Genetic Basis Claimed for Female Sexual Orientation and Gender

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Genetic Basis Claimed for Female Sexual Orientation and Gender

http://ts-si.org/genetics-&-genome/30851-genetic-basis-claimed-for-female-sexual-orientation-and-gender
8/6/11

London, UK. Risking the charge of stereotyping, a study team concludes from recent research that sexual orientation and gender conformity in women are both genetic traits.

Scientists have consensus that there are consistent differences in the psychological characteristics of boys and girls, such as the tendency of boys to engage in more rough and tumble play than girls.


Studies also show that children who become gay or lesbian adults differ in such traits from those who become heterosexual — so-called gender nonconformity. Research which follows these children to adulthood shows that between 50 to 80 per cent of gender nonconforming boys become gay, and about one third of such girls become lesbian.