Brother bother.If having biological older brothers correlates to homosexuality ("Gay Males' Sibling sibling /sib·ling/ (sib´ling) any of two or more offspring of the same parents; a brother or sister. sib·ling n. Link: Men's homosexuality tied to having older brothers" SN: 7/1/06, p. 3), then we would expect that in the past, when families were larger, there would be a greater proportion of homosexuals. Is there any evidence for this? RICK NORWOOD Rick Norwood (born August 4, 1942) is from Franklin, Louisiana. He flunked out of M.I.T., where he was one of four writers and editors of the early underground comic God Comics, along with Bill Osten, Durk Pearson, and Al Kuhfeld. He eventually got his Ph.D. , MOUNTAIN HOME, TENN TENN Tennessee (old style) TENN Tetranitroapthalene (Explosive) . The article concludes with psychologist Daryl Bem Daryl J. Bem is a social psychologist at Cornell University, and the originator of the self-perception theory of attitude change. Bem received a B.A. from Reed College in physics in 1960. inferring that male homosexuals are less aggressive than male heterosexuals. I thought that was part of the inaccurate stereotype of male homosexuals. JAN MCCLURE, CARDIFF, CALIF. There's no evidence on the question of homosexuality in large families of the past. Bern was referring to childhood traits.--B. Bower |
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