http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7456588.stm The brains of gay men and women look like those found in heterosexual people of the opposite sex, research suggests.
A group of 90 healthy gay and heterosexual adults, men and women, were scanned by the Karolinska Institute
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A medical condition is something that adversely affects one's health, no?
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But I don't think that a "condition" should automatically be considered something bad. Hetrochromia is a medical condition, but I'm not aware of it having any adverse effect on people born with it. Ditto an extra rib.
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Human behavior is related to the size of different parts of the brain
Certain genes might be a decisive factor for defining personalities
Researchers identify the gene that is responsible for alcoholism, high anxiety and addiction proneness
Infidelity (and/or proneness to monogamy) might be genetically inherited
Gluttony gene may be responsible for the big appetite in some individuals
I hereby propose that polygamy, anxiety, gluttony, infidelity and other specific behavior be declared a "medical condition".
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But given the intellectual quality of that reply, I don't really care to ask.
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Oh well. I suppose if I'm lucky, someone will answer this with a later study...
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I tend to take people at their word, too. It seems kind of silly to say, "You've never been attracted to a woman? Really? Really? You claim to be a straight man, but I have a hard time believing that." I find it equally strange to tell a self-identifying bisexual that - since I'd assume he/she would know who they were and weren't attracted to and the genders of the people in question. Plus, what do you get out of saying "I'm bisexual"? Nothing near as I can tell. Would seem like an incredibly silly thing to lie about.
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