And now, I cannot stop saying the word "whorls".I’m a nature girl all the way.
Does nurture play a part? Maybe. It’s impossible to rule out. There are countless studies documenting when and how imprinting occurs, sexual and otherwise. Where and what you see and experience when certainly seems to make a difference.
Buuuuut…it wouldn’t surprise me if in the long run if the psychological aspects don’t turn out to more inheritance driven that it appears.
Take SNPs for one thing. Initially they were tagged as “junk DNA”, relevant for little other than marking you as an individual and screening who was related to who. These days all those little polymorphisms are revealing differences in how we metabolize drugs, how well our bodies detox, differences in neurotransmitter patterns, as well as a host of other information. The influence of neurotransmitter variations alone holds the potential to influence how we access pleasure.
Some time back I sat in on a lecture where the speaker talked about his research on whorls. (You know, that little swirl of hair at the back of your head.) There was a noteworthy incidence of similar directional swirling (I can’t remember if left or right) in men who identified as homosexual. Not citing that as conclusive nature vs nurture by any means, but that the directional choice of that whorl is genetic.
There is so much we don’t know about our own species genetics. It’s impossible to identify how much is “nature” driven.
Ummm….Not that this was a rant or anything.
Just sayin’.
I’m a nature girl all the way.
Does nurture play a part? Maybe. It’s impossible to rule out. There are countless studies documenting when and how imprinting occurs, sexual and otherwise. Where and what you see and experience when certainly seems to make a difference.
Buuuuut…it wouldn’t surprise me if in the long run if the psychological aspects don’t turn out to more inheritance driven that it appears.
Take SNPs for one thing. Initially they were tagged as “junk DNA”, relevant for little other than marking you as an individual and screening who was related to who. These days all those little polymorphisms are revealing differences in how we metabolize drugs, how well our bodies detox, differences in neurotransmitter patterns, as well as a host of other information. The influence of neurotransmitter variations alone holds the potential to influence how we access pleasure.
Some time back I sat in on a lecture where the speaker talked about his research on whorls. (You know, that little swirl of hair at the back of your head.) There was a noteworthy incidence of similar directional swirling (I can’t remember if left or right) in men who identified as homosexual. Not citing that as conclusive nature vs nurture by any means, but that the directional choice of that whorl is genetic.
There is so much we don’t know about our own species genetics. It’s impossible to identify how much is “nature” driven.
Ummm….Not that this was a rant or anything.
Just sayin’.
Why? My birthday is already over. *sigh*
No internet??? Must be Wyoming.
I know who will be providing all the gay pornMe too DS, me too.
Or South Dakota.
Me too DS, me too.
Or South Dakota.
You're actually pretty close.
