Girls Gone Wild

Researchers at Harvard have discovered that men and women aren't that different after all.



They have found that brain pathways for male sexual behavior can also be found in female mice! Originally it was believed that male and female mice's brains were hardwired differently and this lead to a difference in behavior between the sexes.

Animals use pheromones to transmit sexual signals, the vomeronasal organ (VNO) in the nose can receive these signals. When the VNO is removed in female mice they begin to act like male mice: mounting other mice, sniffing, and pelvic thrusting! They also have a reduction in their maternal instinct.

So the question is: Are men that different from women?

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v448/n7157/edsumm/e070830-11.html

http://discovermagazine.com/2007/sep/girls-gone-boys-gone-wild