Are you kidding me? This research doesn’t say anything about SSA or OSA in people. But you should get points for jumping to conclusions!!!!

“I guess it depends on how you understand “gender.” I’m thinking more about self-reflective identity against a cultural backdrop…which by definition, rodents cannot have.”

Solid point…I certainly understand that perspective. Thank you for your clarification.

Rodents can have sex many times a day. Using studies on animal sexuality as a guide to people’s sexuality is a bad idea. Rodents also sometimes eat their young. People’s minds are much broader than that of animals.

I think mice have gender as well as biological sex. One of the reasons is for example, in other species, we find same-sex mating behavior in over 400 species. In some of these instances, the females take on stereotypically “male” traits, and in some the males take on stereotypically “female” traits for that species.

Drowssap –

There are plenty of women who have sex drives just as high or higher than their spouses…fear not.

Didn’t hurt a nerve – just thought that the description if used on a human would give rise to a revolt of some sort.

Mother Nature had different priorities. 😎

You and I are on the same page with this one. Why is it, that if a woman is inclined towards sexual behavior the same as a man, she is considered “sex-crazed?” So narrow-minded and bigoted.

I’ve never taken birth control pills, and would consider my own drive to be quite high. If you look into the research, maybe more women would be more “sex crazed” if they weren’t taking pills which have been shown to inhibit sex drive, orgasm, etc..

Just a thought – it might be more “normal” than we think.

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/60170.php

Different from these mice, the altered gene is one that appears to regulate the chemical environment in the fly. The link between the mutation and the behavior is even more odd in this case.