Re: 2 Brains... was Re: has anyone ever done this study?

From: Martijn (Kw3Ls_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 03/24/05 

Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 19:16:30 +0100

kathleen wrote:

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> I saw a TV special on that. Canada, I think.
> Recently, we had another accidental, um, how do
> you say it, amputation in a baby. He was sent
> to Yale for repair, which, I kinda doubt can
> actually take place.
> http://www.nocirc.org/2005winners.php

 From that website:
"America is the only country in the world in which the medical
establishment circumcises the majority of newborn boys, even though the
surgery is not recommended by any national or international medical
organization. Not only does this practice violate all the four basic
principles necessary to achieve and maintain an ethical relationship
between two individuals, it also seriously disregards the best interests
of the individual being affected, that is, of the newborn male."

Im very surprised about that. I thought circumcision was in the majority
of cases done because of religion. I'm glad that in the Netherlands it
isn't common. ;)
In my opinion circumcision is a mutilation.

> There was an experiment on the Discovery Channel
> (and along with the brain scans, like you mention
> above, to prove it), where a pregnant female mouse
> was given testosterone during pregnancy, and all
> the female babies not only acted like the males
> (going after the females), but their brain scans
> matched the males.
>
> There is some distinct region of the brain
> (centrally)in males that is larger than in females.

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Yes I saw that too. And IIRC, they also gave testosteron to just born
mice, but that didn't make the brain change anymore. So, the conclusion
was that gender identity has already developed when we are born, and
then it won't change anymore.

> "Female candidates were rated significantly higher than male candidates
> on all dimensions."

Hurray to the females. :)

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