Being gay is curable

Interesting!

It promoted a thought - what if taking a drug would make me straight, would I take it?

I decided that I probably wouldn't, as long as there are plenty of gays to go around :pMaybe. But, we are all just the result of our chemical balance, and effectively 'curing' any part of it just neutralises us, and that could be quite boring!

completely, it would be boring. However, I doubt this would be the same in humans, as much as a lot of our lives are instinctive a lot is choice. I dont doubt people choose to be gay or straight rather than let nature take its course :)

Interesting that you wouldn't take a pill to make you straight, but do take stuff for hair growth ;)
 
Surely something the result of a chemical imbalance should be cured?

What makes something an imbalance and what makes something just be part of a differential that makes us all individual?

Do men who like Fat chicks need to be cured? What about forever alones who have a serious Asian wifu fetish?
 
I dont doubt people choose to be gay or straight rather than let nature take its course :)
Can you elaborate?
Interesting that you wouldn't take a pill to make you straight, but do take stuff for hair growth ;)
Very much so! Quite hypocritical of me. However, I am happy gay and can envisage being happy straight, so I may as well just leave the dice how it has rolled and stick with the way I am now. I'd not be as happy without hair, so it's not too odd that I took something to prevent the losing of it (though I don't take it anymore!)
 
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What makes something an imbalance and what makes something just be part of a differential that makes us all individual?

That's a good question actually. What is the balance tipping point and why is that right?
 
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Can you elaborate?

I believe that some people will/can/do choose to be in a same sex relationship rather than opposite sex.

Very much so! Quite hypcroitical of me. However, I am happy gay and can envisage being happy straight, so I may as well just leave the dice how it has rolled and stick with the way I am now. I'd not be as happy without hair, so it's not too odd that I took something to prevent the losing of it (though I don't take it anymore!)

:D
 
I believe that some people will/can/do choose to be in a same sex relationship rather than opposite sex.
Hmm, potentially, but I'd say that would be the very small minority, except for bisexual people who choose one gender over another. Otherwise, it's hard to imagine.

I mean, can you envisage choosing to have a same sex relationship? Being surprised buttsechs by a guy every night? It would be a heavy load to bear (lol) :p
 
It's a dopamine agonist.

In some way, dopaminergic, cholinergic and serotonergic are all interlinked so it is plausible that a secondary effect was in the serotonergic system.


wow really? hmm very interesting!
 
Don't see why there's any reason to believe such behaviour is related to the serotonergic system, many dopaminergic drugs can cause those effects.
 
Don't see why there's any reason to believe such behaviour is related to the serotonergic system, many dopaminergic drugs can cause those effects.

It's more than likely that the entire basis of this paper lies on the serotonergic system and its involvement in pheromone/smell reception.

It isn't so much sexual preference as the inability to tell male from female based on their scent.

edit: I've read what I can of the paper without full journal access (I'm not at work, apparently the off-site access still has yet to be fixed). The results suggest a "preference" for males over females for the modified mice, but what is actually happening is just a decrease in interest in females, to a point where both male and female are equally preferred.

It's a bit of a sensationalist conclusion to make and I'm surprised Nature have published it :/
 
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