-=> Quoting Robert Craft to Jean Halverson <=-
 -=> On 02-03-98 15:24, Jean Halverson did testify and affirm <=-
 -=> to Roy J. Tellason concerning So THAT'S why! <=-
 
 RJT> I believe the example gave high
 RJT> population density as being one of the triggering factors. 
 RJT> Can't remember where the heck I read that, though, offhand.
 
 JH> There was a study done several years ago that showed a
 JH> correlation
 RC> Exactly! A "correlation".
 JH> between The number of older male siblings and
 JH> homosexuality.
 RC> Well, that would rule out a genetic etiology. Neither
 RC> maternal or paternal DNA record the sex of preceding
 RC> births.
 
 Well, what they were saying IIRC is that the female reproductive system
 would attack a male dominant chromasome after repeated male offspring.
 To me, highly  unlikely still.
 JH> The researchers came to the conclusion that the more older
 JH> male siblings a male had, the higher his chance of being
 JH> homosexual. Of course, the researchers did not look into
 JH> the possibility of sexual assault by those same older male
 JH> siblings.  I read it in our newspaper. 
 RC> I suspect it might be more a case of the youngest boy being
 RC> mother's darling... and a substitute for the daughter she
 RC> never had. 
 IIRC, the families studied included female offspring. I don't think that
 your assessment is correct. From the homosexuals I have heard it's more
 of a lack of a father-masculine figure in the family. Maybe an overbearing
 dominant mother and either no father or an ineffective father. Regardless,
 I  still am a firm believer that it is a _choice_to be that way. The  same
 way that it is a choice to be a philanderer.
 I always highly suspect any reseach that is done to try to explain the way
 people behave. For instance, several years ago there was astudy done on
 incarcerated males. The researchers conclusion was that violent criminal 
 behavior was a result of the male child receiving two specifically male 
 genes or a double dose of male dominance. The researchers did not study
 men who were _not_ incarcerated.  Can you see a problem with this???
 I can. Imagine a world where this would be included in prenatal testing...
 every male child with this double shot  of masculinity would be aborted
 because they _might_ become violent. And as a result, a world full of wimps.
 That's why I refused all genetic testing when I was pregnant.
 Jean Halverson
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