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Title: Sexual orientation and gender conforming traits in women are genetic
Post by: Shana A on July 13, 2011, 10:05:05 AM
Post by: Shana A on July 13, 2011, 10:05:05 AM
Sexual orientation and gender conforming traits in women are genetic
Friday 8 July 2011
http://www.qmul.ac.uk/media/news/items/se/51225.html (http://www.qmul.ac.uk/media/news/items/se/51225.html)
Sexual orientation and 'gender conformity' in women are both genetic traits, according to new research from Queen Mary, University of London.
It is well recognised that there consistent differences in the psychological characteristics of boys and girls; for example, boys engage in more 'rough and tumble' play than girls do.
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.
Friday 8 July 2011
http://www.qmul.ac.uk/media/news/items/se/51225.html (http://www.qmul.ac.uk/media/news/items/se/51225.html)
Sexual orientation and 'gender conformity' in women are both genetic traits, according to new research from Queen Mary, University of London.
It is well recognised that there consistent differences in the psychological characteristics of boys and girls; for example, boys engage in more 'rough and tumble' play than girls do.
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.
Title: Re: Sexual orientation and gender conforming traits in women are genetic
Post by: Lepidoptera on July 13, 2011, 07:22:25 PM
Post by: Lepidoptera on July 13, 2011, 07:22:25 PM
Research article, since that one stays fairly vague: http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0021982 (http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0021982)