Xref: utzoo sci.bio:3436 sci.med:19149 sci.psychology:3130 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!condor.cis.ohio-state.edu!rees-k From: rees-k@condor.cis.ohio-state.edu (kathryn m rees) Newsgroups: sci.bio,sci.med,sci.psychology Subject: Re: The persistance of homosexuality in a gene pool Message-ID: <82919@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> Date: 10 Aug 90 20:45:24 GMT References: <1990Jul23.022511.28161@mtcchi.uucp> <11095@netcom.UUCP> <10615@cs.utexas.edu> <1990Jul29.050038.24791@wolves.uucp> <32214@cup.portal.com> <766@infohh.rmi.de> <28537@joshua.athertn.Atherton.COM> Sender: news@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu Reply-To: kathryn m rees Followup-To: sci.bio Organization: Ohio State University Computer and Information Science Lines: 21 In article <766@infohh.rmi.de> diercks@infohh.rmi.de (Peter Diercks) writes: >Kaplan claims to have found out that homosexuality in both sexes is >caused by a certain hormonal disorder in the mother's organism during ^^^^^^^^ >certain periods of pregnancy. The main reasons for this hormonal disorder ^^^^^^^^ >(i.e. mainly lack or excess of testosterone) seem to be stress (!!) and >naturally induced oscillation of hormone levels over the year. Did you choose this wording or is that how it was worded in your source? If Kaplan chose it, my problem is with him. If you chose it, may I ask why you say disorder as opposed to variation or some other word that does not imply abnormality or dysfunctional occurrance? -=- miss kate "...and you won't eat vegetables!" - my mother