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Study: Sexual Desire is in Your Genes
LiveScience.com ^
| 5/29/06
Posted on 05/29/2006 11:53:37 AM PDT by anymouse
Your sexual desire or lack thereof could be in your genes, scientists announced today. The discovery might change how psychologists view sexuality.
The researchers found that individual differences in human sexual desire can be attributed to genetic variations. The study is the first to provide data to show that common variations in the sequence of DNA impact on sexual desire, arousal and function, the researchers said.
The scientists, at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, examined the DNA of 148 healthy male and female university students and compared the results with questionnaires asking for the students' self-descriptions of their sexual desire, arousal and sexual function. They found a correlation between variants in a gene called the D4 receptor and the students' self-reports on sexuality.
The results suggest that low sexual desire might be a normal biological condition rather than a psychological problem, the researchers say. Further, it might be possible to develop drugs to alter sexual desire based on the new findings.
The research was led by Richard Ebstein and was published in the online version of the journal Molecular Psychiatry.
TOPICS: Local News; Science
KEYWORDS: biology; desire; genetics; godsgravesglyphs; psychology; science; sex; study
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Sexual Desire is in Your JeansOey veh, they needed to do a study to find this out? :)
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posted on
05/29/2006 11:53:40 AM PDT
by
anymouse
To: anymouse
Sexual Desire is in Your JeansAnd if you are not careful, Bill Clinton is in your jeans too.
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posted on
05/29/2006 11:55:24 AM PDT
by
llevrok
(The next greatest generation is now.)
To: anymouse
Leave it to a Jewish researcher to determine that a lack of sexual interest comes from your mother. It's called guilt. :)
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posted on
05/29/2006 11:56:10 AM PDT
by
anymouse
To: anymouse
Further, it might be possible to develop drugs to alter sexual desire based on the new findings. A drug of that sort was "discovered",in San Francisco,in about 1967.
It's called cannibis sativa.
To: anymouse
Sexual Desire is in Your Jeans Was gonna post a graphic, but everything was just too freakin' ghey.
To: anymouse
Jeans? Oh. Genes. Sigh.
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posted on
05/29/2006 12:00:59 PM PDT
by
raybbr
(You think it's bad now - wait till the anchor babies start to vote!!!)
To: anymouse
So does this mean that we can state as a matter of scientific fact that homosexuals are genetic defects?
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posted on
05/29/2006 12:01:22 PM PDT
by
Rodney King
(No, we can't all just get along.)
To: anymouse
Of course sexual desires are genetic. When kids discover these desires, they need good two parent family role models to learn how to properly control and apply these desires.
To: martin_fierro
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posted on
05/29/2006 12:03:22 PM PDT
by
raybbr
(You think it's bad now - wait till the anchor babies start to vote!!!)
To: martin_fierro
Take a gander before this gets pulled ... down ;)
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posted on
05/29/2006 12:07:13 PM PDT
by
bwteim
(BWTEIM = Begin With The End In Mind)
To: anymouse
My sexual desire is in HER jeans!
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posted on
05/29/2006 12:08:21 PM PDT
by
DCPatriot
("It aint what you don't know that kills you. It's what you know that aint so" Theodore Sturgeon)
To: anymouse
They found a correlation between variants in a gene called the D4 receptor and the students' self-reports on sexuality.So what they've actually discovered is the BS gene.
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posted on
05/29/2006 12:09:32 PM PDT
by
facedown
(Armed in the Heartland)
To: anymouse
First they say, "The results suggest that low sexual desire might be a normal biological condition rather than a psychological problem," then, "Further, it might be possible to develop drugs to alter sexual desire based on the new findings."
Anybody want to guess which direction they might want to go?
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posted on
05/29/2006 12:17:17 PM PDT
by
Old Professer
(The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
To: bwteim
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posted on
05/29/2006 12:18:49 PM PDT
by
raybbr
(You think it's bad now - wait till the anchor babies start to vote!!!)
To: anymouse; Slings and Arrows; martin_fierro
Sexual desire is in your genes-ping
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posted on
05/29/2006 12:41:41 PM PDT
by
sully777
(wWBBD: What would Brian Boitano do?)
To: sully777; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; SandyInSeattle; Darksheare; OSHA; ...
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posted on
05/29/2006 12:50:06 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(Pray for peace, prepare for war.)
To: anymouse
nevertheless, it might explain a few things in my family history that go back about 150 years...ah the stories that branch of the family could tell...
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posted on
05/29/2006 12:52:04 PM PDT
by
Knitting A Conundrum
(Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
To: BJClinton; Xenalyte
Sexual desire is in your genes. Talk amongst yourselves...
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posted on
05/29/2006 1:10:08 PM PDT
by
sully777
(wWBBD: What would Brian Boitano do?)
To: bwteim
My genes told me to do things when I saw that pic...
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posted on
05/29/2006 1:10:24 PM PDT
by
Irish_Thatcherite
(~A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!~| IRA supporters on FR are trolls, end of story!)
To: anymouse; Slings and Arrows
They also need to do studies into eating and breathing.. ;)
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posted on
05/29/2006 1:12:14 PM PDT
by
Irish_Thatcherite
(~A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!~| IRA supporters on FR are trolls, end of story!)
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