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RE: Do Transsexual Persons Have An Opposite-Sex Brain?

in #steemstem6 years ago (edited)

Such subjectivity is exactly the reason why I like to cross-reference results in humans with results in other animals. Do hormones affect behavior, for instance? Do they affect cognition? It seems quite clear that they do, in humans and other animals alike. Just a couple weeks ago a book came out, by a female adjunct professor at Columbia University and lecturer at Yale University, called "Aroused: The History of Hormones and How They Control Just About Everything"

It's in the nature of science and academic research that those parts of Udry's research that are weak, will be challenged by other scientists, some female. I make it a point to read as many articles by women as I can when I prepare these posts. This is not always evident in the references because the first names are not given in full, but if you check you'll see that often the majority of the articles I read are by women. It's exactly to avoid sexist bias.

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Oh dear--I have another book to read :) Actually looking forward to this one. As for initials before names concealing gender: how about agmoore? There is a reason my name is gender neutral. When I started writing (before Steemit), I decided to neutralize whatever preconceptions a reader might have about gender.

As for your articles--they are exhaustively researched, and persuasive enough to send me reading further. That's about the best endorsement any writer can get.

Indeed it is! Thanks!

I assumed you're a guy btw and now I'm unsure why!