| Title |
Familial Aspects of Male Homosexuality
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Archives of Sexual Behavior, April 2000
|
| DOI | 10.1023/a:1001955721992 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Khytam Dawood, Richard C. Pillard, Christopher Horvath, William Revelle, J. Michael Bailey |
| Abstract |
Research has generally supported the existence of familial-genetic factors for male sexual orientation, but has not shed much light on the specific nature of those influences. Gay men with gay brothers provide the opportunity to examine several hypotheses. Sixty-six men, representing 37 gay male sibling pairs, completed questionnaires assessing behavior on various measures including childhood and adult gender nonconformity, timing of awareness of homosexual feelings, self-acceptance, and the quality of family relationships. Consistent with prior findings using twins, gay brothers were similar in their degree of childhood gender non-conformity, suggesting that this variable may distinguish etiologically (e.g., genetically) heterogeneous subtypes. The large majority of gay men with brothers knew about their own homosexual feelings before they learned about their brothers' homosexual feelings, suggesting that discovery of brothers' homosexuality is not an important cause of male homosexuality. |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 2% |
| Brazil | 1 | 1% |
| Spain | 1 | 1% |
| Poland | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 80 | 92% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 23 | 26% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 13 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 11 | 13% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 8 | 9% |
| Researcher | 7 | 8% |
| Other | 21 | 24% |
| Unknown | 4 | 5% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 39 | 45% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 16 | 18% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 8 | 9% |
| Social Sciences | 8 | 9% |
| Neuroscience | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 10 | 11% |
| Unknown | 4 | 5% |
Attention Score in Context
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