Lesbians Are Different
The same Swedish research team that reported last year that gay men react differently than straight men to sexual pheromones, are now reporting that lesbians react differently than straight women. The relationship, was naturally more complicated for the women then it was for the men. The AP piece reports:
Heterosexual women found the male and female pheromones about equally pleasant, while straight men and lesbians liked the female pheromone more than the male one. Men and lesbians also found the male hormone more irritating than the female one…
Study Suggests Difference in Lesbians’ Brains [Yahoo News]
May 12th, 2006 at 4:52 pm
[…] Ok, maybe not after all. The AP had to issue a “clarification” to their science story that claimed lesbians reacted similarly to straight men when it came to sniffing female hormones. Turns out that while there was some difference, it wasn’t statistically significant and thus doesn’t prove anything. Translation: They don’t know what the hell women want. Yeah, join the club. […]