Could it be that we, through evolution, are predisposed to repel or reject gender-bending activities?
I saw a TV show in which 20 or so volunteers were asked to smell t-shirts worn by random people, and rate the smell along a scale from repulsive to attractive. What the participants didn't know is that the researchers included a shirt worn by a blood relative. It turns out that the shirts worn by blood relatives were consistently rated among the most repulsive. What's up with this? The hypothesis (theory? I'm not a scientist) is that nature, through evolution, uses our sense of smell and production of certain chemcals to reject blood relatives as potential sexual partners because...well, they stink. We don't realize it, but we are programmed to avoid incest. Nature knows that a blood relative isn't the best choice to mix genes with for carrying on a strong, healthy species. Our brains processed what our noses took in. Our brains also process what our eyes and ears take in. Could it be that when we see gender-bending behavior, our brains set up defenses?
