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

Contents:

• ARE YOUNGER BROTHERS MORE LIKELY TO BE GAY?
• STT EVANS IS CHRIS EVANS' GAY YOUNGER BROTHER — WHAT IS KNOWN ABOUT THE ASPIRG ACTOR
• WE MAY KNOW WHY YOUNGER BROTHERS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE GAY
• FEATURED STORI

ARE YOUNGER BROTHERS MORE LIKELY TO BE GAY?

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).

STT EVANS IS CHRIS EVANS' GAY YOUNGER BROTHER — WHAT IS KNOWN ABOUT THE ASPIRG ACTOR

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.

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

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. 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.

Male Homosexual Preference: Femy and the Olr Brother Effect Indonia. Instead of portrayg an officer, though, Stt Evans took the role of a Joel, a gay man a group of iends (all gay) om Los Angel who planned to go to Palm Sprgs for New Year's Eve.

FEATURED STORI

'And the gay teenage boy awake's' He lghed. ' I asked him, ignorg the teasg about me beg gay. He isn't homophobic or nothg, jt him and the rt of my fay like to tease me for .

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. However, seemed like I was fdg some of the boys sexy and appealg and wh time I knew that I was gay.