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That study either took a very long time or had a very small focus group. How on earth did they find these people?

The study I'm referring to, which I believe is the most well-known, is A genetical study of male sexual orientation by Bailey & Pillard, 1991, which you can find in The Archives of General Psychiatry, 48, 1089-1096.

Homosexuals and identical twins are indeed rare, but the US has a big population. Most studies which serve to determine if something is genetic or not use this method. This particularly study included 794 pairs.

Of the few studies I have read about identical twin, it’s been suggests that where one twin is homosexual between 52% and 55% of the others twins will be gay also.

Bailey & Pillard found the 52% to be the number for non-identical twins. Maybe that's what you're thinking of, or maybe it's just a different study that came out differently, especially if it was conducted in a different country. Happens all the time.

Many gays and lesbians believe that their genes cause their orientation; it's normal, natural, unchosen and unchangeable. Can we assume the same of bdsmers?

We can't assume anything in science!

Yes, I agree it does seem to make sense and that’s certainly something interesting to ponder, however, is bdsm truly abusive?

Apologies, I didn't mean to say that bdsm was abusive. Merely that abuse can lead towards a submissive or dominant nature. Whether or not bdsm is abusive was irrelevant to what I meant.

Well, women’s brains are, in comparatively bigger than men’s, on a weight for weight ratio. I do, however, agree that the misconception that men are mentally superior or more capable has certainly faded.

I think that was a typo. Men's brains are definitely bigger than women's in general. However, as far as we can see, this makes no difference to ability or personality. We've recently uncovered the bones of some three foot high people in Indonesia and they appear to have had nearly the same intelligence as the homosapiens of the day.

As for the 'two different types' - men and women being 'equal' – we just aren't are we? Never have been. Never will be. And personally, I like it that way.

Of course we aren't at the moment, as we still live in a society that treats men and women differently. However, we've made huge leaps in that direction in the past few decades, and unless something huge happens to turn us around, statistical differences between sexes should disappear soon. In the 50's, studies showed that women statistically far exceeded men in verbal and analytical abilities while men statistically exceeded in mathematical and mechanical abilities. The current studies show that those gaps have become very narrow over the years, and the math gap is completely gone until adulthood. Little girls nowadays are shown to play equally with trucks and dolls as long as an adult isn't interfering with the play. I could go on and on about the things that have changed, but I think I've made my point.

I personally don't like it that way at all anymore. I don't like conformity, and among the wide spectrum of personalities that could make up the human race, forcing them into just two inflexible types assigned to them by the shape of their crotch seems horribly oppressive to me. Such a waste of talent.

She was later released after police told her: "Promise us you’ll be a good girl and drive straight home."

I'm not sure what you're saying by posting this. Are you saying this is a good thing? Personally, I think that's horribly wrong.

No, men and women will never be equal… Viva la différence!

Now this I don't understand. It appears to me that you've been supporting pressuring men and women to suppress their individuality for the sake of conforming to a stereotype, then you turn around and say "Vive la difference." That appears very contradictory to me.