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For gay men, an attraction to a different kind of scent

https://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/10/science/for-gay-men-an-attractionto-a-different-kind-of-scent.html?smid=url-share

New York Times article, by Nicholas Wade, describes research that is looking at patterns of brain activity when queer individuals smell pheromones of males and females.

I assign this article along with the famous t-shirt sniff article in which heterosexual females sniff the t-shirts of males and rate their attractiveness – Key Study: “The Sweaty T-shirt Study” (Wedekind et al. 1995)

Course content area – Sexual Selection or Human Evolution & Behavior

Course – Evolution & Behavior (100 level)

Campus – Hunter College

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 Queer animals are everywhere. Science is finally catching on reading

Washington Post article by Eliot Schrefer discusses the impact of human culture on the study of animal sexual behaviors and the lack of understanding of how a behavior that does not lead to offspring can still improve an animal’s fitness. Article is available to listen to.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2022/06/30/queer-animals-are-everywhere-science-is-finally-catching/

Used as a pre-class reading to prepare for a class discussing the diversity of sexual behaviors found in the animal kingdom.

Course content area – Sexual Selection

Course – Evolution & Behavior (100 level)

Campus – Hunter College