http://web.morons.org/article.jsp?sectionid=2&id=6237"Last week we reported on a Swedish study that confirmed a different reaction from the anterior (toward the front of the body) hypothalamus in homosexual versus heterosexual men. Homosexual men's hypothalami responded to a pheromone called 4,16-androstadien-3-one (AND for short) emitted in male sweat. I went so far as to pay for that article and download it. The study concluded:
In contrast to heterosexual men, and in congruence with heterosexual women, homosexual men displayed hypothalamic activation in response to AND. Maximal activation was observed in the medial preoptic area/anterior hypothalamus, which, according to animal studies, is highly involved in sexual behavior. As opposed to putative pheromones, common odors were processed similarly in all three groups of subjects and engaged only the olfactory brain (amygdala, piriform, orbitofrontal, and insular cortex). These findings show that our brain reacts differently to the two putative pheromones compared with common odors, and suggest a link between sexual orientation and hypothalamic neuronal processes."
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Read the whole article at the link. Great armament against those bigoted xians who want to deny gay rights...
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