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From: msimpson@bbncca.ARPA (Mike Simpson)
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Subject: Summary of 'net.motss' -- 5/7/85 to 5/22/85
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Date: Wed, 22-May-85 13:08:44 EDT
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Summary of newsgroup: net.motss.
Author of this summary: Mike Simpson (msimpson@bbncca.{arpa,uucp})
Date of this summary: May 22, 1985
Dates of articles covered: May 7-22, 1985

Homosexuality: learned or inherited? [24 articles]
	-- could it be due to mother's stress levels during
		pregnancy, or a chemical/hormonal mechanism?
	-- could it be inherited as a recessive trait or
		predisposition?
	-- genetics probably  not a factor because so few gays
		reproduce that a gene would disappear
		exponentially
	-- result of population density stress?
	-- if genetic, could it have had some benefits for a
		group of people (analogous to sickle-cell trait)?
	-- do the above hypotheses reinforce negative attitudes
		about homosexuality by arguing from a "heterosexuality 
		is normal" premise?

"Drugged and raped", and honesty in general [11 articles]

Aftermath of Bitburg ceremony [3 articles]
	-- although many gays perished in Nazi concentration
		camps, there was no organized protest by gay leaders
	-- San Francisco's BAY AREA REPORTER noted protests by
		gay Jews (identifying themselves as such) at a SF
		Holocaust memorial

Miscellaneous [8 articles]
	-- etymology of "yuppie" 
	-- tolerance of dissent something we should not forget
-- 
   >> don't shoot me, I'm just trying to be helpful ... <<
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