▁in ▁ 2 0 1 6 ▁in ▁Belg ium ▁European ▁Open ▁( dis c ▁golf ), ▁a ▁P D GA ▁major ▁disc ▁golf ▁tournament ▁European ▁Open ▁( j udo ), ▁European ▁j udo ▁tournament <0x0A> </s> ▁Deb ra ▁W . ▁So h ▁is ▁a ▁Canadian ▁science ▁column ist , ▁political ▁comment ator , ▁and ▁former ▁sex ▁research er . ▁ ▁Education ▁ ▁So h ▁holds ▁a ▁Doctor ▁of ▁Philosoph y ▁degree ▁in ▁psych ology ▁from ▁York ▁University ▁in ▁Toronto . ▁Her ▁dis sert ation ▁was ▁titled ▁Function al ▁and ▁Struct ural ▁Ne uro im aging ▁of ▁Par aph il ic ▁Hyper sex ual ity ▁in ▁Men , ▁and ▁her ▁committee ▁included ▁Keith ▁Schne ider ▁of ▁York ▁University ▁and ▁James ▁Cant or ▁of ▁the ▁Centre ▁for ▁Add iction ▁and ▁M ental ▁Health . ▁During ▁her ▁gradu ate ▁studies , ▁So h ▁received ▁the ▁Michael ▁Smith ▁Foreign ▁Research ▁Award ▁from ▁the ▁Social ▁Sciences ▁and ▁Human ities ▁Research ▁Council ▁of ▁Canada ▁and ▁York ' s ▁Prov ost ▁Dis sert ation ▁Sch olar ship . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁So h ▁spent ▁a ▁week end ▁document ing ▁the ▁fur ry ▁f andom ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁disp el ▁myth s ▁about ▁the ▁sub c ulture ▁being ▁primarily ▁sexual ▁in ▁nature . ▁ ▁While ▁at ▁York , ▁she ▁studied ▁par aph ili as ▁which ▁are ▁ab normal ▁sexual ▁prefer ences . ▁Her ▁research ▁indicates ▁that ▁these ▁are ▁ne uro log ical ▁conditions ▁rather ▁than ▁learned ▁behav i ours . ▁So h ▁has ▁emphas ized ▁that ▁par