulk of the literature in the last three decades or so,
> the evidence points to some prenatal factor or factors [in
> determining sexual preference]," Rahman says.
sheet, right.
> The findings could have implications for a number of social issues.
>
> "Actual sexual orientation and sex-related research is now
> being accepted as a legitimate national investment in
> terms of research," Rahman says. "We have problems with
> STDs [sexually transmitted diseases]. Understanding sexual
> behavior is clearly important to that."
fuck you.
if STD's are an issue (and they are, in my completely unhumble opinion) whether people fuck people with the same gentital configuration or not hasn't a lot to do with it. even if these self-like fuckers are genetically driven it has NO bearing on public health. just like the heisenberg uncertainty principle has nothing to do with same elevator design.
> The findings may also help illuminate sex differences in
> mental health issues. "Although homosexuality per se is
> not related to psychiatric problems, on those occasions
> that gays and lesbians do present with psychiatric
> problems, they often show disorders that are typical of
> the opposite sex," Rahman says. Gay men, for example, may
> be more likely to suffer depression, anxiety and eating
> disorders than their straight counterparts, while lesbians
> may be more vulnerable to substance abuse than
> heterosexual women.
this is a load of unsupported horseshit and i'm going from being mildly annoyed to goddamned outraged that this is being offered up as science.
there are so many unexamined assumptions in the above 'graph that i cannot even begin to go there tonight.