Are Younger Brothers More Likely to Be Gay? | Psychology Today

Contents:

• ARE YOUNGER BROTHERS MORE LIKELY TO BE GAY?
• GAY THREE BROTHERS (BAXTER COUNTY, ARKANSAS)
• GAYBROTHER STORI
• FEATURED STORI
• FEATURED STORI

ARE YOUNGER BROTHERS MORE LIKELY TO BE GAY?

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GAY THREE BROTHERS (BAXTER COUNTY, ARKANSAS)

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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.

GAYBROTHER STORI

"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).

FEATURED STORI

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.

FEATURED STORI

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.

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.