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Toxoplasma: Why Brazilian girls are so sexy?
04-06-2011, 10:44 AM
There's a theory that toxoplasma, a parasite found in cats and eventually in human brains, can manipulate human behavior, making men more aggressive and jealous, and making women more warm-hearted, conscientious about their looks, and promiscuous.
It's estimated that more than 60 percent of Brazil is living with this parasite.
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Toxoplasma: Why Brazilian girls are so sexy?
04-06-2011, 02:51 PM
we need to bring that shit to the US. And infect the women population! ha
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Toxoplasma: Why Brazilian girls are so sexy?
04-06-2011, 03:12 PM
I didn't eat cat poop.
Deixa que essa fase é passageira, amanhã será melhor você vai ver a cidade inteira seu samba saber de cor!
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Toxoplasma: Why Brazilian girls are so sexy?
04-06-2011, 04:30 PM
yeah, that shit also gives you schizophrenia. No pun intended. And you don't need to eat it. Breathing in the dust of a cat litter box, with old shit in it (more than 24-48 hours old), is enough.
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Toxoplasma: Why Brazilian girls are so sexy?
04-06-2011, 06:30 PM
I believe toxo is screened in all pregnant women as it can be passed to the fetus
Cant be bothered to search google as it sounds like bs. Roosh I'm guessing u think the same-don't u have a micro background?
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Toxoplasma: Why Brazilian girls are so sexy?
04-06-2011, 11:08 PM
Apologies for not linking. Was in a rush when i posted it this morning.
http://schizophreniabulletin.oxfordjourn...3/757.full
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxoplasmos...al_changes
http://www.boingboing.net/2010/07/02/cou...a-gon.html
First heard about it through an audio clip of Joe Rogan on youtube. He saw some documentary on it, which postulates the cultural implications of having a parasite alter the behavior of such a large percentage of a country's population. He doesn't mention the title and i haven't been able to find it. Rogan has a lot of interesting and unbelievable theories. I personally don't believe it has such a huge impact because the study seems shaky and like they already had a conclusion in mind (first link). But it's an interesting theory.
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Toxoplasma: Why Brazilian girls are so sexy?
04-09-2011, 02:14 PM
To follow up, I actually researched this for shits and giggles. Uptodate doesn't have much in the way of psych symptoms for toxoplasma but I did find a few articles on PubMed linking a history of acute symptomatic toxoplasmosis to an increased risk of developing psychosis, possibly mediated by changes in the balance of brain neurotransmitters like dopamine that affect things like mood and happiness. It's possible that this could manifest as non-pathological personality changes in less severe cases but I couldn't find any specific evidence of that. Again, the link to psychosis is only significant when someone has actually had acute symptoms, which is much rarer than the organism's prevalence in the general population. My general sense is still that this is probably bullshit even though it's not completely outside the realm of possibility that toxoplasma infection could have an effect on personality.
Also, even if you don't consider the clinical evidence, I'd point out that some of the countries with the highest rates of toxoplasma infection (France, Germany, the Netherlands) aren't exactly known for their sexy, feminine, slutty women and jealous, aggressive men. If there is any effect it's almost completely washed out by cultural factors.