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Science of trans

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ConnieLinggusThe69th · 20/07/2023 20:38

I'm not actually through this video yet nor do I know who the man is who's speaking but I'm finding it really interesting ... anyone else seen this?

I'll come back when I've finished it but the science that at least he's saying exists... is very intriguing

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ConnieLinggusThe69th · 20/07/2023 23:18

Boomboom22 · 20/07/2023 23:13

Usually a masculinised brain means exposure to testosterone in the womb which increases the size of various parts of the brain and essentially leads to more competitive and dominant behaviour.

Yeah I went back, he's saying hormone related and lesbians more masculinised from the brain up so increased testosterone does play a role

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Boomboom22 · 20/07/2023 23:13

Usually a masculinised brain means exposure to testosterone in the womb which increases the size of various parts of the brain and essentially leads to more competitive and dominant behaviour.

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ConnieLinggusThe69th · 20/07/2023 23:12

nonman · 20/07/2023 23:11

And what is a masculine brain?

I need to go back to it, think he said something about hemispheres but I might have misunderstood

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nonman · 20/07/2023 23:11

And what is a masculine brain?

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ConnieLinggusThe69th · 20/07/2023 23:09

Rather blown away and I know it's not trans which I put in the title yet but absolutely fascinated that men being gay is biological but not genetic and caused by an interaction of the fetus with the mother's immune system yet women being lesbian is from more than one thing but not necessarily biological (although increased testosterone and more masculine brain) women's sexuality is more about being comfortable so traumatic experiences with men are more likely to make women feel more comfortable around women and that comfortability can help us find women sexually attractive

How fascinating 😵

Just never considered that whatever caused our sexuality would be SO different for men and women

Working my way through the video 😅

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ConnieLinggusThe69th · 20/07/2023 21:52

Wildmoors · 20/07/2023 21:41

Don’t care not interested

Er... cool 🤙🤣 I tend to normally not click on things that don't interest me but if I saw the title and thought 💭 Oooh what's that about

I don't think I would go oh not interested without bothering to investigate but let everybody know I was here anyways 😅

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PorcelinaV · 20/07/2023 21:46

Wildmoors · 20/07/2023 21:41

Don’t care not interested

Maybe find a different thread then.

Wildmoors · 20/07/2023 21:41

Don’t care not interested

NecessaryScene · 20/07/2023 21:38

If you're interested in the science, and researchers such as Cantor, then the Pioneers series by Gender: A Wider Lens will have you covered.

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Interviews there with Ray Blanchard, Michael Bailey, some of the Dutch researchers who initiated puberty blocking treatment, lots of others, and finally Cantor again.

I think with a lot of these sex researchers, you end up getting more than you possibly wanted to know, but you probably should.

And it's also a fascinating character study aside from the science - just finding out what sort of people end up in these fields, and what they're like. Although maybe "fascinating" is too positive a word for the character of the Dutch researchers...

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ConnieLinggusThe69th · 20/07/2023 21:37

Thanks I'm finding him very interesting but hasn't come across him

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TheBiologyStupid · 20/07/2023 21:28

Cantor was an intern under Ray Blanchard and supports LGB Alliance: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cantor

James Cantor - Wikipedia

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cantor