Is there such a thg as a "gay bra"? And, if so, are some people born wh bras that make them more likely to be homosexual? Or do the bras...
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- BRAS DIFFERENT GAY, STRAIGHT PEOPLE
- STUDY SAYS BRAS OF GAY MEN AND WOMEN ARE SIAR
- BRAS OF GAY PEOPLE REMBLE THOSE OF STRAIGHT PEOPLE OF OPPOSE SEX
- WHAT THE GAY BRA LOOKS LIKE
- GAY BRAS STCTURED LIKE THOSE OF THE OPPOSE SEX
- GAY MEN, STRAIGHT WOMEN HAVE SIAR BRAS
BRAS DIFFERENT GAY, STRAIGHT PEOPLE
* gay straight brain differences *
Those are some of the thorny qutns raised by a new study that found strikg differenc between the bras of homosexuals and heterosexuals both men and women. “This rearch is potg to basic differenc the bra between homosexual and heterosexual people that are likely there right om the begng, ” said Sandra Welson, a profsor of psychiatry and behavral nroscienc at McMaster Universy Ontar.
STUDY SAYS BRAS OF GAY MEN AND WOMEN ARE SIAR
Bra sns show siari shape and nnectns between gay bras and straight on om the oppose sex. * gay straight brain differences *
In 1991, bra scientist Simon LeVay reported that the hypothalam, which is volved sexual behavr, tend to be smaller gay men.
BRAS OF GAY PEOPLE REMBLE THOSE OF STRAIGHT PEOPLE OF OPPOSE SEX
Gay people have a different nrologil stcture to their heterosexual peers. * gay straight brain differences *
Other rearchers subsequently showed the bras of gay and straight people appeared likely to rpond differently to sexual imag. The rearchers who nducted the new study prevly reported that the bras of gay and straight men seemed to react differently to spected pheromon — odors thought to be volved sexual aroal. So Savic and her lleague, Per Ldstrom, first ed magic-ronance imagg, or MRI, to pare the symmetry of the bras of 25 straight men and 25 straight women wh those of 20 gay men and 20 gay women.
Gay men tend to have bras that were more like those of straight women than of straight men — the right and left sis were about the same size, the rearchers found. Gay women’s bras tend to be more like those of straight men than of straight women — the right si tend to be slightly larger than the left. Aga they found that gay men tend to be more like straight women, wh a stronger lk between the amygdala and regns volved emotns.
WHAT THE GAY BRA LOOKS LIKE
Rearch shows that gay men's bras remble those of straight women * gay straight brain differences *
LeVay and other rearchers said the fdgs f wh studi that found gay people tend to have different rats the lengths of their fgers and the equency of imperceptible clickg sounds the ear.
“There’s this clter of terrelated fdgs, ” said Richard Lippa, a profsor of psychology at California State Universy, Fullerton, who has found evince that gay men, the hair on the back of the head is more likely to curl unterclockwise than straight men. The fdgs also f wh studi showg gay men tend to choose profsns that typilly attract women, such as teachg and social work and have verbal and other gnive skills that tend to be more like women’s, he said.
GAY BRAS STCTURED LIKE THOSE OF THE OPPOSE SEX
“You get a sort of global shift genr tras gay people and straight people that affects not only their sexual orientatn but other thgs as well, ” LeVay said.
Scientists at the Stockholm Bra Instute Swen report the Proceedgs of the Natnal Amy of Scienc USA that gay men and straight women share siar tras—most notably the size of their bras and the activy of the amygdala—an area of the bra tied to emotn, anxiety and aggrsn. Prev studi have examed bra differenc between gay and straight people on the basis of their rpons to var tasks, such as ratg the attractivens of other people.
GAY MEN, STRAIGHT WOMEN HAVE SIAR BRAS
The rearchers ed MRIs to terme the volume and shap of the bras of 90 volunteers—25 straight and 20 gay members of each sex. They found that the straight men and gay women had asymmetril bras; that is, the cerebm (the largt part of the bra, which is rponsible for thought, sensory procsg, movement and planng) was larger on the right hemisphere of the bra than on the left.