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To: RetiredNow who wrote (232153)	5/10/2005 11:26:18 AM
From: neolib	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574050

Did you catch this BTW: They would also like to know whether sexual preferences can be altered by manipulating the prenatal hormone environment, for instance by using drugs to prevent the actions of androgen in the fetal sheep brain. Above is from the OSU link on sheep I gave. In humans, the Y-chromosomal switch that makes a fetus male affects brain structure and genital structure at slightly different times (I think around 10 weeks and 16 weeks). I've often wondered if hormonal change during that time is a weak link in development, i.e. a brain for one sex with a body for the other. If this proves to be the case, prenatal hormone treatments might be very effective at "curing" homosexuality. Further, this might be true independent of genetic or developmental sources for the problem. It could be the fetus genes, or the mothers womb environment causing the problem, but hormone treatment doesn't care what the source was, it could work anyway. All sorts of moral questions about doing it, but for once, I suspect the right wing would lead the charge to embrace usage. I'd just love to see Benny the 16'th issue a Papal note on the subject, what with the traditional distaste for any reproductive meddling running smack up against the newly curable "sin" of homosexuality.