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No woman 'totally straight', examine says
Dr Rieger said it was not known why gay women were more often only aroused by their preferred sex, but he believes it may be to do with the amount of testosterone female babies receive in the womb.
It was doable, he said, that women who experienced testosterone preceding in pregnancy had sexual behaviours that were more similar to men, but this has not yet been proven.
He said tests showed similar behaviours occurring in monkeys.
Dr Rieger said the wider conclusions of the learn was that, while the majority of women identified as straight: "Our analyze shows that, when it comes to what turns them on they are usually bisexual or gay, but never totally straight".
However, he added the study did not necessarily imply women were repressing their true sexual preferences, but that their sexualities were simply more complex than men's.
"When it comes to straight women and sexual arousal there is such a disconnect between what a woman tells me and what her body does.
"It suggests that it's a differe
Being a Gay Woman &#; Labels and Stereotyping
In the video above &#; a recent episode of Reclaim the Agenda, Kellie O&#;Dowd discusses this year&#;s Pride celebrations and issues facing LGBT women, with Nuala Devenny, Gráinne Gibson and Martina Marks. Below is a recent blog share from Nuala Devenny.
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Being a Gay Woman &#; Labels and Stereotyping
Nuala Devenny
People like to define others; label them and fit them into boxes. Some people might like how they are labelled and embrace it while a label may offend ot
Why Are There Gay Women?
Straight women are much more likely to get themselves knocked up than gay women. So, in terms of evolution, they would seem to have a better chance of passing on their genes, while at the same day it would seem that the genes that build women gay would adv vanish from the gene pool. This raises the question, why are there gay women?
Lesbianism is indeed at least 25 percent genetic, as determined by a study of twins conducted in the United Kingdom. The study initiate that identical twin sisters (who share percent of their DNA) are more likely to both be lesbians than are fraternal twin sisters (who distribute just 50 percent), proving that, all other environmental factors being equal, genes matter. While scientists contain a theory for how male homosexuality propagates from one generation to the next, no one has yet produced a viable explanation for how the genes that promote lesbianism might do the adj. [Why Are There Gay Men?]
A female's sexual orientation also appears to be partly influenced by her level of exposure to the male sex hormone androgen when she
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