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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 11:35 AM Original message |
Get this... "Men with older brothers more likely to be gay" |
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Archae (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
1. Saw that, laughed my ass off. |
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Ravenseye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 12:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
15. So? |
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Kingshakabobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 01:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
42. Try reading the article. n/t |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
2. There's also an older mother correlation, I believe. |
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BOSSHOG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 11:42 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Hmmm |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 11:44 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. BOSSHOG... |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 12:44 PM Response to Reply #5 |
24. Exactly. You're talking about 5% as opposed to around 3% chance |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 01:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
46. that is what i concluded. hte more kids, the older the mother |
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robbedvoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
3. Uh, blame the mother again? O-key Dokey. At least is biologically |
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ronnykmarshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 12:46 PM Response to Reply #3 |
27. Blame? |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 01:04 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. Slips |
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Kingshakabobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 01:55 PM Response to Reply #34 |
43. All over the place. n/t |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 01:59 PM Response to Reply #3 |
47. male baldness is passed thru the mother too..... is that "blaming" |
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Skink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
6. Not that there's anything wrong with that. |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
7. Wait til I tell my younger brother! nt |
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shain from kane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 12:09 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Don't ask, don't tell. n/t |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
8. Breedlove |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 01:05 PM Response to Reply #8 |
35. there is a lot of controversy over biological vs environmental origins |
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im10ashus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
9. Too hilarious! |
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swimboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 12:02 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. All my first-born male cousins are gay |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 12:11 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. ROFL. |
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swimboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 01:26 PM Response to Reply #12 |
37. Call me if you want to run them through the gaydar! |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 01:43 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Is gaydar real? Or just an urban myth. |
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swimboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 01:52 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. It's real, but not infallible. |
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Kingshakabobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 02:02 PM Response to Reply #41 |
48. That's funny. Re: gaydar........ |
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im10ashus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 09:21 PM Response to Reply #10 |
56. Oh no you didn't! |
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Ravenseye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
13. Why "As If"? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 12:19 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. I was wondering that myself. |
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Ravenseye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 12:25 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I just don't understand |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 12:27 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Hold the phone. |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 12:39 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Good point- you know, actually, this reminds me of something else I read |
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Ravenseye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 12:43 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. That's interesting |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 12:55 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. I have no idea. I suppose it could be something like |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 01:07 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. Different noses do give survial advantages |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 01:39 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Oh, ok- that's cool. |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 01:56 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. I'm reading this really cool book |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 02:21 PM Response to Reply #44 |
53. Sounds like a good read. There's one I've been dying to |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 02:45 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Might have been the same guy |
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Nia Zuri (576 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 01:00 PM Response to Reply #23 |
32. A way to limit reproduction of a given genetic line? |
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Ravenseye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 12:41 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. biological cause |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 12:44 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Right, I should have said biological. |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
14. why are people trying to bash this with individual counterexamples? |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 12:57 PM Response to Reply #14 |
31. You ever see the way people |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
19. I am straight & have two gay younger brothers. |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
20. That's really interesting. |
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ronnykmarshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
25. My older brother IS gay. |
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Roon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 12:50 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. My half brother and I are both gay |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
29. I'd have to see a lot more on this, with more significant numbers |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 02:10 PM Response to Reply #29 |
50. I was thinking along similar lines |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
33. I'm straight, and I had two older foster brothers some of the time, except |
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onethatcares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
38. I'll check with my younger brother |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
45. i did research years ago, and saw it was genes thru the mother |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 02:09 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. Not wrong. I'm a little startled by some of the reactions. |
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Kingshakabobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 02:14 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. Thank you! Spot on! n/t |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
51. Uh, they aren't statistics majors, are they? |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
55. I'm an older mother and my oldest boy is gay, but |
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