Men wh olr brothers are more likely to be gay, acrdg to a study om Universy of Toronto rearchers. The reason may be the maternal immune hypothis.
Contents:
- ARE YOUNGER BROTHERS MORE LIKELY TO BE GAY?
- MEN WH OLR BROTHERS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE GAY, STUDY SUGGTS
ARE YOUNGER BROTHERS MORE LIKELY TO BE GAY?
We always “knew” he was gay, as much as anyone n “know” somethg about another person, while I grew up ee om any and all spicn, mostly on acunt of who Hayn was emergg to be.
MEN WH OLR BROTHERS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE GAY, STUDY SUGGTS
When he me out first as bi, and then as gay, was more of a relief than an adjtment. Not like I did — step by step, shadow to shadow, wantg to harm myself, or vom after masturbatg to gay Hayn, who me out to our fay and moved outward, I was, by the middle of llege, dog the oppose: I was g out to iends, teachers, and strangers, chg closer and closer toward the center, toward my fay.
When he and I hung out, I acted even straighter, so that there was no nfn: He was the gay one, I was the straight one.
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).