The prent study explored whether there were relatnships among genr nonnformy, telligence, and sexual orientatn. A total of 106 heterosexual men, 115 heterosexual women, and 103 gay men pleted measur of mographic variabl, relled childhood genr nonnformy (CGN), and the N …
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ARE GAY PEOPLE SMARTER THAN STRAIGHT PEOPLE?
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Choreographer and dancer Kyle Abraham, one of at least three openly gay 2013 MacArthur fellows. Of the 24 wners this year, at least three are openly gay, meang gay people are signifintly overreprented among the geni pool. The news has led some to speculate that gay geni outnumber straight on, proportnally, the populatn at large.
Are gay people really smarter than straight people?
Last year, Satoshi Kanazawa argued the Journal of Bsocial Science that gay people are typilly born wh more telligence than the average heterosexual. Kanazawa asserts that homosexualy is an evolutnary handip bee prevents reproductn. Some scientists speculate that the same geic factors that e homosexualy one genr also duce hyperfertily the other, a theory lled sexually antagonistic selectn.
QUEER IQ: THE GAY COUPLE'S ADVANTAGE
A gay man might be at an evolutnary ad end, other words, but his sisters will be blsed wh extreme fecundy, more than makg up the balance. Homosexualy, acrdg to this theory, isn’t some evolutnary fect: It’s a blogil boon. This would lead more telligent gay people to e out while leavg dumber gay people the closet, thereby pletely skewg the data.
Gay upl are more likely to have higher hoehold and llege gre than straight upl—two possible proxi for telligence. Gay men llege, moreover, have higher-than-average GPAs and are signifintly more likely to participate extracurricular activi. Gays are wealthier and better ted than most Amerins; shouldn’t that dite that they’re also smarter?