oh boy, huge huge huge can of worms. huge.
let me just say first that shrooming is one of the most sexually liberating experiences i have ever had. mushrooms showed me that we are all one, that gender means almost nothing, & that there is a duality (equally feminine & masculine) in each of us. take from that what you will, what i took from it was that i need to examine my lifestyle, & the childhood programming that has, in my opinion, hindered my ability to perceive people for myself, as opposed to hearing a million voices from the past telling me what to perceive.
in fact, the more i use psychedelics, the more embracing of the "feminine" (if there is such a thing) i become. i know that this is probably because i completely allow this type of transformation to occur, but regardless, this is the direction that mushrooms led me in.
this "sam stein" character sounds like a deplorable person for even participating in -let alone running- such a "study", & i find this to be a perfect example of modern science (& even psychedelics) used for evil.