tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13338143.post583181606962868790..comments2023-05-14T03:44:54.726-05:00Comments on CourageMan: Under the Tuscan SunCourageManhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13446189695845365897noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13338143.post-49245777673861385042011-07-17T01:16:18.773-05:002011-07-17T01:16:18.773-05:00There have been studies about the neural conflict ...There have been studies about the neural conflict in our brains regarding the male and female thoughts. It might be possible that aside from the genes, this factor is also significant.Panic Attackshttp://www.panicaway.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13338143.post-70435358072381837282008-01-01T06:55:00.000-05:002008-01-01T06:55:00.000-05:00Merry Christmas Season.Merry Christmas Season.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13338143.post-62786746106939865712007-12-30T22:20:00.000-05:002007-12-30T22:20:00.000-05:00I hope all is well (as others have) and also want ...I hope all is well (as others have) and also want to say that I miss hearing your thoughts. You're in my prayers this Christmas season, and I'll keep checking back here... God bless.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13338143.post-78111963526445511572007-12-27T18:20:00.000-05:002007-12-27T18:20:00.000-05:00I just re-discovered this post (and linked to it) ...I just re-discovered this post (and linked to it) and wanted to echo what someone else said: miss your insights, hope all is well.Jennifer @ Conversion Diaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11894992378619176830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13338143.post-4609591451973455812007-12-23T09:40:00.000-05:002007-12-23T09:40:00.000-05:00I repeat a comment I Made some time back: I miss ...I repeat a comment I Made some time back: I miss your insights, I hope all is well. <BR/><BR/>May the rest of your Advent be blest, and Merry Christmas. <BR/><BR/>Tom S.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13338143.post-33661460186826792552007-11-15T13:45:00.000-05:002007-11-15T13:45:00.000-05:00i very much like your explanation..one of the clea...i very much like your explanation..one of the clearest descriptions i've come across...i have family members with SSA & looking back wonder if there is some genetic basis..like my own disorder (bi-polar) perhaps there are several factors at work..very interesting..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13338143.post-86549326517239814112007-11-15T13:41:00.000-05:002007-11-15T13:41:00.000-05:00The ad undoes itself. The image of the newborn chi...The ad undoes itself. <BR/><BR/>The image of the newborn child reminds that the nature of human generativity is both-sexed.<BR/><BR/>The image reminds that gay identity politics is first and foremost about labelling, and herding, human beings. Both those obviously labelled, and those who witness it.Chairmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10485251953071927097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13338143.post-10985625353922744982007-11-15T10:36:00.000-05:002007-11-15T10:36:00.000-05:00The data are definitely NOT THERE to support this ...The data are definitely NOT THERE to support this campaign. It's a nice sentimental scientism at work, but not hard science with demonstrated correlations. Unless you are also willing to accept "the God gene" and various other pseudoscientific hypotheses.<BR/><BR/>On-going study certainly indicates that evaluation is in progress. THERE IS NO SCIENTIFIC CERTAINTY of this allegation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13338143.post-25581204863671273522007-11-15T07:14:00.000-05:002007-11-15T07:14:00.000-05:00That image is some of the sickest propaganda I've ...That image is some of the sickest propaganda I've ever seen.<BR/><BR/>millstones...Martyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14777483678013218629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13338143.post-34561780021352297312007-10-31T08:02:00.000-05:002007-10-31T08:02:00.000-05:00"Still, there is some suggestive evidence for much..."Still, there is some suggestive evidence for much-more-modest claims -- that genes or hormone levels in pregnancy dispose toward homosexuality;"<BR/> <BR/>I think the gene hypothesis has more than just passing support, but the argument is complex and comes in two steps. <BR/><BR/>First take a look at the work of the behavior geneticist, AJ Klar, whose work on handedness is pioneering. He is at the National Cancer Institute (btw: he is one of the world’s foremost authorities on the genetics of schizophrenia.)