HORMONES AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION - A QUESTIONABLE LINK
HORMONES AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION - A QUESTIONABLE LINK
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DOI：
10.1300/j082v28n03_04
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发表时间：
1995-01-01
影响因子：
2.6
通讯作者：
GARTRELL, NK
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作者：
BANKS, A;GARTRELL, NK
本文批判性地回顾了性激素与性取向发展之间可能存在的因果关系的研究。早期的研究主要集中在成年男性和女性的激素测量上，虽然明确的解释受到方法学问题的阻碍，但这些研究总体上并不支持产后激素水平和性取向之间的因果关系。最近，产前激素水平产生不同程度的大脑雄激素化和随后的两性角色行为的理论一直得到低等哺乳动物研究的支持，试图将性取向的原因从动物推广到人类一直存在争议。测量雌激素反馈作为脑雄激素化的指示的努力产生了不一致的结果，对经历产前激素代谢缺陷的男性和女性的研究（即，CAH和睾丸女性化）没有发现同性恋行为的同时增加。总的来说，这些数据并不支持激素和人类性取向之间的因果关系。
This paper critically reviews the studies which explore a possible causal relationship between sex hormones and the development of sexual orientation. Early studies focused on hormone measurements in adult men and women, While definitive interpretations are hindered by methodological problems, the studies as a whole do not support a causal relationship between postnatal hormone levels and sexual orientation. More recently, a theory that prenatal hormone levels produce varying degrees of brain androgenization and subsequent dimorphic sex role behavior has consistently been supported by studies in lower mammals, Attempts to generalize the causes of sexual orientation from animals to humans have been controversial. Efforts to measure the estrogen feedback as an indication of brain androgenization have produced inconsistent results, Studies of men and women who experienced prenatal defects in hormone metabolism (i.e., CAH and testicular feminization) have not-found a concurrent increase in homosexual behavior. Overall, the data do not support a causal connection between hormones and human sexual orientation.