27-09-2011, 01:21 PM
I am not basing my decisions primarily on the COGIATI, but the questions are insightful enough if you really think about answering them honestly.
For example, when I last did it (some years ago) I scored 70 which is 'androgynous' and I remember the question about an accident removing your genitals - how would feel? I crossed my legs, went Argghhhh and ticked the "that would be terrible" box. This time round I ticked the "It would not bother me" box. Things change...
Ann Lawrence does not believe in 'brain gender' either - she says that, in her opinion, hormonal changes affect the brain and make physical changes.
"It has been known for years that changes in androgen levels during adulthood can change the volume of sexually dimorphic brain nuclei in the expected direction in experimental animals (Cooke, Tabibnia, & Breedlove, 1999). Changes in hormone levels in adult transsexuals plausibly can have similar effects on sexually dimorphic brain structures." http://www.annelawrence.com/brain-sex_critique.html
There is very little agreement in this hazy twilight world between the genders.
Beverley
For example, when I last did it (some years ago) I scored 70 which is 'androgynous' and I remember the question about an accident removing your genitals - how would feel? I crossed my legs, went Argghhhh and ticked the "that would be terrible" box. This time round I ticked the "It would not bother me" box. Things change...
Ann Lawrence does not believe in 'brain gender' either - she says that, in her opinion, hormonal changes affect the brain and make physical changes.
"It has been known for years that changes in androgen levels during adulthood can change the volume of sexually dimorphic brain nuclei in the expected direction in experimental animals (Cooke, Tabibnia, & Breedlove, 1999). Changes in hormone levels in adult transsexuals plausibly can have similar effects on sexually dimorphic brain structures." http://www.annelawrence.com/brain-sex_critique.html
There is very little agreement in this hazy twilight world between the genders.
Beverley

