Letters from the September 9, 2006, issue of Science News
By Science News
Brother bother
If having biological older brothers correlates to homosexuality (“Gay Males’ Sibling 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
Mountain Home, Tenn.
The article concludes with psychologist Daryl Bem inferring that male homosexuals are less aggressive than male heterosexuals. I thought that was part of the inaccurate stereotype of male homosexuals.