We may know why younger brothers are more likely to be gay | New Scientist

Contents:

• ARE YOUNGER BROTHERS MORE LIKELY TO BE GAY?
• IS MY BROTHER GAY? QUIZ (BOYS ONLY)
• SCED BY MY SISTER'S BOYIEND PART 1: A GAY TABOO EROTI STORY
• WE MAY KNOW WHY YOUNGER BROTHERS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE GAY
• FEATURED STORI
• THE UNEXPECTED JOYS OF LEARNG OM MY YOUNGER GAY BROTHER
• MY LTLE BROTHER IS GAY.. WHAT DO I DO?

ARE YOUNGER BROTHERS MORE LIKELY TO BE GAY?

Im jt super unfortable about and i dont want to nont him or embarrass him if he's gay or whatever, bee my relatnship wh him means everythg to me.

In 1996, the psychologists Ray Blanchard and Anthony Bogaert published a paper ntendg that homosexualy was more mon men who had olr brothers.

"In [Wtern] societi, homosexual men are femized at var levels and they have more olr brothers than heterosexual men, " state the thors of the study. "To evaluate whether femy and the aternal birth orr effect are universal featur of male homosexual preference or not, we llected origal data om homosexual men, heterosexual men, and heterosexual women om Java (Indonia).

IS MY BROTHER GAY? QUIZ (BOYS ONLY)

The rearchers examed data om 116 homosexual men and 62 heterosexual men om wtern and central Java. Consistent wh Blanchard and Bogaert's fdgs Wtern societi, they found that homosexual men were more likely to have olr brothers than heterosexual men.

To be specific, homosexual men their sample had an average of 0. Intertgly, the rearchers also found that homosexual men were more likely to have olr sisters, although this difference was smaller than the olr brother difference.

The rearchers then tted whether homosexualy was visible the facial featur of Indonians. Usg standardized photographs of heterosexual and homosexual Indonian men, the rearchers found that men wh olr brothers were perceived to have more feme facial featur than men whout olr brothers.

SCED BY MY SISTER'S BOYIEND PART 1: A GAY TABOO EROTI STORY

They did not, however, fd that homosexual men were any more femized their facial featur than heterosexual men. The thors wre, "Taken together, the rults suggt the prence of a femizg factor associated wh male homosexualy that is partially termed by male birth orr.

Homosexualy has been a long-standg pot of nfn for evolutnary psychologists.

WE MAY KNOW WHY YOUNGER BROTHERS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE GAY

Male Homosexual Preference: Femy and the Olr Brother Effect Indonia.

FEATURED STORI

If you jt have a feelg that your brother is gay, that's okay. If you thk your brother is gay bee he watch a "girly" TV show or his voice sounds a certa way, that's relyg on stereotyp. If you live a particularly homophobic or transphobic area, discs safety plans wh the fay member se of vlence om others.

THE UNEXPECTED JOYS OF LEARNG OM MY YOUNGER GAY BROTHER

If your fay member has e out as gay or bisexual, accept that they will end up seeg someone of their own genr, and that's perfectly okay. Don't be aaid to rearch beg gay, bisexual, transgenr, asexual, or whatever your fay member me out as.

MY LTLE BROTHER IS GAY.. WHAT DO I DO?

I thk he might be gay. If you saw your brother kissg another guy and he said he is not attracted to women, y, he is gay. How do I tell if a child is gay?

They might have a lack of tert the oppose sex if they’re homosexual or asexual. However, seemed like I was fdg some of the boys sexy and appealg and wh time I knew that I was gay.

Also, he was the first to unrstand that I was gay, whout me ever tellg him and I rpected the fact that he never forced me to discs the matter. Newspapers, along wh Gay Byrne’s rad show, reported ctuo abe, which gradually me to feature more promently the media. If somethg is odd about your bro, like him actg spic around other boys - or somethg else that jt seems odd - take this quiz to fd out if he might be gay.