Re: OT: What? the clean-shaven outnumber the bearded? "Yer Ugly Mug," etc.
| From: | Stone Gordonssen <stonegordonssen@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, May 19, 2003, 22:34 |
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>PS There are Darwinistic explanations of homosexuality. The latest I heard
>invokes the "big brother effect", namely that gay men tend to have more
>elder
>borthers than other men, and asserts that homosexuality is a side-effect of
>actions by the foetus to defend itself from the mother's immune system,
>which
>is assumed to be on its guard against male signatures since the earlier
>male
>foetuses.
While I do personally believe that homosexuality is at the very least
instanted by the time of birth (e.g. I never "chose"* to be gay - it's how
I've always been), I believe this big-brother-effect hypotheis is the result
of grasping for an answer. Yes, I, myself, do had an older brother - who was
also gay. I know many gay men who are either only-childs or first-borns, or
who have older sisters.
*The idea that people choose their sexuality always amused me. Yeah, as a
child, I looked out my window, saw someone gay beingbeaten up by 4 or 5
straight men**, and thought "That's for me!".
**Ever notice how it always takes more than one straight man to beat up a
solitary gay man?
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