stuck in the amygdala. Asking a 17-year-old boy to talk about his feelings is about as
productive as asking a 6-year-old boy to talk about his feelings.
Source: William Killgore, Mika Oki, and Deborah Yurgelun-Todd. ―Sex specific
developmental changes in amygdala responses to affective faces. ―NeuroReport, 2001,
12:427-433.This finding is consistent with a recent report from Germany, showing that in adult
women, brain activity associated with emotion occurs mainly in the cerebral cortex,
whereas in adult men, emotional activity is still ̳stuck' in the amygdala.
Source: Frank Schneider, Ute Habel, et al. ―Gender differences in regional cerebral activity
during sadness.‖ Human Brain Mapping, 2000, 9:226-238.
Lesbians Respond Differently to "Human Pheromones"
John Roach, National Geographic News May 8, 2006 — Lesbian women respond
differently than straight women when exposed to suspected sexual chemicals, according
to a new brain imaging study. The finding builds on previous research that suggest that
gay men responded in a way more similar to heterosexual women than heterosexual
men when exposed to a synthetic chemical. The natural version of this chemical
reportedly appears in high concentrations in male sweat. The new study extends the
research to homosexual women. It found that lesbians' brains respond in a fashion more
similar to that of heterosexual men than of heterosexual women when exposed to the
sweat chemical and a synthetic chemical that has been detected in female urine. "Both
studies ... indicate that the physiological response in brain regions associated with
reproduction are different in homo- and heterosexual persons." Ivanka Savic, a
neuroscientist at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden.
vi ―Paraphilias are persistent sex urges—acted upon or causing distress—where the
sexual object is unwilling (e.g. rape), a child (pedophilia0, nonhuman (necrophilia,
bestiality0, or one of the partners is humiliated (sado-masochism). Another paraphilia is
exhibitionism. These are much more common in men than in women. Management
includes treating coexisting conditions, using behavior modification and, for patients
whose sexual behavior endangers others, the antiandrogen medroxyprogesterone.‖ M.
A. Tayler, M.D., G. Pfeiffer, Deborah Rubenstein, N. A-Vaidya, S. Goldberg,
Behavioral Science, USMLE, 2005. P. 54
vii Q. Why did the Europeans (EEC) place a ban on hormone-raised meat?
A. The European Economic Community banned hormone-raised meat because of questions
on the dangers of meat that has been treated with synthetic sex hormones. European
consumers pressured the EEC to take this action to protect their health. More than a decade
ago, Roy Hertz, then director of endocrinology at the National Cancer Institute and a leading
authority on hormonal cancers, warned of the carcinogenic risks of estrogenic additives
which can cause imbalances and increases in natural hormone levels.
Q. During the seven years after the EEC ban on hormone-raised meat, the U.S.
beef industry has continued to use sex hormones in meat. Why?