How gay genetics benefit society

[MikeWaters]

http://www.slate.com/id/2194232/

Interesting article.

[ChinoCoug]

I have a question regarding the articled linked by the linked article.

In overall symmetry and amygdala activity, the brains of gay men resembled the brains of straight women, whereas the brains of lesbians resembled the brains of straight men. Previous work has connected such differences to fear, anxiety, aggression, and verbal, spatial, and navigational ability. It's not just a matter of preferring men or women. The broader implication, one expert argues, is that "in gay men, the brain is feminized."

I know that gay men have intercourse 5-10 times per day. Their sex drives (and sex drive is mostly in the brain) are still those of men. An lesbians, like straight women, tend to me more monogamous then men are.

Would it be that gay men exhibit some characteristics of men and some of women?

[MikeWaters]

Originally Posted by ChinoCoug

I have a question regarding the articled linked by the linked article.



I know that gay men have intercourse 5-10 times per day. Their sex drives (and sex drive is mostly in the brain) are still those of men. An lesbians, like straight women, tend to me more monogamous then men are.

Would it be that gay men exhibit some characteristics of men and some of women?

I wonder if it's because of testosterone. Didn't someone hear talk about the woman in their ward they knew who started roiding in the gym, and became an adulterous nymphomaniac?

btw, I think there are probably some gay men that have sex less than five times a day.

[TripletDaddy]

Originally Posted by ChinoCoug

I have a question regarding the articled linked by the linked article.



I know that gay men have intercourse 5-10 times per day. Their sex drives (and sex drive is mostly in the brain) are still those of men. An lesbians, like straight women, tend to me more monogamous then men are.

Would it be that gay men exhibit some characteristics of men and some of women?

Gay men have sex 5-10 times a day?

[ChinoCoug]

Originally Posted by TripletDaddy

Gay men have sex 5-10 times a day?

on second thought, I may have remembered the figure incorrectly.

[SoCalCoug]

I posted this a few days ago about an evolutionary theory of homosexuality:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0617204459.htm

I think both articles give pause for thought about the issue.

[ChinoCoug]

Originally Posted by SoCalCoug

I posted this a few days ago about an evolutionary theory of homosexuality:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0617204459.htm

I think both articles give pause for thought about the issue.

that's the same study.

[SoCalCoug]

Originally Posted by ChinoCoug

that's the same study.

D'oh - I skimmed Mike's, found it familiar, but thought it was something else I'd read earlier.

[ChinoCoug]

So homosexuality is a cost of making women more fecund.

It's just like sickle-celled anemia. The article acknowledged this, but didn't even list it as an implication.

It's still a defect.

[SoCalCoug]

Originally Posted by ChinoCoug

So homosexuality is a cost of making women more fecund.

It's just like sickle-celled anemia. The article acknowledged this, but didn't even list it as an implication.

It's still a defect.

So, in your mind, what's the implication of it being a defect?