For Gay Men, an Attraction to a Different Kind of Scent

NY Times ^ | May 10, 2005 | NICHOLAS WADE

[neverdem]

This sounds like a chicken and egg argument.

[goodnesswins]

OFGS.....NOW the NYTIMES has to PRINT THIS......sheesh.

[neverdem]

FReepmail me if you want on or off my health and science ping list.

[stevio]

It's also called mojo and Dr. Evil has mine.

[woofie]

Eau de Barney Frank

[Centurion2000]

The finding is similar to a report in 1991 by Dr. Simon LeVay that a small region of the hypothalamus is twice as large in straight men as in women or gay men

So homosexuality can be tied to a physical brain defect. Interesting.

[camle]

this stinks

[conservativewasp]

Hmmmm..... Homo's like the way other men smell, I never would have guessed.

[concerned about politics]

For Gay Men, an Attraction to a Different Kind of Scent

Yeah. They like the smell of poop.

[OpusatFR]

I find Safeguard soap and Blue aftershave work for me.

Sweat, testosterone laden or not is just a big yuck.

[lilylangtree]

Sweat and p*ss--what a combo!

[OldEagle]

Apparently all men are attracted by the scent of what they consider to be a secure repository for their prized possessions.

[Abathar]

The NYT's cleaned this up a lot before they published it - They took out the studies that proved that flatulence is a sexual stimulant to most older gay men. Every time I hear a gay trying to justify what he does I think of that fact and it puts it all in perspective.

[Gary - Peters]

I thought homos were attracted to the stink associated with the posterior region.

[Calusa]

Dr. Savic said that she had also studied gay women, but that the data were "somewhat complicated" and not yet ready for publication.

Translated: if the results of scientific research doesn't advance the reseachers agenda it is inconclusive. Throw it out. If it does rush it to the homophiliac (antonym of homophbic, good greek too) press.

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

Blah blah blah....all humans are heterosexuals. Some of those heterosexuals desire perversion.

[muawiyah]

If gay guys are attracted to male pherormones, that explains why they are all the time hitting on straight guys.

Now, what is it the so-called "bi-sexual" fellows are responding to?

[metalmanx2j]

"For Gay Men, an Attraction to a Different Kind of Scent"

Yeah...the scent of Vasoline when one of them farts!

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

Oh...and one more thing. If it's about scent, then are they turned on by their own odor?

[45Auto]

So homosexuality can be tied to a physical brain defect.

The very minute that anyone might suggest this, the entire topic will be dropped by the liberal press and by politicized "science" organizations, like the AMA or the APA. Its well known that those suffering from certain types of mental disorders respond differently to olfactory cues. The spurious argument that gays are just "born that way" might have to be compared to inherited mental disorder, like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and certain types of psychoses. These jerks may be opening a very big can of worms with the search for a biological reason for faggotry.