March 2011 Blog Posts (24)

HOW does prenatal testosterone effect gender-related behavior? Melissa Hines reports that...

Prenatal testosterone and gender-related behavior...

Testosterone plays an important role in mammalian brain development. In neural regions with appropriate receptors testosterone, or its metabolites, influences patterns of cell death and survival, neural connectivity and neurochemical characterization. Consequently, testosterone exposure during critical periods of early development produces permanent behavioural changes. In humans, affected behaviours include childhood play behaviour,…

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Added by LOUANN BRIZENDINE on March 31, 2011 at 8:01pm — No Comments

Should the 'state' have an interest in women's bodies?

Is there a legitimate claim that a society, ie 'the state, has a rightful interest in their female's bodies and fertility?

Added by LOUANN BRIZENDINE on March 31, 2011 at 8:00pm — 9 Comments

Do you believe homosexuality is due to a chemical change in the brain?

I guess 'yes' if you are a mouse in the new Chinese study where a male mouse's desire to mate with either a male or a female is determined by the brain chemical serotonin.

But just watch how we/the media are going to be reading more into this than may be warranted!! See the study in March 24 issue of NATURE by neuroscientist Yi Rao of Peking University.…

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Added by LOUANN BRIZENDINE on March 28, 2011 at 11:52pm — No Comments

The Transsexual Brain

I was not looking for affirmation when I picked up The Female Brain. I was just scanning the science shelf at my local Barnes and Noble, while I waited for my friend to do her shopping downstairs; but right there, right at eye level were two books side by side: The Female Brain and The Male Brain, both written by a neuro-physiologist. So curiosity overwhelmed mine.

It has been 4…

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Added by Sophia Jean Hawes on March 28, 2011 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Hey guys, is there now a belief that women are given an unfair advantage?

What do you think?

Added by LOUANN BRIZENDINE on March 21, 2011 at 4:43pm — 13 Comments

Is the penis a potential pollutant in ....

discussion continues at: http://drlouann.ning.com/forum/topics/penis-as-potential-pollutant?xg_source=activity

Added by LOUANN BRIZENDINE on March 20, 2011 at 10:08pm — No Comments

Brian says "Nature pushes us to the more attractive women but puts a frog in our throat. Later on in life...

Nature pushes us to the more attractive women but puts a frog in our throat. Later on in life as we move past the typical reproductive period, the fog clears and we begin to see women for who they are and personally I enjoy the laughter and happiness that I derive from being around women along with the deeper talks than I get with other men who mainly whine, whine, whine!

Added by LOUANN BRIZENDINE on March 20, 2011 at 9:10pm — 1 Comment

Menopause vs Motherhood in Other Cultures?

I'm a US citizen, but I lived and raised my daughter (now 21) in Italy for 17 years. I left Italy 3 years ago (my daughter was spending her senior year at boarding school) to pursue my career, and subsequently separated from my Italian husband as well (we were already geographically apart since he did not follow me to the US).

I was of course aware that I was in a cross-cultural marriage, but had not accounted adequately for the weight of Italian cultural expectations of "la…

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Added by Deirdré Straughan on March 20, 2011 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Are people are more likely to break promises made to people they love?

What do you think?

Added by LOUANN BRIZENDINE on March 18, 2011 at 9:56pm — 2 Comments

Lewis writes: "Over the past several months I've intentionally dated women who are well above average...

Over the past several months I've intentionally dated women who are well above average intelligence, successful, and confident. A couple of them have made it clear, on more than one occasion, that they do not "need" anyone in their life. What's the point in telling a guy this? (for more see DISCUSSIONS http://drlouann.ning.com/forum/topics/understanding-women?xg_source=activity

Added by LOUANN BRIZENDINE on March 18, 2011 at 9:32pm — 1 Comment

What do sex, stress and oxytocin have to do with each other?...

What do sex, stress and oxytocin have to do with each other?

I like this today from the Dating is a PAYNE website: "DAY FIVE...

I read a lot. Still, I always wish I could read more. I enjoy nourishing my mind with new information, especially information that provides me with fresh insight or reinforces my personal attitudes or believes.

One…

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Added by LOUANN BRIZENDINE on March 16, 2011 at 1:30pm — 1 Comment

Why am i scared now that i turned 30?

Amy Nguyen

Dr., is there anything about turning 30 that might make a woman irrationally fearful? A supervisor of mine mentioned this to me 6 years ago; she all of a sudden became very anxious to ride the bus as she was wont to do all her life. I never... heard of…

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Added by LOUANN BRIZENDINE on March 15, 2011 at 10:26pm — 1 Comment

is it true that there was female genocide 3,000-5,000 years ago?

Andrea Lorelei Rogers I want to know more about the anthropological theory that there was systematic genocide of women 3,000 to 5,000 years ago.

Added by LOUANN BRIZENDINE on March 14, 2011 at 6:30pm — 1 Comment

Is this too controversial to ask?

Pina De Rosa In your opinion, is this quote followed by men and women equally as much? "Always follow your heart cause your head will screw you up time and time again" ~~ the topic I have in mind is a bit controversial: are you ok to discuss the difference between men and women experiencing the need to stay in an unfulfilling marriage just because the children are young..? If too controversial a topic, I… Continue

Added by LOUANN BRIZENDINE on March 14, 2011 at 6:26pm — 2 Comments

Do you know how the human penis lost its spines?

a must read for all you biology buffs..http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/03/09/penis.spines.genes/index.html

Added by LOUANN BRIZENDINE on March 10, 2011 at 10:09pm — No Comments

Do you know how the human penis lost its spines?

now this is worth a read for all you biology buffs ..http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/03/09/penis.spines.genes/index.html

Added by LOUANN BRIZENDINE on March 10, 2011 at 9:54pm — No Comments

Do you think men or women feel Guiltier about todays 24/7 jobs?

"...Women Are More Distressed Than Men by After-Hour Emails and Calls From the Office....http://www.webmd.com/balance/news/20110309/women-feel-guiltier-about-todays-24-7-jobs

Added by LOUANN BRIZENDINE on March 9, 2011 at 8:30pm — No Comments

How to translate what women say...

I hope this links works, I'm new to blogging, but here goes...

http://www.mamamia.com.au/weblog/2011/03/watch-this-the-manslater.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=watch-this-the-manslater&awt_l=F.JjU&awt_m=IwCj_gP6UcDaTd

Added by Kaylene Jewell on March 8, 2011 at 9:38pm — No Comments

Are we forgetting history?

Nancy Holm writes..."We believe that western feminism has roots in the French Enlightenment while sharia law is irredeemably misogynistic. We're forgetting history, however. Consider Christianity's burning of women. Between 1480 and 1750, an estimated 75,000-100,000 executions occurred. We forget that the 1793 Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen categorically excluded women -- a decision that sent feminist Olympe de Gouges to the guillotine -- and that this women-hating… Continue

Added by LOUANN BRIZENDINE on March 8, 2011 at 4:53pm — No Comments

Do men routinely attempt to impress prostitutes before having sex?

(the answer may NOT surprise most women! ) The deep evolutionary origin of prostitution and prostitutes and thus their evolutionary familiarity suggest that men would not try to impress prostitutes, because they know it is not necessary, but contrary.... http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-scientific-fundamentalist/201103/do-men-try-impress-prostitutes

Added by LOUANN BRIZENDINE on March 7, 2011 at 5:39pm — 3 Comments