If Looks Could Kill - Graphic Art & Design

Angry men are admired in the workplace while volatile women are seen as incompetent, unless she expresses a just cause for her fury. Even then, she’s not viewed nearly as capable as a similarly dispositioned man. (Source)

Reading subtle clues in faces can guide the brain, resulting in unconscious warnings, a new study suggests. I’m convinced this is what creeps me out about many ppl, conflicting micro-expressions, insincerity in general. (Source)

According to this article, arousal is triggered by the subconscious before the brain decodes the desire. In other words, we are not in control of what turns us on, so much as how we react.

Controlling these areas of the brain are “two basic and distinctively operating pathways - one that promotes sexual enthusiasm, another that inhibits it,” likened to a gas pedal and a brake. Everyone drives differently.

Men are not moved by images outside of their own orientation, while women’s test results revealed their desires to be less exclusive.

I get pissed when people suggest that someone can choose to be gay, heterosexual or otherwise. As this article supports, individuals do not determine their own desires so much as whether they repress or pursue it. So, Nyah! ;p

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On the opposite end, there are those that claim asexuality. Now that’s *fucking wild. *fucking being an adjective, rather than a verb, in this context. >;)

As if it were necessary, further proof that homosexuality does occur in nature. An article notes that in captivity, flamingos will pair up boy-boy, girl-girl or boy-girl.

Are these flamingos going to hell? Luckily, according to popular religious theory, animals don’t have souls, so the answer is “No,” - sarcasm dripping heavily.

It’s interesting, flamingos even have a societal hierarchy according to pairings:

1. Male-Male pairs
2. Male-Female pairs
3. Female-Female pairs
4. Single Males
5. Single Females

I post stories like these to point out the normalcy. I am continually perplexed by the fact that sexual orientation is even an issue in this modern age, but living in good ol’ Texas, I know we have a long way to go before everyone is truly treated equally.

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It would seem that there was something more driving Freud’s theories on repression and sexual desire, it is alleged that he signed into a hotel as Sigmund Freud and Frau on a trip with his wife’s sister, that they shared the room and a torrid affair by accounts of CG Jung.

Shown in the photograph are Freud’s wife, Martha Bernays at left, and her sister, Minna, who lived with them and was the “frau” sharing a room with him on the documented trip.

Of further fascination to me, was the fact that even back in 1918, Freud was progressive and well-versed enough to know that homosexuality was not to be confused with a mental illness or disease. This is documented in his comforting handwritten letter to a mother who was concerned for her gay son ( Page 1 | Page 2).

If you buy into graphology, his handwriting says interesting things about him - the way it is scarcely legible, upward slanted and the dots race ahead of the i’s they’re intended to top.

Sources: IHT, NYT, Wiki & LOC

I never cared much about anything having to do with the old school Star Trek series, but since George Takei came out of the closet and has been publicly speaking for equal rights for ALL people (gay, straight, undecided - it’s shouldn’t matter!), well - I just adore the man!

He was brave to go on the Howard Stern show in the first place, but to become the official announcer of? It’s wonderful! He lends such an air of culture, giving Robin someone on her level to converse with, and is such a self-aware man with a wicked sense of humor.

Here is an article on this lovely man and
here is his official site.

Parents are in a snit over a book based on a true story of two gay male penguins from the NYC Central Park Zoo that adopted an egg and raised the chick as their own. Fanatics want it yanked from the shelves, but are willing to acquiesce to having it behind the counter, to be available only upon request and with parental consent.

My advice? Get over it. One book out of thousands on the shelves - what are the odds their kids will even come across it, let alone read it?! 2nd point: Exposure to homosexuality does not make one any more or less gay than originally predispositioned - the end.

Also, this would be a wonderful story for children who do not fully understand their own situation, or that of their classmates, whether they are gay themselves or have gay parents. Disapproving does not make it any less of a reality.

If you personally disapprove of gay sex, please try to refrain from having any. Also, I personally guarantee that you can read this book without turning gay, unless previously inclined.

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