"It's transphobic to say you wouldn't date trans people"

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[–]yousaythosethingsFind and Replace "gatekeeping" with "having boundaries" 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (8 children)

Isn’t that literally one of the theories about what causes lesbianism — exposure to high rates of testosterone in the womb?

[–]insta 12 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 0 fun13 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I vaguely remember there being research into the hormonal balance of a female's womb while their child is growing, and how that balance leads a child to be homosexual depending on the hormones and the sex of the baby.

I imagine researching the topic of "what causes people to be gay" to be a very controversial one and one probably hard to get funding for.

[–]No_ 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

As a gay person myself

I am curious

[–]SkinnyVanilla 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

While I am curious and would be interested in the answer, I worry that whatever the answer is would be used as a weapon against us somehow.

[–]deliciousdogfoodmy name isnt a puppyplay reference i swear 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It absolutely would. Honestly it's more likely to be used by the TRA's as "proof" we can overcome our bigoted genital fetishes moreso than the religious right nowadays, but they could also use it as some kind of proof that we're just fucked in the head.

[–]Lesbianese⚢ 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Yeah, I've heard that before. Don't know how testosterone gels or shots would play into that, especially because the eggs are being exposed to testosterone before they're fertilized.

[–]GConly 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Excess testosterone would need to happen in fetal development to affect the kid sexual orientation and brain development.

Testosterone would probably not have a beneficial effect on egg quality. Ftm usually have epic cases of cystic ovaries because they dont ovulate properly, which meam actually getting an egg out in a usuable (ripe) state is near impossible.

I have PCOS (excessive testosterone) so I know a bit about how excess testosterone can fuck up ovaries.

[–]blackrainbow[S] 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Scientists think hormones could be an important factor. This page on wikipedia lists some proofs, very interesting

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

Yes. If you dose female monkey and guinea pig fetuses with testosterone at the right time you get lesbian animals.