2006-06-15 03:29:40 · 16 answers · asked by Master T 1 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
i don't think so...
2006-06-15 03:35:26 · answer #1 · answered by fuilui213 6 · 0⤊ 4⤋
YES. I forget which part of the brain it is, but slice by slice, they disected a brain of a gay person and a straight person of the same gender, and they found ONE tiny difference in the gay man's brain. It was a part that made him more feminine, and it was larger than that in the straight mans brain, or it may not have existed in the straight mans brain at all. Sorry I can't give you the straight facts, but I learned that in Psych class and YES their brains are different, and it was actually a student working in a lab at some university that found it. (I think it took a while to actually go through ever paper thin slice of brain).
2006-06-15 03:38:13 · answer #2 · answered by ac 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The brains, in general, are no different. Any differences are only apparent in areas associated with sexual preference, such as the region in LeVay's 1991 study. It showed that a tiny part of the hypothalamus was similar in size in both women and homosexual men. Some argue that the difference may be effect rather than cause. There are also twin concordance studies which show a very high incidence of homosexuality for identical twin pairs which suggests a genetic component.
2006-06-15 04:07:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A different brain, no. But there are scientific studies that are being carried out as to whether homosexuality is caused by a different gene that we have yet to discover or even if it is caused by a chemical released in the brain. None of this has been proven yet though.
2006-06-15 03:36:16 · answer #4 · answered by Fallon 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. They often have a different spirit, though. Nothing worse than getting a male spirit in a female body or vice versa. Their brains are quite normal, however. I have noticed that gay people tend to be much kinder than some straight people I know.
2006-06-15 03:34:23 · answer #5 · answered by zharantan 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Direct quote:
"Simon LeVay conducted another experiment regarding the hypothalamus of the human brain in 1991. LeVay, like Swaab and Allen also did a post-mortem examination on human brains; however, he did his examinations on patients who had died from AIDS-related illnesses. He examined 19 declared homosexual man, with a mean age of 38.2, 16 presumed heterosexual men, with a mean age of 42.8, and 6 presumed heterosexual women, with a mean age of 41.2 [3]. LeVay discovered that within the hypothalamus, the third interstitial notch of the anterior hypothalamus (INAH3) was two to three times smaller in homosexual men then in heterosexual men. The women examined also exhibited this phenomenon. LeVay concluded the "homosexual and heterosexual men differ in the central neuronal mechanisms that control sexual behavior", and like Allen and Swaab, agreed that this difference in anatomy was no product of upbringing or environment, but rather prenatal cerebral development and structural differentiation [2]. "
Also they now are thinking that sexuality has more to do with pre-natal hormone exposure than genetics. Studies have shown that females (and males) who have certain hormone receptor malfunctions making them more or less receptive to andogens (testosterone) are more likely than average persons to be homosexual or transgendered.
2006-06-15 05:28:49 · answer #6 · answered by amadeusmozart731 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, studies conducted by DR. Simon Levay proved that the cell structure of the part of the brain (the hypothalamus) that determines sexuality, were the same in homosexual men as they were in women.
2006-06-15 03:32:35 · answer #7 · answered by ☼Jims Brain☼ 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but let me explain. I absolutly believe that sexual preference is bound, in some way, to some gene or another. It is an absolutly real physical thing and not some type of thing that one "chooses". That being said, then yes, there is something different physically in, at least, the DNA code, but the same can be said for almost any real trait in we varied humans animals.
2006-06-15 03:36:37 · answer #8 · answered by sam21462 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, that is an excuse they use so that they can say they were born that way, and go on with there horrible behavior. In truth, they are less intelegent, less human, and all are gonna rot in hell. Have a nice day.
2006-06-15 04:33:21 · answer #9 · answered by robert_rn_2006 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No. They have different thoughts, but are basically the same. It's just a choice they make. (I'm not saying that they don't really feel something very strong, but yes, it is a choice)
2006-06-15 03:34:18 · answer #10 · answered by smartee 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Course not! They just have different codes punched into their doo-dad sensors :)
You're a dork.
2006-06-15 03:33:56 · answer #11 · answered by wormfarmer 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