Friday, May 12, 2006
Scientists' shock discovery: gay men are turned on by men and lesbians are turned on by women
Revealed: how scent of a woman attracts lesbians | Guardian | 9th May
Scientists from the Stockholm Brain Institute have revealed the shocking news that our brains respond to pheromones from the gender we're attracted to.
In their study, lesbians' and straight men's brains responded to the female pheromone EST in a way that gay men and straight women didn't. Conversely, gay men and straight women responded to androstadienone, a male pheromone.
Neuroscientist Ivanka Savic said that the study didn't reveal whether the difference in the response was learned or 'hard-wired' into our brains. However, it is interesting, in that it suggests what we all already know - that our sexual preferences are not some simple 'choice' that we make.
Even better, next time an Ashley Coles or Simon Hughes pops up protesting their heterosexuality, we can send them off to Stockholm and get them to sniff sweat whilst their brains are scanned.
Posted by Dr Nancy Boyes, Barnsley Institute of Brains
Scientists from the Stockholm Brain Institute have revealed the shocking news that our brains respond to pheromones from the gender we're attracted to.
In their study, lesbians' and straight men's brains responded to the female pheromone EST in a way that gay men and straight women didn't. Conversely, gay men and straight women responded to androstadienone, a male pheromone.
Neuroscientist Ivanka Savic said that the study didn't reveal whether the difference in the response was learned or 'hard-wired' into our brains. However, it is interesting, in that it suggests what we all already know - that our sexual preferences are not some simple 'choice' that we make.
Even better, next time an Ashley Coles or Simon Hughes pops up protesting their heterosexuality, we can send them off to Stockholm and get them to sniff sweat whilst their brains are scanned.
Posted by Dr Nancy Boyes, Barnsley Institute of Brains
posted by MR @ 10:30 AM 
