On 29 Oct 1996 wyrm wrote:

Hai, who you get aroused by is a function of the brain, BUT it can still be
changed by the curse. For those of you who can stomach it...

[chokki]

The limbic system, on the other hand, is geared to recognize the target
sex. Standards of beauty and handsomeness are fairly constant across
cultures, which strongly suggests that it's instinctual.

Um, no . . .
Or maybe, but they aren't what is portrayed in the curent western media.
For too long in pre-modern times being plump was considered desirable
for that to be an accurate assumption, for otherwise we have a culture
that is violently fighting its instincts.  (Not that I think society is
correct in this)

So, the sixty-four million dollar question is what exactly is changed in
the limbic system, or animal brain. We know that Ranma's curse doesn't
touch the grey matter. It probably equips Ranma with a factory-issue female
body, equipped with an appropriately configured endocrine system to take
care of basic chores.

An endocrine system based off of Ranma's geneset.  <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Which is why I feel that it is most likely that she will continue to be
attracted to girls.

Ranma's emotional conditioning (ie, his likes, dislikes, pet peeves,
sorrows, ect.) are probably untouched, which leaves "her" attracted to
females, because as a male, he has always been attracted to females because
of his male libido.

(fixed typo) Why is there this firm belief that a female libido == a
straight female libido?
There is no proof either way, and there probably never will be, but it
is about as likely, if not more, that instead of it being `attracted to
the opposite sex' it's `attracted to {female|male}' at the deepest
levels.  

I would think that onna-Ranma would also have the female libido also, as
that is instinctive as well. It's hard-wired into the brain, and he also
has the appropriate genes to do that (he always did, even before he was
cursed. The difference between a male and female is only one gene).

Chromosome.  off by several orders of magnitude there.

However, you don't see it early on, since this new libido has to compete
with four years of being attracted to women, which is still being
reinforced when he turns male again.

However, now that he's stuck as a woman, Ranma's conditioning would begin
to wear down because of an instictive female sex-drive, and the sex-drive
is a powerful force. Eventually, it will be just as strong as, and
eventually stronger than, the male response.

Of course, there is a firm possibility that the `female' responce is
quite similar to the `male' responce, and has the same standards for
just who is desirable.

Ranma's in a losing battle, and since it is instinctive, there's not much
she can do about it. I can't help being straight because it is my nature,
any more than a homosexual can help being homosexual.

Of course, this depends on whether the female libido is present.

and on the `female libido' being attracted to men.

ja ne,
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