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second child is more likey to be gay [message #40419]

Fri, 12 January 2007 09:23

dyllbrad

Toe is in the water

Registered: December 2006
Messages: 34

has any one else read about this or heard about this? some candaian sientists rekon its true that the either the youngest ot second child is more likey to be gay then the first ??? so how come single children also can be gay

dyll's jac's cousin brad is my boyfriend...

so wat if i kissed another boy in class and got caught

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Re: second child is more likey to be gay [message #40425 is a reply to message #40419]

Fri, 12 January 2007 12:01

On fire!

Location: Worcester, England
Registered: January 2005
Messages: 1561

I've certainly heard this said, but I haven't seen a link to any trustworthy independent research on the subject (doesn't mean there isn't any, just that I haven't seen any).

Back in the 1960s and early 70s, it was often said that where the youngest child was a boy, he was more likely to turn out gay ... because (supposedly) the mother was more likely to baby him and reluctant to let him loose from the apron strings, so turning him into a sissy. I never saw any convincing evidence for that, either, though it made its way into a number of "popular psychology" books. Nowadays, of course, such a simplistic explanation is entirely discredited.

I'm an oldest child myself ... curiously, all of the three guys that I've been seriously in love with have been "only children".

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So it is said [message #40428 is a reply to message #40419]

Fri, 12 January 2007 12:12

Deeej

Needs to get a life!

Location: Berkshire, UK
Registered: March 2005
Messages: 3281

I think there is statistical evidence to back this up. I don't know to what extent it can reliably be reproduced. Here's a link that one can use as a starting point:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/5120004.stm

I'm a first child, and I'm gay (or at least bisexual); my younger brother is as far as I know completely straight. What scientists are claiming is only a statistical association and not a rule, so my case doesn't upset anything.

The more sons a mother has, the greater the probability for each son to be gay (so it is said). But, generally speaking, for each child it's still more likely that he will be straight than gay (unless the mother has an obscene number of children, I would assume).

David

Re: So it is said [message #40478 is a reply to message #40428]

Sat, 13 January 2007 23:13

kupuna

Really getting into it

Location: Norway
Registered: February 2005
Messages: 510

I have two brothers, I am a twin and according to our mother I came first. They've never given me any reason to believe that they are anything but absolutely straight (but then I've not been signalling to them that I'm gay either.)

Re: So it is said [message #40479 is a reply to message #40478]

Sat, 13 January 2007 23:33

Nigel

On fire!

Location: England
Registered: November 2003
Messages: 1756

Sailor, are you an identical or a fraternal twin?

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Re: So it is said [message #40480 is a reply to message #40479]

Sun, 14 January 2007 00:06

kupuna

Really getting into it

Location: Norway
Registered: February 2005
Messages: 510

We are not identical, and very different in most respects. In fact, my younger brother and I have a lot more in common.

Re: second child is more likey to be gay [message #40507 is a reply to message #40419]

Mon, 15 January 2007 08:42

electroken

Likes it here

Location: USA
Registered: May 2004
Messages: 271

Well I was youngest in the family and had one brother 8 yrs older and a sister 16 yrs older than I was.
I think that my perception over the years has afirmed that the only child or the youngest boy is often gay, but that is certainly not a real study at all.

Ken

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