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

Contents:

• ARE YOUNGER BROTHERS MORE LIKELY TO BE GAY?
• IS MY BROTHER GAY? QUIZ (BOYS ONLY)
• GAYBROTHER STORI
• BROTHER TO BROTHER: NEW WRGS BY BLACK GAY MEN
• FEATURED STORI
• HAVG OLR BROTHERS CREAS MEN’S LIKELIHOOD OF BEG GAY
• IS YOUR BROTHER GAY?

ARE YOUNGER BROTHERS MORE LIKELY TO BE GAY?

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IS MY BROTHER GAY? QUIZ (BOYS ONLY)

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GAYBROTHER STORI

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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.

BROTHER TO BROTHER: NEW WRGS BY BLACK GAY MEN

"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).

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.

FEATURED STORI

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. 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.

ya she gay i been cshg on her for a long time im gog to ask her out. Yeah my bro is gay 100%.

HAVG OLR BROTHERS CREAS MEN’S LIKELIHOOD OF BEG GAY

omg he is gay? my bro is really gay. Omg I'm a girl and I'm only 11 and my bro is 9 I thk he is gay and why would he watch gay ?OR??

Ya he’s gay af. I’m gay too, and he’s really cute-.

I have a guy iend who won't adm that he's gay but I'm a girl.

IS YOUR BROTHER GAY?

Why n't jt be to work out if they're gay.

Bee when I put no he don't stare at me that would make him be gay ( the sense of this quiz) but the quiz would terperate as he's straight if that mak sense at all?

In BROTHER TO BROTHER, when Perry (Anthony Mackie), a gay teenager, is thrown out of his home by his parents due to his sexualy, he fds himself a homels shelter New York. The two form a bond of iendship as they exchange experienc about beg both Black and gay the cy. Do you thk people's attus toward beg gay have changed over time?