‘In gay years, you’re rather past your sell-by date, aren’t you?’ the person ont of me said, raisg an eyebrow.
Contents:
- WHY ARE THERE GAY WOMEN?
- ALL WOMEN ARE GAY. OR BI. BUT NEVER STRAIGHT. REALLY?
- YOUR 9-YEAR-OLD THKS SHE'S GAY
- I’M 43 – BUT I’M MA TO FEEL LIKE A DOSR BY YOUNGER GAY MEN
- ARE WE BORN GAY?
- IS YOUR CHILD GAY?
- UNRSTANDG GAY & LBIAN INTI
- I’M 43 – BUT I’M MA TO FEEL LIKE A DOSR BY YOUNGER GAY MEN
WHY ARE THERE GAY WOMEN?
MOST women are eher bisexual or gay but “never straight”, rearch suggts. * can girls be gay *
Straight women are much more likely to get themselv knocked up than gay women. So, terms of evolutn, they would seem to have a better chance of passg on their gen, while at the same time would seem that the gen that make women gay would quickly vanish om the gene pool.
ALL WOMEN ARE GAY. OR BI. BUT NEVER STRAIGHT. REALLY?
How to talk to your 9 year old dghter who thks she is gay * can girls be gay *
This rais the qutn, why are there gay women?
While scientists have a theory for how male homosexualy propagat om one generatn to the next, no one has yet produced a viable explanatn for how the gen that promote lbianism might do the same. [Why Are There Gay Men? A study by Dutch psychologists published the March issue of the Journal of Sexual Medice reported that 10 to 12 percent of male and female children who feel disfort wh their genr go on to intify as gay or lbian as adults.
Meanwhile, jt 1 or 2 percent of children who are fortable wh their genr inty turn out to be gay or to the nfn about what lbianism is the slippers of female sexualy self. Therefore, the qutn "why are there gay women?
YOUR 9-YEAR-OLD THKS SHE'S GAY
‘In gay years, you’re rather past your sell-by date, aren’t you?’ the person ont of me said, raisg an eyebrow. * can girls be gay *
" Plenty of women exist at both extrem of the straight-gay spectm, but is the formatn of this slippery spectm self that most needs explag. She's the openly gay high school senr who wanted to take her girliend to the high school prom at Itawamba High School northern Mississippi. Recent surveys of teenage girls and young women fd that roughly 15% of young femal today self-intify as lbian or bisexual, pared wh about 5% of young mal who intify as gay or bisexual (see note 2, below).
I’M 43 – BUT I’M MA TO FEEL LIKE A DOSR BY YOUNGER GAY MEN
Young women say they are not gay or bisexual, jt ee to play wh both sex. * can girls be gay *
But why are young women today at least three tim more likely than their brothers to intify as bisexual or homosexual? Why is OK for girls to be bisexual or homosexual, but not boys? Popular acunts of homosexual behavr often suggt that the behavrs make evolutnary sense bee the people practicg the behavrs make better nts and uncl than heterosexuals do, a theory first advanced by E.
However, studi published the past 20 years have provid ltle support for this hypothis, and have often directly refuted , particularly for male homosexuals. It turns out that gay men are actually more likely to be tranged om niec and nephews, which ntradicts the predictns of Wilson's k altism theory: see for example Bobrow & Bailey 2001, also Rahman & Hull 2005. Wilson's 1970s hypothis about homosexual men beg better uncl, wh breathls crly and no substantive mentn of the studi refutg this theory, a lengthy March 29, 2010 feature The New York Tim Magaze.
Note 2: How mon is bisexual and homosexual orientatn, today? 6% intified as gay or bisexual. 6% of men who intified as gay or bisexual: see N.
ARE WE BORN GAY?
You may be homosexual, gay, or lbian if you are attracted to people of the same sex as yourself.
Havg feelgs about or havg a sexual experience wh a person of the same sex do not necsarily mean you are homosexual. Below are mon qutns and answers related to homosexualy.
Can people be forced or nvced to change om gay to straight, or the other way around? I thk I might be gay. Over time, you will figure out if you are gay, straight, neher, or both.
IS YOUR CHILD GAY?
The phrase “ the closet” may be ed to refer to someone who is gay, lbian, or bisexual, but hasn’t told iends and fay members yet.
Homophobia refers to fear, prejudice, or discrimatn toward persons who are gay, lbian, or bisexual.
Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn (GLAAD). Parents, Fay and Friends of Lbians and Gays (PFLAG).
UNRSTANDG GAY & LBIAN INTI
MOST women are eher bisexual or gay but “never straight”, rearch suggts.
Dr Rieger said: “Even though the majory of women intify as straight, our rearch clearly monstrat that when to what turns them on, they are eher bisexual or gay, but never straight. Your 9-year-old thks she is gay. — Dodie HofstetterExpert advice"A lot more parents are gog to hear this as we see more openly gay upl our culture and kids meet more fai wh gay parents, " says psychologist Anne Dohrenwend, thor of "Comg Around: Parentg Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr Kids" (New Horizon Prs).
"It's possible a 9-year-old girl is simply feelg unfortable around boys and experiencg genue affectn toward her girliends and ncludg, "I'm gay. " Especially if she knows neighbors, fay iends or relativ who are gay, says may or may not be. "Some people who turn out to be gay say they knew that young.
I’M 43 – BUT I’M MA TO FEEL LIKE A DOSR BY YOUNGER GAY MEN
Other people don't know their sexualy until much, much later — gay or straight.
"What do you thk means to be gay? Gay.
It’s not pletely known what someone to be lbian, gay, straight, or bisexual, but your sexual orientatn probably started at a very young age. You also n’t “turn” a person gay.