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Homosexuality
Significant findings at the Brigham Young University in the USA indicate that stress during pregnancy can result in homosexual offspring. Dr D. E. Fleming and Dr R. W. Rhees, in experiments, subjected pregnant rats to psychological, nutritional, and hormonal stress and then measured the behavioral characteristics of their male offspring. The results were compared to "normal" offspring of unstressed rats.
"We found demasculinization and feminization tendencies," reported Dr Fleming. "Demasculinization, in that the test rats were not as active sexually in the male role; feminization was found where the males exhibited female-type behavior when placed with other males who were sexually aggressive. We are exploring possibilities that may have relevance to humans," Dr Fleming explained.
The researchers observed that a definite correlation exists between the endocrinal systems of rats and humans.
The predisposition towards homosexuality of male rats of the stressed mothers occurs because when the mother is under stress her body produces hormones that suppress production of androgen, necessary for the development of maleness in a male, although the male physical make-up appears normal. This occurs in the critical third trimester of the development of the fetus.
The defect can be corrected by environmental influences--feminized male rats, when placed for long periods of time with females, will begin to exhibit normal male behavior.
Three groups of mother rats were each subjected to a different form of stress, and in each group 50% of the male offspring were affected.
Other scientists, at Temple University, reported that when stress was applied late in pregnancies, the female offspring, when grown, have significantly more trouble in becoming pregnant and giving birth to viable young.
In the discussion on the merits of raw food in Chapter 15, mention was made of the tendency to homosexuality among the offspring of cats fed a defective diet.
The hypothesis of these scientists is that maternal response to stress, involving complex hormonal variation, may interfere with the process of sexual differentiation in the developing fetus.
So, the moral of the story is, if you want your daughter to be a lesbian, you must be very very mellow the entire pregnancy to get the opposite effect. Makes sense, right?
Homosexuality
Significant findings at the Brigham Young University in the USA indicate that stress during pregnancy can result in homosexual offspring. Dr D. E. Fleming and Dr R. W. Rhees, in experiments, subjected pregnant rats to psychological, nutritional, and hormonal stress and then measured the behavioral characteristics of their male offspring. The results were compared to "normal" offspring of unstressed rats.
"We found demasculinization and feminization tendencies," reported Dr Fleming. "Demasculinization, in that the test rats were not as active sexually in the male role; feminization was found where the males exhibited female-type behavior when placed with other males who were sexually aggressive. We are exploring possibilities that may have relevance to humans," Dr Fleming explained.
The researchers observed that a definite correlation exists between the endocrinal systems of rats and humans.
The predisposition towards homosexuality of male rats of the stressed mothers occurs because when the mother is under stress her body produces hormones that suppress production of androgen, necessary for the development of maleness in a male, although the male physical make-up appears normal. This occurs in the critical third trimester of the development of the fetus.
The defect can be corrected by environmental influences--feminized male rats, when placed for long periods of time with females, will begin to exhibit normal male behavior.
Three groups of mother rats were each subjected to a different form of stress, and in each group 50% of the male offspring were affected.
Other scientists, at Temple University, reported that when stress was applied late in pregnancies, the female offspring, when grown, have significantly more trouble in becoming pregnant and giving birth to viable young.
In the discussion on the merits of raw food in Chapter 15, mention was made of the tendency to homosexuality among the offspring of cats fed a defective diet.
The hypothesis of these scientists is that maternal response to stress, involving complex hormonal variation, may interfere with the process of sexual differentiation in the developing fetus.
So, the moral of the story is, if you want your daughter to be a lesbian, you must be very very mellow the entire pregnancy to get the opposite effect. Makes sense, right?
