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This explains *so* much...
UC Berkeley psychologist finds evidence that male hormones in the womb affect sexual orientation.
What gets me is the bit about the likelihood of a son being gay goes up the more sons a mother has.
Why? Well consider that the more rabid sorts of fundie also tend to want big families and lots of sons. So that means the odds of their having gay kids are higher than the folks who go for smaller families.
What gets me is the bit about the likelihood of a son being gay goes up the more sons a mother has.
Why? Well consider that the more rabid sorts of fundie also tend to want big families and lots of sons. So that means the odds of their having gay kids are higher than the folks who go for smaller families.
Simple statistics
Or, the analogy that the odds of rolling a one on a die (d6) are 1/6, but the odds of getting at least one "one" increases with the number of rolls. Roll enough dice, or gather enough random men into a group, and the odds of getting the event in question approach 1:1.
Re: Simple statistics
(Anonymous) 2009-04-10 10:53 pm (UTC)(link)Re: Simple statistics
Still, looking at my hand, I have more of a male pattern for my fingers, and I definitely prefer male partners. Then again, I seem to be an exception to a great many rules :-).
Re: Simple statistics
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WOOHOO!
Though it doesn't explain my family. My dad sired three children, two with my mom (Tara and I), and one with the woman he knew before he met Mom (just as bf/gf. Dad wanted to help support the kid but the woman's family wanted nothing to do with him and made them break up; later on we found out they're all a bunch of abusive losers). My half-sister Christine is a lesbian; I'm bisexual and transgendered; Tara... I dunno about Tara's sexual identity except that she likes watching gay male porn (which I guess would make her a "fag hag" at least).
(Actually, if you want to consider the other people in my head with me, then Dad is a dad to *eleven* children, which goes along with what you said in your post. :-D)
In case you have forgotten, there are nine in this body:
1. Alexander Antonin
2. Fayanora Ahnabahn Tahlahmorgk
3. Ian (no second name yet)
4. Lolita Leigh Smith
5. Molly Elizabeth
6. Negarahn
7. Pi (Pyrayton)
8. Shao'Kehn/Djao'Kain
9. Tristan
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