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any comments on the research being done on sheep to find the gene for homosexuality?

2006-09-05 13:51:01 · 5 answers · asked by bangs 3 in Science & Mathematics Zoology

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Your question first is assuming there is a gene. Second, a ram (male sheep) will hump anything that won't run away when it is breeding season. At the worst that makes them bi-sexual, at best they are just controlled by hormones. I have never witnessed any farm animal that refuses to have sex with a member of the opposite gender.

There was 'resaerch' published a few years back saying that there was a difference in the hypothalmus of gay men compared to straight men. The study was discredited after it was revealed that:
1. The researcher conducting the study was a gay male and thus likely to not be objective.
2. The gay males observed were all afflicted by HIV, making it impossible to determine if it was their gayness or the HIV that was causing the difference.
3. All of the gay males not only had HIV, but they died from it. The study was performed on gay men who died from AIDS, making it even more difficult to prove that it wasn't AIDS, death or death from AIDS that caused the difference in the hypothalmus.

Of course people just hear "Oh they found something to prove that being gay is genetic? Great!," and don't hear it discredited.

2006-09-05 17:43:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Hi. Science News had a recent article on the discovery that there are many male homosexuals that have an older male sibling. The thinking is that perhaps the mother developed antibodies to the male "invader" which genetically altered the second male.

2006-09-05 20:54:39 · answer #2 · answered by Cirric 7 · 1 1

As it regards to the study it is not bad but obviosuly only those things should be studied which are under ethics so i think its Ok if in limits

2006-09-08 07:33:53 · answer #3 · answered by sarah m 4 · 0 0

I best leave that to the EXPERTS,, as for me at 99,, i rather be drinking, my JUMAICAN RUM, SMOKE MY CUBAN CIGARS, i' tell you i'm a happy camper, at 99

2006-09-05 20:54:07 · answer #4 · answered by litehmusicdj 3 · 0 1

your discusting!!!

2006-09-05 20:52:45 · answer #5 · answered by brenda r 1 · 1 1

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