Hair whorl direction an indicator of homosexuality in men?

[trof]

From a link in a post by ingin in GD.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3722826
Kinda interesting.

While most men prefer women as their sexual partners, some are bisexual and others are
homosexuals. It has been debated for a long time whether a person’s sexual preference is
innate, learned or due to a combination of both causes.

It was recently discovered that the
human right- versus left-hand-use preference and the direction of scalp hair-whorl rotation
develop from a common genetic mechanism (1). Such a mechanism controls functional
specialization of brain hemispheres. Whether the same mechanism specifying mental
makeup influences sexual preference was determined here by comparing the hair-whorl
rotation of groups enriched with homosexual men with that of males at large.

Only a minority of 8.2% (n = 207) unselected “control” group of males developed
counterclockwise rotation. In contrast, all three samples enriched with homosexual men
exhibited highly significant (P < 0.0001), 3.6-fold excess (29.8%, n = 272), counterclockwise
rotation. These results suggest that sexual preference may be influenced in a significant
proportion of homosexual men by a biological/genetic factor that also controls direction of
hair-whorl rotation.
http://www.ias.ac.in/jgenet/Vol83No3/jgdec2004-jg639.pdf

[Kali]

1. I have read that location of a similar feature ( whorl)

on the faces of livestock is a predicture of disposition. Lower on the nose = calm, gentle; up high on forehead = flighty, wild, aggressive

unfortunately not all cattle have them so :shrug:

[MrScorpio]

2. Who thinks this bullshit up?

Fools with too much time on their hands

[redqueen]

3. looking for patterns and connections even in the weirdest places

can lead to important discoveries

[edbermac]

4. What if the guy is bald?

:shrug:

[Xipe Totec]

6. Bingo!

I wouldn't care which way it swirled, if I had any hair left!

[Enthusiast]

7. Exactly! I can't even tell which way mine went. It is gone! nt

[Neshanic]

5. Thar's a gold mine of jokes for the mining. I'm staying out of it.

[rurallib]

8. I was hetero until a swirly in the 11th grade

changed my whorly and I lost the girlies. (pretty lame I know.)