Ooh Gum, I'm so glad you dived in on this one, I thought it was gonna be just a hen party. Do you think that this gender identity thing is a result of nurture, you know that old nature vs. nurture, genetic vs. environment question? I remember a study of gay males and they all took some psychological test and it turned out that many gays, though they did not think they were female, yet they identified with the female as being the more familiar of the sexes, and they saw males as the other sex, even though they were males. But then, studies, there must be a million of them, filed away in Universities.... -- Eddie Pedantic Gasbag Discussion Group

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Date Posted: 23:57:17 07/09/01 Mon
Author: spoot
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Ooh Gum, I'm so glad you dived in on this one, I thought it was gonna be just a hen party. Do you think that this gender identity thing is a result of nurture, you know that old nature vs. nurture, genetic vs. environment question? I remember a study of gay males and they all took some psychological test and it turned out that many gays, though they did not think they were female, yet they identified with the female as being the more familiar of the sexes, and they saw males as the other sex, even though they were males. But then, studies, there must be a million of them, filed away in Universities....
In reply to: gumtree 's message, "Mmm - the "male-dominance-horny-testosterony-thing" is just as much a stereotype as the "female-monthly-bitchy-menses-thing" - people are what they are trained to be, for the most part - children live by example. Sometimes the example is good, sometimes not so hot. Some folk are deprived of a male influence early on, and end up preferring the company of males. Some are deprived of female influences early on, and bring the feminine back into their lives by dressing that way. There are also 63,549,096 other reasons why, as well, but I think I might run out of spa" on 16:14:23 07/09/01 Mon

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Nature vs. Nuture - has there ever been discovered a "homosexual" gene? Why are there gay children of straight parents (now THEREs a conundrum - how could there be genetically gay children of genetically gay parents, unless theyre living a lie...whoo, think we'll leave that well dry!) Yeah, yeah, hear all the arguements about "Well, Uncle Bertie liked his tea with sugar - its no wonder about Junior!" That can also be put to learned behavior, and standards of acceptance. Inherited behavior? Arent sexual practices behavioral standards rather than innate (if we're talking other than reproduction, here, that is...)? (NT) -- gumtree, 00:38:08 07/10/01 Tue