<BR/>Here’s the link:<BR/>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&uid=15944357&cmd=showdetailview&indexed=google<BR/> <BR/> <BR/>Step One:<BR/>What Klar shows about handedness (right handedness or left handedness) is that the genotype is manifested by a readily observable feature in the scalp, the rotational direction of the hair whorl. Using the hair whorl phenotype, Klar has shown that this basic feature of the scalp has a strong link to a genotype for handedness. Using the whorl as a genotypic indicator, Klar can show that certain genetic formations leave one ambi-valent for the handedness phenotype. Here’s how he explains it. <BR/><BR/>Roughly 95% of people are genotypically right-handed, (and have a clock-wise whorl) and the remaining 5% are ambi-valent (and have a left-handed whorl). This is a key distinction; the counter-clockwise whorl is NOT a sign for a left-handed gene, it is rather an indicator for an AMBI-VALENT gene, that is, a gene that leaves the person open to becoming either right OR left handed, depending upon early experience. That is, the phenotypical right-handed person is almost always genotypically right-handed. The phenotypical left-handed person, is NOT genotyped left-handed, but is genotyped ambi-valent. That is, the non-right-handed gene person are not genetically left-handed or right handed, but can be nudged in either direction; a nudging the occurs early in the child's development. But then becomes relatively stable early on. <BR/><BR/>Of the genotypic right-handed, over 95% are phenotypically right-handed, and the remainder are ambidexterous or left-handed. Now, of the 10% genotypic ambi-valent, roughly ½ are right-handed and ½ are left handed, and a few are ambi-dexterous. This results in the widely known fact that today 90% of people are right-handed, and the remaining 10% are left-handed. <BR/><BR/>Here's the main conclusion: Klar argues that the 95% of the right-handed genotype are almost completely UNAFFECTED by the environment in the manifestation of the right-handed phenotype—although a very few genotype right-handers are phenotypically left-handed-- whereas the ambivalent genotype is HIGHLY modifiable by the environment (hence the roughly 50-50 split between phenotypic right and left- handedness. ) <BR/> <BR/>Step Two:<BR/>Klar found that the hair whorl phenotype is also correlated with homosexual behavior in men. Here’s the abstract to the article.<BR/>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&uid=15689627&cmd=showdetailview&indexed=google<BR/> Here’s the reference:<BR/>Excess of counterclockwise scalp hair-whorl rotation in homosexual men.<BR/>Klar AJ J Genet 2004 Dec 83(3):251-5<BR/> <BR/>A few behavioral geneticists I know, who have spoken with Klar think that handedness and sexual orientation (in males) operate under similar genetic mechanisms, and these mechanisms are (curiously) correlated with the hair whorl phenotype. <BR/><BR/>Here’s the position as I understand it: (a) homosexuality as a consistent phenotype is relatively rare (less than 5% of the male population). (b) The homosexual does not have a genotype for homosexuality in the same way that the heterosexual is genotyped for heterosexuality. Rather, most phenotypical homosexuals are genotypically ambi-valent for sexual orientation. (c) Early experience can push the genotyped heterosexual to homosexuality, but it takes a very hard push. (d) the genotyped sexual ambi-valent need only be nudged in either direction, to phenotypic heterosexuality, or phenotypic homosexuality. The odds suggest that the assignment is random, and that in the beginning, the "nudge" to either side is not very hard. (e) however, once the pattern sets in, it becomes difficult to change (as in the case of handedness.) The other ½ were pushed to heterosexuality. This is a summary of the behavioral genetics from Klar as I understand it. I don't recall Klar or anyone else discussing the developmental features of the nudge, that is when the nudge is most likely to produce the effect. I am not a behavioral geneticist, and I may have missed something, however, so read the articles. <BR/> <BR/>However, I am well studied in the sociological literature of sexual behavior, and I think this "nudge effect" is shown in the research literature (the best is in the NHSLS survey) on the distribution and modifications to homosexuality over time. The ambivalent feature of homosexuality is suggested by the survey data that show about 10% of the male population experiencing some homosexual behavior, but over two-thirds eventually revert to heterosexual phenotype (usually by their mid-twenties). I discovered these results when the NHSLS survey was first published in 1994. Satinover has a well-developed article on the phenomenon at the NARTH website that he published about two years agos- his analysis of the NHSLS findings is completely accurate. <BR/>http://www.narth.com/docs/TheTrojanCouchSatinover.pdf<BR/>As I recall, Satinover does not know about Klar's work, and in other articles by Satinover, he does not discuss the ambi-valence hypothesis.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13338143.post-85216622304854540632007-10-30T22:06:00.000-05:002007-10-30T22:06:00.000-05:00Excellent post. Excellent.Excellent post. Excellent.Terry Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09819523933502820341noreply@blogger.com