Are the TQs right or wrong in saying that the brains of gay people are structured like the brains of their opposite sex by which they mean gay men are psychologically women and gay women are psychologically men?

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[–]joogabahGay shows the way 27 insightful - 1 fun27 insightful - 0 fun28 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

As if they can conclude anything by measuring the size of certain structures in the brain. Our knowledge of the brain is far too rudimentary to make that type of leap. I remember reading criticism of Simon Levay's work which argues something like this. For gay brains they used samples from HIV positive men, or something to this effect. My point is even the selection of who is gay and who is straight is problematic. If they are selecting based on gender stereotypes, who is to say that a lifetime of repeating those specific stereotyped behaviors are the cause and the brain structures the effect, and not the other way around? Neuroplasticity.

[–]Three_oneFourWanted for thought crimes in countless ideologies 18 insightful - 1 fun18 insightful - 0 fun19 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That is a very good point. If the people they chose all followed a certain pattern in addition to what they say they were testing, then this is 100% a post hoc fallacy that only applies to the EXACT group they tested, and cannot be extrapolated for any meaningful conclusions.

If I tested the color of bears, but only tested in Antarctica, I'd have some results that deviate quite a bit from reality

[–]MezozoicGayoldschool gay 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Best study will be if they will do brain scans of small kids, and then leave scans and wait until kids will grow up. And only after they have grown up, check their kid scans and if there any correlation with who they are now or not.

While current methodology makes little sense: "we took group that is lived in similar way for decades, and found they have some similarities". No shit, Sherlock.