Fear Factor

I heard something the other day that I have long suspected. While listening to "Dr. Drew", an actual MD who specializes in Sexual Health and Addiction Medicine (quite the combo huh?), I was amazed to hear him say that he thought that men had a biologically programmed hostile response to homosexuality. As a women, I have always thought that the crude and sometimes violent reaction of hetero men to homo men, was just weird. A disproportionate reaction to something that was not a threat. You don't see women running around threatening to kill homosexual men, so why do hetero men do it? Well we may now know why it happens. Hetero men are biologically prone to hostile reactions by their genetics. A study was done with several hetero men who were shown pictures of nude male subjects. While they were shown the pictures, they were being monitored by PET scanning and galvanic sensors (skin sensors that measure stress responses). All the men, and I mean ALL the men, showed aggressive threat responses. The same responses that they would show if their safety was being threatened. Curious, huh?

Through the years, I have come to realize that in the nature versus nurture debate, that it is nature that wins. Nurture can account for about 20% of our personality, but most is genetics. Twin studies support my hypothesis. We are born with a blue print of who we are and what we will become. We are not the blank slate originally thought. I believe all men exhibit this aggressive reaction to homosexual men according to their biology, but it is the 20% nurture part that dictates whether or non they will act on that threat.

I loved the picture. Wouldn't you change your name if it were Willie Stroker?