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?

submitted by EverydayIsSad from self.LGBDropTheT

sorted by:
top
newinsightfulfun
you are viewing a single comment's thread.

view the rest of the comments →

[–]a_blue_bird 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Do you guys know if there are any scientists that have debunked this "the brains of gay people are structured like the brains of straight people of the opposite sex" idea?

Why are you convinced that this needs ''debunking''? From the studies that I've seen, there are areas of the brain that are more similar to the opposite sex in homosexuals. Obviously we're not speaking of the entire brain, nor exact similarity. I'm leaning to believe that homosexuality is caused by exposure to certain hormone levels in the womb, and there is nothing extraordinary about the same hormone levels affecting the brain more generally than just the regions that determine sexuality. It would seem more extraordinary if the effect was limited to one specific part of the whole organism. I think Blanchard also labelled transsexuality in young gay males/females as ''extreme homosexuality'' or something of the sort.

[–]EverydayIsSad[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Because it just does, it's not a fact that there are areas of the brain that are more similar to the areas of the brain in the opposite sex. It's a hypothesis, and hypothesises can be false and debunked. Even if you're not talking about the entire brain, you're saying a part of the brain of gay people is similar to a part of the brain of their opposite sex. That's how people have come to the conclusion that gay people are psychologically and mentally their opposite sex. And that's ridiculous. You and your "areas of the brains of gay people are similar to areas of the brains of their opposite sex" are not helping gay people, you're pushing things back, making people believe "oh so a gay man is just a woman on the inside? makes sense now"

[–]a_blue_bird 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I don't care about politics (advancing gay rights or whatever) when it comes in conflict with actual empirical research. Also, none of the researchers mentioned in this thread are saying

"oh so a gay man is just a woman on the inside? makes sense now"

[–]EverydayIsSad[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

There's no actual empirical research there, it's just you and those people taking some random data out of nowhere to push your agenda that 'gay men have lady brains'. Lies, damned lies, and statistics. And also, I don't care about empirical research when it comes in conflict with gay rights. The natural conclusion of their so-called research is 'oh so a gay man is mentally and psychologically a woman, makes sense now' even if they didn't say it directly, they implied it.

[–]a_blue_bird 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

There's no actual empirical research there, it's just you and those people taking some random data out of nowhere

So according to you, all those studies have been fabricated? Lol. Ok, keep consulting your crystal ball.

[–]EverydayIsSad[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Of course studies can be fabricated, especially when science is mixed with politics. But eh, if you don't get it, it's not my problem.