Mom's Genetics Could Produce Gay Sons. The arrangement of a mother's genes could affect the sexual orientation of her son, according to a new study.
The finding, detailed in the February issue of the journal Human Genetics, adds fuel to the decade-long debate about whether so-called "gay genes" might exist. The researchers examined a phenomenon called "X chromosome inactivation" in 97 mothers of gay sons and 103 mothers whose sons were not gay. X and Y Chromosomes are large thread-like molecules that contain an organism's genetic instructions. Humans have 23 chromosome pairs.
Plain Talk About Spanking. Criticism of traditional parenting methods is typically met with suspicion, resistance and hostility.
Were this fundamental conservatism of human nature to express itself in words, it might say something like this: But just how well did we really turn out? Sooner or later we have to admit that perhaps not all family traditions are created equal. Maybe, in some cases, they've made our lives more precarious and unhappy than they need to have been. And maybe – just maybe – we haven't turned out quite as "okay" as we'd like to believe and have others believe. When we praise our parents' treatment of us when we were little, are we merely fishing for approval of our own similar behaviors now?
Let's test the I-turned-out-okay argument by examining a few real-life examples from my own childhood. There were ashtrays in every room of our house. SPANKING - The Facts The lasting effect Lost trust. An Open Letter to Straights. An open letter to Straights Apparently all this time I’ve been shoving my sexuality in your face and forcing it on you.
I misunderstood. I didn’t know. Homosexuality Quotes, Sayings about Gay Rights, Pride, Sexual Orientation. Related Quotes Prejudice Commitment Ceremony Love Human Rights When I was in the military they gave me a medal for killing two men and a discharge for loving one.
~Epitaph of Leonard P. Matlovich, 1988 (Thanks, Marlene) If gay and lesbian people are given civil rights, then everyone will want them! ~Author unknown, as seen on a button at evolvefish.com The Bible contains six admonishments to homosexuals and 362 admonishments to heterosexuals. Gay Studies. Yay For Teen Sex! When I read this excellent article by Amanda Marcotte, I couldn’t help think of Mandolin’s post last October, “Children Fucking Children“.
The gist of Amanda’s article (and, in a lot of ways, Mandolin’s post before it) is that American adult attitudes towards teen sexuality are a huge part of why American teen sexuality is all fucked up. Of course, I agree with this, and I have for quite some time, but what’s nice is that Amanda has (gasp) evidence: . . . Dutch teenagers, who have sex at the same ages as American teenagers, do better on the common indicators of sexual wellness. They change partners less frequently, they get pregnant less often, they use birth control more consistently, and they don’t contract STIs as often. Tearful Republican reverses his stance against gay marriage. What causes sexual orientation? The cause(s) of sexual orientation: Nature vs.
Nurture Sponsored link. This topic is continued from an earlier essay Study 16: Based on studies of identical twins who were separated at birth: Sexmap: Create Your Map of Human Sexuality. Sf city hall gay marriage equality 6.16 (24) Proposition 8 Supporters Can #SuckIt. Geez!
It’s been a very busy week for me, and it’s not over yet…. I can’t stay up too late tonight, I have a CT scan tomorrow. Mr. BK, I see that we are going to be perpetually “agreeing to disagree.” I should be doing my reasearch paper, but instead I am compelled to research this issue in depth to provide you and others that may not see my point of view, a rational and accurate challenge to your logic. First, I see that you have a somewhat emotional attachment to the “M” word. Growing up with my lesbian parents - Parents, Lifestyle. 01 August 2008 09:50 AM My parents are gay.
My mam's partner, Anto, is no blood relation to me, but she is still very much my mother. She was at my birth, she taught me to ride a bike and bake bread, and all the things a parent should. Every day, she puts up with my mood-swings and loud music, the same as my biological mother does. Reshaping the Gay-Marriage Debate. 82. Gender. Same-sex Attraction Is Genetically Wired In Nematode's Brain. University of Utah biologists genetically manipulated nematode worms so the animals were attracted to worms of the same sex -- part of a study that shows sexual orientation is wired in the creatures' brains.
"They look like girls, but act and think like boys," says Jamie White, a postdoctoral researcher and first author of the new study. "The [same-sex attraction] behavior is part of the nervous system. " "The conclusion is that sexual attraction is wired into brain circuits common to both sexes of worms, and is not caused solely by extra nerve cells added to the male or female brain," says laboratory leader and biology Professor Erik Jorgensen, scientific director of the Brain Institute at the University of Utah and an investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. "The reason males and females behave differently is that the same nerve cells have been rewired to alter sexual preference," he adds.
The Rules of Attraction -- for Worms Nematodes are few and far between in soil.