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Birth Control and Homosexuality: Unintended Consequences |
2017-09-11 |
BLUF: [American Thinker] There is a body of evidence that early hormonal manipulation can have horrific consequences. We have to ask ourselves, what happens to all those women using hormonal contraceptives when they stop their pills in anticipation of wanted pregnancy. Does the normal human cycle return immediately, or is there a rebound effect where, even if ovulation occurs, the ambient hormonal background in the womb is screwed up? This article addressed the question of whether gonadal steroid exposure during prenatal development is one of the factors, in at least one of the pathways, that lead to variability in sexual orientation outcomes. Based on the compelling evidence that prenatal testosterone exposure influences children’s sex-typical play behavior, on the well-established links between childhood play interests and adult sexual orientation, and on the evidence showing altered sexual orientation in women exposed to high levels of androgens prenatally, because of CAH, the answer appears to be "yes." - National Institutes of Health |
Posted by:Besoeker |
#9 It is an an interesting question. Epigenetics and adaptation to short term evolutionary stresses... such as starvation during famines. It seems that we (scientists) really know less than we (scientists) thought we knew. |
Posted by: magpie 2017-09-11 13:20 |
#8 Muslim families are big. They have no interest in small families. It has been my experience anyway. |
Posted by: Dale 2017-09-11 07:48 |
#7 TLDR; unrestrained use of technology and government by hypergamic women who will do ANYTHING to avoid negative consequences of an unplanned pregnancy is taking down Western civilization. |
Posted by: no mo uro 2017-09-11 06:59 |
#6 'Sexual orientation' is nature's way of promoting the reproductive success of first born sons and decreasing sibling reproductive rivalry. See Whitehead, N. E. (2007). An antiboy antibody? Re-examination of the maternal immune hypothesis. Journal of Biosocial Science, 39(6), 905-921. |
Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-09-11 06:25 |
#5 'Sexual orientation' is nature's way of promoting the reproductive success of first born sons and decreasing sibling reproductive rivalry. It's perhaps not surprising that hormonal birth control promotes this phenomena. |
Posted by: phil_b 2017-09-11 06:00 |
#4 I still think genetics is the major player here. Although I admit Oral Birth Control has its benefits |
Posted by: Cheaderhead 2017-09-11 05:54 |
#3 Should I conclude that Classical Athens had the pill? |
Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-09-11 05:54 |
#2 Hmm. |
Posted by: gorb 2017-09-11 04:31 |
#1 Nature's method of culling the non-productive? Who then, will become the new inhabitants? In light of the recent migrations in Europe, and the debates on immigration here in the States, a rather rhetorical albeit sobering question I suppose. |
Posted by: Besoeker 2017-09-11 04:21 |