fulltimestudent
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The default development of an embryo is female, whether or not the final result is male or female. It takes several weeks for a Y chromosone to affect change, and by that time the nipples are already formed.
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Nipples remind us that gender is anything but clear-cut, especially in utero. Whatever your sex, everyone starts off as a woman in the womb.
For the first several weeks a developing embryo follows a "female blueprint," from reproductive organs to nipples. Only after about 60 days does the hormone testosterone kick in (for those of us with a Y chromosome), changing the genetic activity of cells in the genitals and brain. But by then those mammary papillae aren't going anywhere.
So the real question is: why do male nipples come equipped with nerves and blood vessels? In many male mammals nipple formation is stunted by hormones, but not in humans. Did prehistoric men nurse their young? The lack of evidence suggests not. More likely, full-grown nipples — being harmless — don't get weeded out by natural selection.- http://www.livescience.com/32467-why-do-men-have-nipples.html
Another interesting facet of male nipples, is that they are the only 'sexually sensitive' male body part that does not have a dual function.
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Looking at men's nipples will make you gay!
Ask any gay man, whether they prefer to kiss men's nipples or women's nipples.
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Growing up gay in North korea
by fulltimestudent inhow do you know you're "gay", if you've never heard of "gay?".
does something exist if there is no word to describe it?
consider the experience of jang yeong-jin.. .
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How do you know you're "gay", if you've never heard of "gay?"
Does something exist if there is no word to describe it? Consider the experience of Jang Yeong-jin.
Yeong-jin grew up without a word to describe his feelings for other men, but his life is an object lesson in the need for clarity in our self-understanding.
Here is a quote from a NYT story about the life of Jang Yeong-Jin:
“In North Korea, no ordinary people conceptually understand what homosexuality is,” said Joo Sung-ha, who attended the elite Kim Il-sung University in Pyongyang, the North Korean capital, in the 1990s and now works as a reporter for the mass-circulation South Korean daily Dong-A Ilbo. “In my university, only half the students may have heard of the word. Even then, it was always treated as some strange, vague mental illness afflicting subhumans, only found in the depraved West."
- 'North Korean Defector Opens Up About Long-held secret: His Homosexuality.' - http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/06/world/asia/north-korea-defector-jang-yeong-jin-gay.html?fb_ref=Default&_r=0
The NK government maintains that there are no homosexuals in North Korea, where (they maintain) the people have "sound morals."
However, whether there is a name or not, male to male sexual behaviour may still exist. In his book Yeong-Jin tells how, even as a child, he fell in love with another boy,
'... even when he developed a crush on another boy named Seon-cheol. They continued their friendship after moving to Pyongyang, where they attended different colleges.“When the subway was crowded, I sat on Seon-cheol’s lap, and he would hug me from behind,” Mr. Jang said. “People didn’t care, thinking we were childhood friends.” ' (Note 1)
And in the Army (Note 2) Jang notes:
“In winter, when soldiers were given only two threadbare blankets each and little heat, it was common for us to find a partner and sleep hugging each other at night to keep warm,” Mr. Jang said. “We considered it part of what the party called ‘revolutionary comradeship.’ ”
and the NYT story states:
Other North Korean defectors have reported homosexual behavior in the North Korean military, where soldiers serve mandatory 10-year tours with few chances of meeting the opposite sex. ... “There was a lot of sexual abuse, like groping at night,” a former North Korean military officer, Choe Jong-hun, told Chosun TV, a South Korean cable channel, in August. “But we later found ourselves having new recruits lying beside us. ... ”In Mr. Jang’s front-line unit, he said, officers and senior soldiers bribed him with apples and food to lure him into their blankets. After performing nighttime sentry duty in a snowstorm, he said, he would find comfort “in the bosom” of his favorite platoon leader.
From across the border, propaganda broadcasts from South Korea enticed the cold lonesome Communist soldiers to defect, promising “meat, monthly leave and pretty women.”
When he married (Note 3) Jang remembers that on his wedding night he could think ONLY of his young friend Seon-Cheol.
The rest of Jang's story is at: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/06/world/asia/north-korea-defector-jang-yeong-jin-gay.html?fb_ref=Default&_r=0
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1. This can be regarded as normal behaviour in East Asian societies (and, probably as non-sexual) for boys and young men to hug, walk hand in hand and be close to each other in ways, that may invite abuse in western (Americanised societies).
2. Male only societies (military,catholic priesthood, prison) are notorious for the development of male to male sexual behaviour. It should be noted that this may not make the participants in such behaviour, "gay" in the sense of 'desire' rather than 'action,' as such participants may revert to heterosexual behaviour when released from the restricted social group. When he married (the societal pressure to marry is very strong in all East Asia societies.
