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[DSL]

Does it make a difference when a shemale keeps her dick or has it removed.?

[Jenae LaTorque]

That question sounds like something a five year old child would ask. You need something a lot more specific than that to ask.

[DSL]

well whats the point in asking then if you don't know.

[Jenae LaTorque]

Originally Posted by DSL

Does it make a difference when a shemale keeps her dick or has it removed.?

YES !

But in the actuality, it is not really removed so much as transformed. The surgeon generally uses part of the penis in the reconstruction to form the vagina. Rather, it is the testicles (balls) that are removed. Since they are no longer supplying the body with male hormones, and if the patient is taking female hormone supplements, then the feminization of the body proceeds at a faster pace. This would include redisposition of body fat, body hair reduction, breast development, skin texture change, etc. And of course, they now get to sit down to pee.

[The Conquistador]

What do you think of the theory that our memories are encoded into our DNA in an Assassins Creed sort of way?

[Jenae LaTorque]

Sure it is possible. After all, what we term "natural instinct" would seem to be contained within the genetic code. It is not a far reach to consider the possibility that more individual memories might be encoded there also. Since we really don't understand how information like instinct is encoded there; it is difficult to see how individual memory could be encoded.
However, there are indications that more specific information than instinct is encoded in us. Witness the various cases of twins separated at birth and then reunited many years later. They both owned the same model of car, same breed of dog, their wives look similar, same work field, etc...
As to passing memories on to offspring; only memories prior to the production of the egg or sperm would be conveyed by the respective DNA. Some other means would have to be possible for later memories. A quantum process maybe?? Lots of possibilities have been explored in various novels such as the Dune series by Frank Herbert. In it, the Bene Gesserit sisterhood pass on memories from one to another by mind sharing. Another interesting idea is in Anne Rice's book, The Queen of the Damned, where the sisters belong to a tribe that ritually eat their dead so as to preserve/save their essence.
We are at the frontier of genetic knowledge and who knows what wonders lie over the horizon.

[johndowe]

Hi there.

Genetic memory...

There is the mental and there is the physical, the mental is harder to pin down since we can and do change our minds, but physical, there is a definate link.

If a woman wears high heels on a regular basis before she gets pregnant with a daughter, her daughter will have a greater ease in wearring high heels than a daughter of a woman who rarely or ever wore high heels, the same is true for most other physical traits, what the parents can do (on a regular basis) the offspring usually can too, within reason of course, small changes like the high heel example are common, more pronounced and noticable ones are called mutations.

No, i don't mean like X-Men, but they would be very big mutations, bigger than any mutation ever recorded.

JohnDowe.

[randolph]

Originally Posted by johndowe

Hi there.

Genetic memory...

There is the mental and there is the physical, the mental is harder to pin down since we can and do change our minds, but physical, there is a definate link.

If a woman wears high heels on a regular basis before she gets pregnant with a daughter, her daughter will have a greater ease in wearring high heels than a daughter of a woman who rarely or ever wore high heels, the same is true for most other physical traits, what the parents can do (on a regular basis) the offspring usually can too, within reason of course, small changes like the high heel example are common, more pronounced and noticable ones are called mutations.

No, i don't mean like X-Men, but they would be very big mutations, bigger than any mutation ever recorded.

JohnDowe.

This sounds like Lamarck and Lysenko beliefs in the inheritance of acquired characteristics. No scientific research supports this idea.

[johndowe]

Hi there.

Whe i was in high school we did genetic experiments, we cross polinated red beans with white ones and the results were 100% predictable the next generations all the beans were red, the next after that was 75% red 25% white.

Also, i took the high heel example because i have a bit of a high heel fetish, and when i asked some girls i knew if they had problems wearing high heels, those who wore them regularily said no, and often stated that their mothers didn't either, while the ones that didn't said that they tried but couldn't and i asked if their moms did and they didn't

Not scientific but, such experiments would take decades to run to term with little chance of getting to the end, since everybody has a life of their own and have "more important" things to do.

JohnDowe.

[randolph]

Originally Posted by randolph

This sounds like Lamarck and Lysenko beliefs in the inheritance of acquired characteristics. No scientific research supports this idea.

I may have to take back that statement. A new study called epigenetics reveals that inheritance is not limited to our genes. Studies have shown that effects of exposure to pesticides and other chemicals, such as cancer can be transmitted to future generations. This is very disturbing evidence suggesting that we must be very careful to preserve and protect our epigenome from damage.