Gay si nasce? Le radici dell'orientamento sessuale

This is really a 3.5 star review. LeVay's honest approach and commitment to thoroughly explaining the research makes this the most enlightening read on the "biology did most of it" side of the current debate around gender and sexual identity. I thoroughly enjoyed this book, and would unhesitatingly

This book puts forward a lot of solid scientific studies and manages to do so with fairly little bias, pointing out the potential failings of many its cited studies. it has done its research well (a good 1/4th of the book is bibliography. I can respect that XD). However, while I must give the book cr Leggi tutto

An interesting read, this book is written by a neuroscientist. LeVay refers to a lot of researches done in homosexuality and tries to do it on a unbiased way. I find the book informative but at some point similar data were repeated and with different results so it was a little bit confusing. Overall Leggi tutto

I conceptualize Human behavior as emerging from a confluence of biological, psychological and social factors. As for the (tiered AF) nature v nurture debate. I assume that nature (innate traits) writes the rough draft, and nurture (social and environmental factors) finishes the final edit. Nature an Leggi tutto

"Gay, Straight and the Reason Why: The Science of Sexual Orientation" mainly uses biology and psychology to deal with homosexuality. The author puts forward many researches conducted by various scientists for years and discusses each of them in this eleven-chapter book. Not being knowledgeable enoug Leggi tutto

LeVay presented varied and routinely underdeveloped areas of research methodically, objectively, and honestly, however, some of the research that he presented was, in my opinion, so shaky and devoid of anything significant or conclusive that I felt like he would have been best to omit it all togethe Leggi tutto

This was an interesting read. Written by a scientist, and...it sounds like it. Not that it was especially technical, just lacked any authorial melodrama. He had a lot of sentences containing "but I'll talk about that in subsequent chapters," which I found a bit irritating. I also doubt this book wil Leggi tutto

This book is a great summary of all the scientific research that has been done on sexual orientation. LeVay discusses both his research and the research of others, as well as commenting on whether each study is reliable or not. He's very upfront and honest about what studies produced valid findings. Leggi tutto