21 November 2003 » pleasant

Sexual behavior is a decision – a person can be sexually stimulated and decide whether or not to act on that stimulation. Sexual preference, however, is not a decision – it is something we are born with and which cannot be changed. Here’s some of the more recent evidence…

Echo-like sounds made by the inner ears of homosexual and bisexual women are weaker than the same sounds made by heterosexual women, according to a new report. Researchers at the University of Chicago have shown for the first time that strong sexual orientation among men appears to be connected with brain metabolism. Three Canadian researchers have shown that left-handedness is more common in gay men and in lesbian women than in comparable heterosexual persons.