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

Contents:

• MEN WH OLR BROTHERS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE GAY, STUDY SUGGTS
• ARE YOUNGER BROTHERS MORE LIKELY TO BE GAY?
• WHY CAN'T TWO GAY BROTHERS MARRY?
• IS YOUR BROTHER GAY?
• HIS BROTHER IS GAY; WHAT ARE HIS RPONSIBILI TOWARDS HIM?
• WE MAY KNOW WHY YOUNGER BROTHERS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE GAY
• BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF GAYS AND LBIANS
• I LIKE GUYS BUT I DON’T WANT TO BE GAY. HOW DO I STOP BEG GAY?
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MEN WH OLR BROTHERS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE GAY, STUDY SUGGTS

Men wh olr brothers are more likely to be gay, acrdg to a study published Wednday the journal Proceedgs of the Royal Society B. This new report builds upon prev rearch regardg male birth orr and homosexualy, though there is still no cisive ncln as to why there’s a lk between the cross-analyzg data om 10 scientific studi wh more than 5, 000 subjects, rearchers found that men wh olr brothers were 38 percent more likely to intify as gay. ”The study, which pared the probabily of the youngt brother a two-son fay beg gay as pared to the olst son, did not clu female subjects, as prev rearch has tablished that women do not fluence the sexual orientatn of their younger siblgs, acrdg to this study did not terme a ncrete reason for the rrelatn between a man havg an olr brother and intifyg as gay, Blanchard said that “pots toward the need for more rearch on the 'maternal immune hypothis'” — a theory Blanchard troduced 1996 that suggts that a mother is exposed to “male-specific substanc” durg pregnancy wh or the birth of a son.

ARE YOUNGER BROTHERS MORE LIKELY TO BE GAY?

Acrdg to proponents of the theory, the mother’s immune rponse is changed durg the pregnancy of a boy, creasg the likelihood that a subsequent male child would 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).

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.

WHY CAN'T TWO GAY BROTHERS MARRY?

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.

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.

IS YOUR BROTHER GAY?

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

HIS BROTHER IS GAY; WHAT ARE HIS RPONSIBILI TOWARDS HIM?

Male Homosexual Preference: Femy and the Olr Brother Effect Indonia. One of the strongt arguments agast nsensual adult ct is that ctuo unns uld rult children wh geic fects, but sce that ncern wouldn't apply to same-sex upl, an Irish polil lear has argued that gay s should be allowed to "marry. " And that only begs the next obv qutn: Why not gay brothers or gay sisters?

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

As reported The Irish Tim, Inpennt Senator David Norris, himself gay, "has said that gay s should be allowed to marry each other followg the same-sex marriage referendum. So, no sooner do the Irish Legislature officially announce the legalizg of same-sex "marriage" than an Irish Senator lls for gay s to be allowed to marry. Then wouldn't the same le of reasong apply to gay brothers or sisters who wanted to "marry"?

And if the taboos agast homosexual "marriage" are now nsired outdated and tolerant, why n't the same thg be said about the taboos agast adult ct?

BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF GAYS AND LBIANS

And om a "progrsive" Christian perspective, if Levic 18 do not apply to believers today (cludg, of urse, the prohibn agast homosexual practice Levic 18:22), then why should the prohibns agast ct that same chapter (found vers 6-17) still apply?

Haven't we heard all the arguments before, when to homosexual unns?

I LIKE GUYS BUT I DON’T WANT TO BE GAY. HOW DO I STOP BEG GAY?

For several years, I have been chartg the growg ll to normalize nsensual adult ct, most recently documented Outlastg the Gay Revolutn, where I clu a list of TV shows and Hollywood movi which such relatnships are embraced or even celebrated. And let's not fet that July 2014, Atralia, "Judge Garry Neilson, om the district urt the state of New South Wal, likened ct to homosexualy, which was once regard as crimal and 'unnatural' but is now wily accepted.

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The article reportg this was tled, "Atralian judge says ct may no longer be a taboo, " and based on his logic, there should be no objectn to gay ctuo "marriag" sce gay upl n't produce children of their own.

Experts Sound Off, " and the article was posted the Huffpost Gay Voic sectn, wh some openg llg for the removal of taboos agast adult ct.

I have a gay brother and I hope this helps you figure out if your brother is gay ^_^ remember that outg people is not kd and that if your brother is gay, he will e out when he is ready! (A lot of the gays I know are really tall, LOL XD).