I have an older half brother but I only met him once. I wasn't raised with him around. My influences in life have been mostly women: my sisters, my aunts, my cousins, my mother, my grandmother, my great grandmother. All of these women were feminine and straight -- except my great grandmother, who was suspected to be bi by the family (had a girlfriend that she left her husband for).
My older brother is a non entity. Yet here I am, gay as a rainbow.
DimetrodonDecember 30, 2024(Edited December 31, 2024)
The birth order effect still affects men who had biological older brothers but weren't raised with them, which is why it's theorized that there's a biological change with each male pregnancy that increases their odds of being gay. So, if there were a birth order effect for women, it could also be attached to your mother's prior pregnancies, rather than who you grew up with.
There has been some interesting research into this. I recall the book, Adam's Curse. It talks about how the Y chromosome is weakening. One theory suggests that the Y chromosome and males only exist for genetic sharing/diversification.
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I have an older half brother but I only met him once. I wasn't raised with him around. My influences in life have been mostly women: my sisters, my aunts, my cousins, my mother, my grandmother, my great grandmother. All of these women were feminine and straight -- except my great grandmother, who was suspected to be bi by the family (had a girlfriend that she left her husband for).
My older brother is a non entity. Yet here I am, gay as a rainbow.
The birth order effect still affects men who had biological older brothers but weren't raised with them, which is why it's theorized that there's a biological change with each male pregnancy that increases their odds of being gay. So, if there were a birth order effect for women, it could also be attached to your mother's prior pregnancies, rather than who you grew up with.
There has been some interesting research into this. I recall the book, Adam's Curse. It talks about how the Y chromosome is weakening. One theory suggests that the Y chromosome and males only exist for genetic sharing/diversification.
That sounds so interesting that I looked the book up. It was written in 2005. Do you have any recent recommendations?
Unfortunately no. I haven't looked into the subject in a long time.
Thanks for replying. I will still see if my library has a copy.