Matt Whiting wrote:
> Daniel J. Stern wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 14 Nov 2004, linda wrote:
>>
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>>> Matthew Whiting wrote:
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>>>> All of the homosexuals who are now happy heterosexuals. If it was
>>>> biological, they couldn't change their preference. If even one does
>>>> change, and many more than one have, then the biological argument goes
>>>> out the window.
>>>> Matt
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>>
>>> Matt, Read your statistics and failures... also, read how many
>>> homosexual men marry homosexual women. are they hiding something? or is
>>> this just the perfect unions?
>>
>>
>>
>> It's no use, Linda; Matt places more trust in dogma than in science.
>
>
> Actually, as an electrical engineer and computer scientist who works in
> an R&D facility of a Fortune 1000 company, I depend on science rather
> often. However, I'm talking real science, not junk science. Got any
> real science to support a genetic/biological basis for homosexuality?
> I've asked for data about three times here and have yet to see anything.
>
> Matt
>


Just a matter of time, Matt... and you will be eating your words....


Annu Rev Sex Res. 2002;13:89-140.


A critical review of recent biological research on human sexual orientation.

Mustanski BS, Chivers ML, Bailey JM.

Department of Psychology, Indiana University, Bloomington 47405, USA.


This article provides a comprehensive review and critique of biological
research on sexual orientation published over the last decade. We cover
research investigating (a) the neurohormonal theory of sexual
orientation (psychoneuroendocrinology, prenatal stress, cerebral
asymmetry, neuroanatomy, otoacoustic emissions, anthropometrics), (b)
genetic influences, (c) fraternal birth-order effects, and (d) a
putative role for developmental instability. Despite inconsistent
results across both studies and traits, some support for the
neurohormonal theory is garnered, but mostly in men. Genetic research
using family and twin methodologies has produced consistent evidence
that genes influence sexual orientation, but molecular research has not
yet produced compelling evidence for specific genes. Although it has
been well established that older brothers increase the odds of
homosexuality in men, the route by which this occurs has not been
resolved. We conclude with an examination of the limitations of
biological research on sexual orientation, including measurement issues
(paper and pencil, cognitive, and psychophysiological), and lack of
research on women.

Publication Types:
Review
Review, Academic

PMID: 12836730 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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