3. Pressure to marry is very strong in ALL East Asian societies.
4. In spite of all the taboos, teasing male to male behaviour is very common, and can be noted on South Korean TV. It hints at a different behind-the-scenes behaviour that is different to "official' attitudes.
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How did Indo-European languages evolve and spread?
by fulltimestudent inapproximately 50% of people on this planet speak a language that is classified as indo-european in origin.
the origins and the spread of this language group has long been a source of scholarly discussion.. this video positing answers to the questions concerning the origin and spread is graphically illustrated in this video:.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdqwalcpnas.
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Approximately 50% of people on this planet speak a language that is classified as Indo-European in origin. The origins and the spread of this language group has long been a source of scholarly discussion.
This video positing answers to the questions concerning the origin and spread is graphically illustrated in this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdQwalCPNAs
(Quote): The conventional view places their homeland in the Pontic steppe, which corresponds to modern-day Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan. An alternative hypothesis claims that the Proto-Indo-Europeans spread from Anatolia in modern-day Turkey.
The latter hypothesis was recently backed up by a seminal study led by evolutionary biologist Quentin Atkinson from the University of Auckland in New Zealand, which was published in the journal Science." (unquote)
More information at:
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Watchtower now Proudly Promoting the DIVINE Jesus
by FusionTheism inthe revised nwt has a footnote on john 1:1 showing that "a god" means "divine.".
also, their other publications are now much more boldly referring to jesus as divine:.
jesus--the way, the life, the truth (2015), page 306-307:.
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Heaven: Soooo.... JW's are polytheists then.
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No end to JW logic, Oranges can make you gay
by James Mixon ini was told that today by a jw...no more to say.
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sparrowdown17 minutes ago
Oh god, don't even get me started on zucchinis the most gayifying of all the vegetables.
grin!!!!
Maybe that's so for males.
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Are atheists more likely to be morally good than Christians?
by FusionTheism ini have no problem saying atheists and christians are equal.. but some people seem to have the belief that atheists are more likely to be morally good, or more likely to change the world for good, than christians and theists.. but what evidence do you have to support this claim?.
if atheism is what causes people to do great positive things for the world, then why weren't martin luther king, jr., william wilberforce, isaac newton, francis collins, barack obama, mother theresa, abraham lincoln, or john f. kennedy atheists?.
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cofty: Mother Theresa
Odious old hag.Haha- you beat me to it Cofty!
Don't these theist advocates know how to use a search engine?
Mother Theresa was pure evil in her belief, that because Jesus suffered, her 'victims' should also suffer.
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No end to JW logic, Oranges can make you gay
by James Mixon ini was told that today by a jw...no more to say.
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More "f***wit thinking!
And here's another one - my friend's daughter (still in) raised it with him recently.
"Soy is feminizing, and commonly leads to a decrease in the size of the penis, sexual confusion and homosexuality. That’s why most of the medical (not socio-spiritual) blame for today’s rise in homosexuality must fall upon the rise in soy formula and other soy products."
Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2006/12/39253/#WFsL0f0R2RexVcWW.99I have studied one ancient society (ancient Greece) and one early modern to modern society (Japan from the 17th century) in which male to male sex/romance was common, and while soy products, used for food, have a long history in East Asia, there is little evidence of their use in ancient Greece.
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The Devouring Mother Archetype(jungian) And the Watchtower Corporation's Self Identification As Mother And Jehovah As Father
by Brokeback Watchtower inthe devouring mother must be always listen to and obeyed it is the negative side of the anima image and it rules over the watchtower corporation.
jehovah(corporation's imaginary sock puppet) is the father figure with his masculine macho swagger he gains victory over every detractor and his huge narcissistic personality demands exclusive devotion from everyone or it's the death penalty, he suffers from an inflated ego and has a very dark and evil shadow due to denial of his dark nature/satan(scape goat).
the children or rank and file pee on dedicated members of the corporation must now engage in worthless pursuits to satisfy a mood swinging domineering mother and a murderous self righteous father all the while being shown a very contemptible form of conditional love, accompanied with constant death threat reminders and a carrot on a sting to keep them focused on such and busy with worthless pursuits for a hopeless cause.
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Imbuing something that is non-human, with the characteristics of a human is fraught with risk. Few people seem to think that Yahweh's organisation is as kind and loving as a human mother is commonly imagined (Galatians 4:26)
Aside from the harsh treatment that many here have experienced at the hands of their 'mother,' there's the not so small problem, tha, in the imagination of Christians 'she' is shortly going to kill billions of people.
So most here have come to picture their supposedly loving 'mother' as just another vicious, wicked old bitch!