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We were discussing in class the different receptors that may be sensitive to and effected by external factors in our environment. Among these were the possibility of women's menstrual cycles aligning with each other due to receptors that women may have. In this argument, if there are gender specific receptors such as these, then the case could be made that brain = behavior. However, how are we viewing brain = behavior because biological behavior and social behavior are different.

The fact that there are hidden receptors that do not pass through our I-function would provide a reasonable explanantion for how one woman has a different menstrual experience from another and why one woman is biologically labeled as the alpha-female and makes other females regulate onto her menstrual cycle. Are there any commonalities in alpha females socially and biologically in terms of their menstrual cycles and the receptors that their bodies encapsulate? Do the women that exude alpha-female behavior in the social world also have the propensity of regulating their fellow women onto their cycle?