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May 09, 2006
Lesbians' Brains Respond Like Straight Men
Posted at May 9, 2006 10:42 AM in Gay & Lesbian Issues .
The next time someone accuses me of "thinking like a guy" I will take their statement to heart.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Lesbians' brains react differently to sex hormones than those of heterosexual women, new research indicates.That's in line with an earlier study that had indicated gay men's brain responses were different from straight men -- though the difference for men was more pronounced than has now been found in women.
Lesbians' brains reacted somewhat, though not completely, like those of heterosexual men, a team of Swedish researchers said in Tuesday's edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
A year ago, the same group reported findings for gay men that showed their brain response to hormones was similar to that of heterosexual women.
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Now, are we born this way or is this just a freak of nature? Humm, one never knows do one? There's more here at New Scientist.
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