Gay bras stctured like those of the oppose sex | New Scientist

Contents:

• GAY BRAS STCTURED LIKE THOSE OF THE OPPOSE SEX
• 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

For stance, early studi reported an almost two-fold volumetric crease of the suprachiasmatic nucls of the hypothalam16 but twice smaller volum of the third terstial nucls of the anterr hypothalam (INAH-3) homosexual (HoM) relative to heterosexual men (HeM) and no volumetric differenc the INAH-3 between heterosexual women (HeW) and HoM17. In another voxel-based morphometry (VBM) study on sexual orientatn, ls gray matter nsy was observed the ventral cerebellum, the left ventral premotor rtex, and the temporo-basal rtex homosexual relative to heterosexual women22. Furthermore, homosexualy seems to be associated wh ls distct cerebral sexual together, although extant fdgs suggt that human sexual orientatn is associated wh bra morphology, the heterogeneo and limed number of studi preclus a thorough unrstandg of the shared and distct nral signatur of sexual orientatn men and women.

MethodsParticipantsMRI data of 37 men (21 homosexual men = HoM; 16 heterosexual men = HeM) and 37 women (19 homosexual women = HoW; 18 heterosexual women = HeW) entered the analys (see Supplementary Table 1 for sample mographics; N = 74). Participants were reced through universy bullet boards, Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, and Queer or Qutng + (LGBTQ +) anizatns Aachen, Cologne and surroundg areas, and by word-of-mouth remendatn.

All participants were asked to dite their sexual orientatn at the time of measurement g a 1 to 4 sle rangg om (1) exclively homosexual, (2) predomantly homosexual, (3) bisexual, or (4) heterosexual.

STUDY SAYS BRAS OF GAY MEN AND WOMEN ARE SIAR

A homogeney check intified no outliers, th the GM volum of all 74 participants (21 HoM, 16 HeM, 19 HoW, 18 HeW) were clud subsequent analys: sexual orientatnFirst, whole-bra analys were performed g full factorial signs to pare GMV wh rpect to sexual orientatn (whole sample and per blogil sex, i. 05 FWE-rrected at voxel level) revealed creased GMV the thalam, postcentral gys, middle occipal gys, precentral gys, middle temporal gys, and the cerebellum heterosexual pared to homosexual participants (see Fig.

05, FDR-rrected for multiple parisons) were intified for each clter for hetero- vers homosexual dividuals across the whole sample (irrpective of blogil sex) and men and women separately (sex-specific). Clter 1: Thalam (MNI 9, − 21, 9)The heterosexual > homosexual orientatn analysis (irrpective of blogil sex; whole sample) related this thalam seed to actn executn, perceptn, somthis, pa, and to fger tappg, pa monorg and discrimatn paradigms. Clter 2: Pre- and postcentral gys (MNI − 41, − 18, 66)Heterosexualy > homosexualy (whole-sample) analys related the pre-/post-central gys to actn executn, speech, perceptn, and somthis functnal domas, and to paradigms cludg fger tappg, drawg, flexn/extensn, and reward.

BRAS OF GAY PEOPLE REMBLE THOSE OF STRAIGHT PEOPLE OF OPPOSE SEX

DiscsnIn this study we vtigated rti-subrtil gray matter volume differenc homosexual and heterosexual dividuals to addrs the sparse and heterogeneo fdgs on morphologil bra differenc associated wh sexual orientatn.

WHAT THE GAY BRA LOOKS LIKE

Breakg the rults down by blogil sex, highlighted that hetero- vers homosexual women (HeW > HoW) showed larger GMV the precentral gys, while the reverse ntrast (HoW > HeW) revealed larger GMV the putamen. In heterosexual and homosexual dividuals, the meddorsal thalam was more activated by fac of the preferred sex relative to fac of a ls sired sex, pennt of the observers’ blogil sex or sexual orientatn45. While ngently suggtg that hypothalamic activatn has downstream effects on visual perceptn likely impactg the selectn of sexual partners46, prev fdgs also support a role of the thalam signalg sexual reward47 and aroal among homosexual and heterosexual thalam has numero reciprol rti-thalamic nnectns wh reward and sensory-motor regns49.

Neverthels, our rults preclu the possibily that the morphologil differenc between homo- and heterosexual dividuals reflect atypil cerebral sex studi showed that the precentral gys is implited the regulatn of emotn and self-evaluatn51, cludg the perceptn of body image52. Homosexual men showed creased actnal amplu of low-equency fluctuatn (fALFF) the left postcentral gys54 pared to heterosexual men, whereas both heterosexual and homosexual dividuals exhibed higher activy of the post-central gys durg subjective aroal55. Sports engagement) or are at least partially ntgent on how much effort dividuals vt to obta putamen emerged as the only regn wh creased gray matter volume homosexual vers heterosexual dividuals but the difference was driven by homosexual women.

Although, to the bt of our knowledge, there is no evince for an associatn between sexual activy and bra morphologil phenotyp, future studi should asss markers of sexual activy to exame potential effects of genr atypily wh homosexual and heterosexual groups. Overall, the specific bra regns homosexual mal tend to be siar to heterosexual women (more female‐typil), while the same bra regns homosexual women tend to be siar to heterosexual men (more male‐typil). Prev studi have also shown differenc bra archecture and activy between gay and straight people, but most relied on people’s rpons to sexualy driven cu that uld have been learned, such as ratg the attractivens of male or female fac.