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From: wetcw@pyuxa.UUCP (T C Wheeler)
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Subject: Hormones and the Brain
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Date: Mon, 10-Dec-84 15:08:25 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec 10 15:08:25 1984
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Whilst passing through, I noticed an article by Steve Dyer that
posed some questions about homosexuality having its roots
in the development of the fetus.  A couple of weeks ago, PBS
was presenting its series on the brain.  There was a short segment
about an East German Clinic that was doing studies of homosexual
men and there brain patterns.  They came up with an interesting
correalation between the amount of stress a women went through
during pregnancy and homosexuality.  All of the men studied had
been born during a period when the area had been under heavy
bombing during WWII.  The preliminary conclusions were that stress
in the mother triggered the production of one of the bodies hormones
which in turn affected the orientation of the brains left and
right hemispheres.  I don't remember the normal orientation, but
the men seemed to have the same brain orientation (left side
larger) as a woman.  This could have been due to the release of
the hormones, at least as far as the preliminary studies have
shown.

It seemed like an interesting theory and the studies seem to
show a leaning in that direction.  Anyone care to comment?
T. C. Wheeler