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Scientists are supposed to live in ivory towers. Their darkrooms and their vibration-proof benches are supposed to isolate their activities from the disturbances of common life. What they tell us is supposed to be for the ages, not for the next election. But the reality may be otherwise.

Simon LeVay

Although homosexual behavior is very common in the animal world, it seems to be very uncommon that individual animals have a long-lasting predisposition to engage in such behavior to the exclusion of heterosexual activities. Thus, a homosexual orientation, if one can speak of such thing in animals, seems to be a rarity.

Simon LeVay

Simon LeVay

Simon LeVay

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Born: August 28, 1943 (age 81)

Bio: Simon LeVay is a British-American neuroscientist. He is renowned for his studies about brain structures and sexual orientation.

Known for:

Gay, Straight, and the Reason Why (2010)
Human Sexuality (2003)
The Sexual Brain (1993)
Discovering Human Sexuality (2009)
When science goes wrong (2008)

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