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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.11,0:00:04.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,New evidence indicates that \Ngay fathers actually develop
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.13,0:00:07.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,patterns, brain patterns, \Nthat are typical in both
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.94,0:00:11.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,straight men and straight women.\NThis is really fascinating study because
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.70,0:00:15.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it focuses primarily on brain scans.\NAnd what the researchers did--
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.50,0:00:19.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the researchers are from Israel--\Nis they scanned the brains of new mothers,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.96,0:00:23.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then they scanned the brains of new\Nstraight fathers and then they scanned
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.62,0:00:27.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the brains of new gay fathers,\Nand here's what they found.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.47,0:00:31.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the study, the mothers, who played \Na primary caregiver role for their
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.60,0:00:34.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,children, demonstrated heightened\Nactivity in their brain's emotion-
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.99,0:00:36.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,processing regions
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.23,0:00:40.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when watching their children. The straight\Nfathers, playing a traditional secondary
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.44,0:00:42.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,parenting role, exhibited increased
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.71,0:00:46.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cognitive activity in the brain.\NSo the women were
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.12,0:00:49.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,much more emotional, the men were \Nmuch more cognitive.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.16,0:00:53.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,...demonstrating awareness of what their \Nchildren's cries and cues were trying
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.93,0:00:55.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to communicate.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.14,0:00:59.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the gay fathers demonstrated both \Nthe mother's emotional and father's
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.61,0:01:01.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cognitive brain activity, suggesting
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.00,0:01:05.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they were at least according to \Ntheir brains, operating like both mothers
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.03,0:01:11.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and fathers. And so the researchers said\Nthat, you know, the men's brains
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.60,0:01:16.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are very plastic, so they can adapt to \Nthe given situation. They can play both
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.15,0:01:18.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,roles, which is really, \Nreally fascinating stuff.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.62,0:01:21.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, apparently they're like super men--\Nand super women. I wonder if there's gonna be
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.94,0:01:23.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some jealousy coming out of this research.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.95,0:01:27.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- They can apparently do both.\N- They have superior brains.\N- Ex--well, clearly.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.73,0:01:30.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're smarter, more cognitive and \Nmore emotional. We also should bear in
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.75,0:01:34.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mind, like they're focusing here on the \Neffect on gay parents because
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.69,0:01:37.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I assume they have sort of an agenda.\NThankfully, the science supports the
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.41,0:01:38.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,agenda that
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.39,0:01:41.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they can fill both roles and it's \Nridiculous to say that a kid can only be
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.76,0:01:43.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,brought up in a healthy fashion if he's with
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.82,0:01:46.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a traditional one-male \None-female relationship.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.74,0:01:50.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I'm sure this is, as they say, \Nis just as true if
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.18,0:01:53.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a guy has to raise a kid all by himself \Nor a single mother, like,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.41,0:01:56.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they will have to fill both of those roles.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.32,0:01:59.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The brain is plastic, not just for the \Ngay couples, it's plastic for us as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.05,0:02:03.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And feeling like we should be \Nconstrained by gender roles
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.94,0:02:05.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that were developed in the
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.14,0:02:08.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,20s and 30s and 40s?\NThat's ridiculous. We are more
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.16,0:02:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,plastic than that. We can fill more roles
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.14,0:02:12.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what it means to be a mother and what it \Nmeans to be a father isn't the same as
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.92,0:02:13.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was when--
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.93,0:02:15.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even when we were kids, let alone\Nwhen our parents were kids.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.80,0:02:19.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right, so this summer--this coming summer--\Nthe National Organization for Marriage,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.30,0:02:23.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,along with Mike Huckabee, are planning \Non doing this march in Washington DC to
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.94,0:02:25.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kind of protest
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.04,0:02:28.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,same-sex marriage and marriage equality.\NAnd one of the reasons why they do
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.100,0:02:31.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is because they feel that children
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.40,0:02:35.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are raised in same-sex households\Ndo not fare well.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.60,0:02:39.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's really interesting to hear that \Nargument because there's a growing body
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.66,0:02:42.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of evidence that proves that wrong. I\Nmean, we had done studies about this or
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.84,0:02:45.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had reported on studies about this \Npreviously, in previous years,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.10,0:02:50.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it shows that, hey, not only do \Nchildren do just as well as,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.18,0:02:53.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, children in heterosexual\Nfamilies, but in some cases they might do
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.04,0:02:55.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- even better--\N- (man) Yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.12,0:02:59.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And now we have actual brain scans \Nshowing that there's really no
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.24,0:03:02.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,element lacking in the parenting, in\Nterms of their brains and what they're
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.66,0:03:03.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,likely to
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.74,0:03:07.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- do to raise their children.\N- So you're totally right about the science
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.55,0:03:10.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm glad that we have the science \Non our side there, but also all of that
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.03,0:03:15.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,should be completely irrelevant. Like the\Nfact that, even if we found that the
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.34,0:03:18.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kids they raised weren't as psychologically \Ndeveloped, or weren't as
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.46,0:03:19.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,emotionally developed...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.00,0:03:22.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doesn't mean they don't have the right \Nto raise kids! I've a feeling that really
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.98,0:03:26.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stupid people probably don't raise kids \Nthat are all that well off. We still let
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.35,0:03:27.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,them procreate.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.59,0:03:31.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- (woman) Can we mention Honey Boo-Boo?\N- Exactly!\N- Is that okay?\N- Yeah, like, okay if you did the study
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.68,0:03:35.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you found that one racial group had kids \Nthat were, on average, had an IQ two
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.62,0:03:36.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,points lower,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.56,0:03:40.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we don't bar them from having children.\NLike, this is a sideshow
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.28,0:03:44.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the conservatives bring up, that they're \Nnot even right on, to try to stop people from--
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.69,0:03:47.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stop gay people from having the same \Nrights as everybody else.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.30,0:03:50.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But at the end of the day, it's irrelevant.\NThey wouldn't bar people with some sort of
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.52,0:03:53.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,handicap from having kids if they had \Ndata that they couldn't raise kids,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.08,0:03:56.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- so there's no reason why that \Nshould apply to gay people.\N- (woman) Yeah.