Re: "Women Who Have Sex With Women"

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Stefan Ram - 27 Jul 2009 14:50 GMT

Vinny Burgoo <hlunnh@yahoo.co.uk> writes:

>Which takes us back to where we started. Here's a debate in the
>Canadian parliament about fears that bogus homosexuals are claiming
>affirmative dental benefits:

Here is a report about differences observable via positron
emission tomography in the brain of lesbian women:

http://www.pnas.org/content/103/21/8269.abstract

So, possibly, a definition of »lesbianism« and a test
based on this property might be possible.

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Peter Duncanson (BrE) - 27 Jul 2009 15:20 GMT

>Vinny Burgoo <hlunnh@yahoo.co.uk> writes:
>>Which takes us back to where we started. Here's a debate in the
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> So, possibly, a definition of »lesbianism« and a test
> based on this property might be possible.

That refers to a difference between lesbian and heterosexual women. I
wonder whether similar research has been conducted on bisexual women
subjects. The distinction might not be as clearcut as that paper
suggests.

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