Men wh olr brothers are more likely to be gay, study suggts

Contents:

• MEN WH OLR BROTHERS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE GAY, STUDY SUGGTS
• ARE YOUNGER BROTHERS MORE LIKELY TO BE GAY?
• HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GAY? LGBT STATISTICS.
• HAVG OLR BROTHERS INCREAS A MAN'S ODDS OF BEG GAY

MEN WH OLR BROTHERS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE GAY, STUDY SUGGTS

Men wh olr brothers are more likely to be gay, acrdg to a study published Wednday the journal Proceedgs of the Royal Society B.

This new report builds upon prev rearch regardg male birth orr and homosexualy, though there is still no cisive ncln as to why there’s a lk between the cross-analyzg data om 10 scientific studi wh more than 5, 000 subjects, rearchers found that men wh olr brothers were 38 percent more likely to intify as gay.

ARE YOUNGER BROTHERS MORE LIKELY TO BE GAY?

”The study, which pared the probabily of the youngt brother a two-son fay beg gay as pared to the olst son, did not clu female subjects, as prev rearch has tablished that women do not fluence the sexual orientatn of their younger siblgs, acrdg to this study did not terme a ncrete reason for the rrelatn between a man havg an olr brother and intifyg as gay, Blanchard said that “pots toward the need for more rearch on the 'maternal immune hypothis'” — a theory Blanchard troduced 1996 that suggts that a mother is exposed to “male-specific substanc” durg pregnancy wh or the birth of a son. Acrdg to proponents of the theory, the mother’s immune rponse is changed durg the pregnancy of a boy, creasg the likelihood that a subsequent male child would be gay.

Six homosexual siblgs. A fay nsistg of several homosexual siblgs is reported.

HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GAY? LGBT STATISTICS.

All ten of the siblgs this fay were to some gree homosexually experienced. Six were homosexual or predomantly homosexual, and five had a homosexual inty. Of the three femal, one was homosexual, one was bisexual, and one had had some homosexual experience.

There was one set of male dizygotic tws nrdant for homosexualy the fay.

The male homosexual siblg who was terviewed displayed a strong intifitn wh his mother via a feme self-intifitn, the adoptn of the hoewife role a homosexual marriage, and the adoptn of the passive role anal terurse.

HAVG OLR BROTHERS INCREAS A MAN'S ODDS OF BEG GAY

Only one other multiple homosexual siblg fay has been reported the scientific lerature. The four homosexual siblgs this fay were all male and nsisted of two sets of dizygotic tws. The two multiple homosexual siblg fai provi support for theori that emphasize the importance of early fay relatnships the velopment of a homosexual adaptatn.

It is held that multiple homosexual siblg fai n be employed as strategic data ttg var etlogil theori of homosexualy.