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3 Ways to Know if You Are Gay - wikiHow
"Understand a bit about what science says about being gay. Studies seem to support a strong genetic component in sexual orientation. A hot area of research currently is in epigenetics, or the study of how non-genetic factors influence the expression of genes. Geneticists hypothesize that homosexuality is linked to "epi-marks," or extra layers of information that determine how genes are expressed.[4] Normally, epi-marks are deleted when genes get passed from parents to children. With homosexuals, scientists believe that epi-marks are not deleted, and instead passed on from either father to daughter or from mother to son.[4]
- Scientists also think that having several older brothers increases the likelihood of a man being gay.[5] A male born to into a household of several older brothers is about 2% more likely to be gay, according to researchers at Brock University in St. Catharines, Canada.[5]
- Scientists strongly doubt that environment plays a role in a person's sexuality.[6][7][8] They believe that a person does not have a choice about whether they are gay, and that — on top of this — gay people do not usually become straight through self-dedication or coercion. Scientists have even determined that there may be an evolutionary benefit to being gay, called the "balancing selection hypothesis."[9]"
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- ↑ Cage fighter: "Sex with men doesn’t make you gay or bisexual, just like a cigarette doesn’t make you a smoker" | San Diego Gay and Lesbian News
- ↑ The 5 Stages Every Lesbian Goes Through
- ↑ Julie Bindel: Sexual desire is a social construct | World news | The Guardian
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Scientists May Have Finally Unlocked Puzzle of Why People Are Gay - US News and World Report
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Men with older brothers more likely to be gay - Health - Health care - More health news | NBC News
- ↑ Is Your Child Gay?: Scientific American
- ↑ US researchers find evidence that homosexuality linked to genetics | World news | theguardian.com
- ↑ Evolution Of Homosexuality Epigenetics - Business Insider
- ↑ Male Homosexuality Study: Gay Men Have Evolutionary Benefit For Their Families, New Research Suggests
- ↑ I'm From Driftwood - Daily gay, true stories
- ↑ Coming Out Stories
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