Swedish rearchers show that homosexual and heterosexual men rpond differently to two odors that may be volved sexual aroal, and that gay men rpond same way as women; new rearch may open way to studyg pheromon humans; they are known to ern sexual activy animals, but experts differ about their role, if any, makg humans sexually attractive to one another; rearch supportg existence of human pheromon is reported The Proceedgs of the Natnal Amy of Scienc; two chemils study were ttosterone rivative produced men's sweat and trogen-like pound women's ure, both of which have long been spected of beg pheromon; new fdg, if nfirmed, would break ground two important directns, those of human pheromon and human sexualy (M)
Contents:
- FOR GAY MEN, AN ATTRACTNTO A DIFFERENT KD OF SCENT
- PHEROMONE ATTRACTS STRAIGHT WOMEN AND GAY MEN
- THE SCENT OF A MAN: GAY MEN AND PHEROMON
- QUTN: ACRDG TO THE REARCH ON PHEROMON AND SEXUAL OREATN, BOTH GAY MAL AND ARE LIKELY TO RPOND TO MALE PHEROMONE. HOMOSEXUAL FEMAL HETEROSEXUAL FEMAL NONE OF THE ABOVE. HETEROSEXUAL MAL
- GAY PHEROMONE STUDY - OFFICIAL RULTS RELEASED
- BRAS OF GAY PEOPLE REMBLE THOSE OF STRAIGHT PEOPLE OF OPPOSE SEX
- BT GAY PHEROMON TO ATTRACT MEN
FOR GAY MEN, AN ATTRACTNTO A DIFFERENT KD OF SCENT
* gay pheromone study *
Bra rponse to putative pheromon homosexual men. In the prent study, the pattern of activatn duced by AND and EST was pared among homosexual men, heterosexual men, and heterosexual women.
PHEROMONE ATTRACTS STRAIGHT WOMEN AND GAY MEN
(PRWEB) March 15, 2004 --The study, the first of s kd to penntly tt a Gay Pheromone, showed that of the 76 gay men tted, 81 percent of those * gay pheromone study *
In ntrast to heterosexual men, and ngence wh heterosexual women, homosexual men displayed hypothalamic activatn rponse to AND. The ferr portn of the EST clter homosexual men is the amygdala and piriform rtex.
(Bottom) Homosexual men. J Homosex.
THE SCENT OF A MAN: GAY MEN AND PHEROMON
AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTMay 10, 2005Usg a bra imagg technique, Swedish rearchers have shown that homosexual and heterosexual men rpond differently to two odors that may be volved sexual aroal, and that the gay men rpond the same way as new rearch may open the way to studyg human pheromon, as well as the blogil basis of sexual preference. The two chemils seemed to be leadg a double life, playg the role of odor wh one sex and of pheromone wh Swedish rearchers have now repeated the experiment but wh the addn of gay men as a third group.
The gay men rpond to the two chemils the same way as did women, Dr.
QUTN: ACRDG TO THE REARCH ON PHEROMON AND SEXUAL OREATN, BOTH GAY MAL AND ARE LIKELY TO RPOND TO MALE PHEROMONE. HOMOSEXUAL FEMAL HETEROSEXUAL FEMAL NONE OF THE ABOVE. HETEROSEXUAL MAL
Savic reports, as if the hypothalam's rponse is termed not by blogil sex but by the owner's sexual Savic said that she had also studied gay women, but that the data were "somewhat plited" and not yet ready for fdg is siar to a report 1991 by Dr. Simon LeVay that a small regn of the hypothalam is twice as large straight men as women or gay men.
"The big qutn is not where homosexualy om, but where do sexualy e om, " said Dr.
Savic se the bras of gay men uld be eher a e of their sexual orientatn or an effect of .
GAY PHEROMONE STUDY - OFFICIAL RULTS RELEASED
Savic's fdg uld be jt a nsequence of straight and gay men's g their bra different ways. Savic's suggt that the hypothalam is specifilly anized relatn to sexual orientatn, he rearchers believe there is likely to be a geic ponent of homosexualy bee of s nrdance among tws. The occurrence of male homosexualy both members of a tw pair is 22 percent nonintil tws but ris to 52 percent intil men have fewer children, meang that Darwian terms, any geic variant that promot homosexualy should be quickly elimated om the populatn.
A versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page 1 of the Natnal edn wh the headle: For Gay Men, Different Scent Of Attractn. Smellg a male pheromone prompts the same bra activy homosexual men as do heterosexual women, a new study has found.
BRAS OF GAY PEOPLE REMBLE THOSE OF STRAIGHT PEOPLE OF OPPOSE SEX
It activated the anterr hypothalam and medial preoptic area of gay men and straight women alike. So the bra-activatn of gay men by AND may ntribute to sexual orientatn of those men, or simply be the rult of their orientatn and sexual behavur. But addn to that activatn, AND exced the bra areas associated wh sexual behavur for female and gay male participants, as did the EST for straight men.
BT GAY PHEROMON TO ATTRACT MEN
Savic’s team has also nducted siar experiments wh gay women and the rearchers are currently analysg the rults.