Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Orientation
Tommy Maher
Sexual orientation is determined
(Stein, 2008)
temporal cortices
(Swaab, 2008)
abilities
Hemispheric symmetry
● People who are attracted to women
2012)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Di-wiGSF7LE
What I take away
● People don’t choose their sexual
orientation.
homosexuals.
www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/05/men-older-brothers-gay_n_3873772.html.
“Brain Study Shows Differences Between Gays, Straights.” The Washington Post, WP Company, 23 June 2008,
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/22/AR2008062201994.html?sid=ST2008062202006.
Garcia-Falgueras, Alicia, and Dick F. Swaab. “Sex difference in the hypothalamic uncinate nucleus: relationship to gender identity | Brain | Oxford Academic.” OUP Academic, Oxford
“Gay, Straight, and the Reason Why: The Science of Sexual Orientation.” Psych Central, 17 July 2016,
psychcentral.com/lib/gay-straight-and-the-reason-why-the-science-of-sexual-orientation/.
“Homosexuality may be caused by chemical modifications to DNA.” Science | AAAS, 26 July 2017,
www.sciencemag.org/news/2015/10/homosexuality-may-be-caused-chemical-modifications-dna.
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TheAdvocateMag. “New Theory Says Sexual Orientation Determined by Brain Hemisphere Dominance.” ADVOCATE, Advocate.com, 6 Aug. 2012,
www.advocate.com/health/2012/08/06/new-theory-says-sexual-orientation-determined-brain-hemisphere-dominance.
Park, Alice. “What the Gay Brain Looks Like.” Time, Time Inc., 17 June 2008, content.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1815538,00.html.
Pepper, Michael Sean, and Beverley Kramer. “What Do We Know About the Science of Sexual Orientation?” Slate Magazine, 11 June 2015,
www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2015/06/11/the_science_of_sexual_orientation_the_latest_on_genes_chromosomes_and_environmental.html.
Swaab, Dick F. “Sexual orientation and its basis in brain structure and function.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, National Acad Sciences,
www.pnas.org/content/105/30/10273.full.