VIDEO – The Paradox Institute
17 APRIL 2022
The Paradox Institute invited a PhD neuroscience student, Sammy, to respond to the neuroscience section of the “Sex and Sensibility” video by @RenegadeScienceTeacher (Forrest Valkai).
Forrest’s original video: • Sex and Sensibility
Sammy: / neurosgs
Cynthia: / ptelephant
Zach: / zaelefty
TIMESTAMPS BELOW:
0:00 – Intro
0:21 – Neuroscience Project
1:41 – Sammy’s Background
4:51 – Forrest: Intro to Neuroscience
5:19 – Sammy: Structural sex differences
14:56 – Forrest: Sexually dimorphic structures in the brain “evidence” for “gender identity.”
16:20 – Sammy: BSTc
24:04 – Sammy: SDN-POA
31:59 – Sammy: VIP-SCN
33:37 – Forrest: BSTc matches “gender identity”
34:11 – Sammy: Mixed samples, confounding variables
38:38 – Forrest: Opposite sex brain trapped in body from birth
40:57 – Sammy: Neuroplasticity shows these differences can occur after birth
0: 43:53 – Sammy: More plasticity evidence
44:54 – Forrest: Neurological sex differences in gay males
46:01– Sammy: Male-typical BSTc
47:40 – Sammy: SDN-POA / INAH-3 inconsistent literature
49:52 – Sammy: Gender dysphoria and trans identity are not the same thing
53:13 – Forrest: Genetic component to homosexuality
53:50 – Sammy: Twin studies are good, but twin studies on gender dysphoria confound sexuality
1:00:00 – Gender dysphoria is not that different than anorexia or body integrity disorders
1:10:12 – Sammy: Transsexuals on hormone therapy correlation to depression risk
1:13:11 – Sammy: Forrest responded
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