Gay male brain is similar to a woman's

Originally posted by bill718
I think you're getting pretty far afield here. If you read carefully what's in the links, it would suggest that sexuality is may not be a matter of choice. I can't comment much on other behavior, since the links didn't either. (just saying)

I never said that it was. I just said that it doesn't matter when it comes to something being right or wrong. If you need a link to read up on how some people have a predisposition when it comes to different things, then your basic knowledge level isn't so great on the subject.

Originally posted by vivify
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/jun/16/neuroscience.psychology

[quote]Striking similarities between the brains of gay men and straight women have been discovered by neuroscientists, offering fresh evidence that sexual orientation is hardwired into our neural circuitry.

Scans reveal homosexual men and heterosexual women have symmetrical brains, wi en earn more money than women, not because of sexism, but because males are just better at it?

You raise a couple of different points. To me the most striking point is not the issues being argued regarding income (though interesting), but instead the most striking is that this continues to confirm that homosexuality is hard-wired.

By hard wired, do you mean determined at birth?

Originally posted by vivify
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/jun/16/neuroscience.psychology

[quote]Striking similarities between the brains of gay men and straight women have been discovered by neuroscientists, offering fresh evidence that sexual orientation is hardwired into our neural circuitry.

Scans reveal homosexual men and heterosexual women have symmetrical brains, wi ...[text shortened]... en earn more money than women, not because of sexism, but because males are just better at it?

I would call that prejudice were it not true! 🙂

Originally posted by Eladar
So you are saying that different people are born having different likes and dislikes? You are saying that some people are basically hard wired to act in certain ways? Some people might be hard wired to be addicts while others aren't? Some people might be hard wired to be violent, while others are not?

I'd say that this is pretty obvious. We all have ou ...[text shortened]... ether something is right or wrong has nothing to do with our predisposition.

Just saying.

Not a predisposition but hardwired to be sexually attracted to the opposite sex or to the same sex.

Originally posted by moon1969
Not a predisposition but hardwired to be sexually attracted to the opposite sex or to the same sex.

You mean hardwired at birth?

Originally posted by Eladar
By hard wired, do you mean determined at birth?

Determined at conception.

The wiring comes later as the fetus develops but the instructions are in the DNA.

Originally posted by AThousandYoung
Determined at conception.

The wiring comes later as the fetus develops but the instructions are in the DNA.

Do studies on twins confirm this belief?

Originally posted by Eladar
Do studies on twins confirm this belief?

I think the answer to that is yes. Gimme a minute or two and I'll see if I can find something I'll edit in.

EDIT - Well it's not 100%. So your point is well taken. Because there are identical twins, one of whom is hetero, the other homo, it's clearly not purely genetic.

Originally posted by AThousandYoung
I think the answer to that is yes. Gimme a minute or two and I'll see if I can find something I'll edit in.

No need to edit. I know the answer is no. If it were, then there would be a 100% chance that if one twin is gay, then the other would be gay. The highest correlation I've seen is 52%. I've seen lower but gave you the highest I've seen.

Here is one link with a lower number: http://theaquilareport.com/identical-twins-studies-prove-homosexuality-is-not-genetic/