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comment by elizabeth

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birth_order#Sexuality:

    The fraternal birth order effect is the name given to the observation that the more older brothers a man has, the greater the probability is that he will have a homosexual orientation. The fraternal birth order effect is the strongest known predictor of sexual orientation, with each older brother increasing a man's odds of being gay by approximately 33%. Even so, the fraternal birth order effect only accounts for a maximum of one seventh of the prevalence of homosexuality in men. There seems to be no effect on sexual orientation in women, and no effect of the number of older sisters.

That's odd, I didn't think birth order affected that kind of stuff...

As the youngest in the family, I was disappointed with this study so I decided to call myself a "functional first born". I'm not doing worse in life than my sister (I hope).





blankley  ·  3958 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Fascinating! Brb, telling my youngest brother he has a 58% chance of being gay. I'm onto him now.

Kafke  ·  3972 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I always knew my little bro was gay. Haha jk. 2/4 with one older brother here, I've had male lesbian thoughts.