Gender role/identity and sibling sex ratio in homosexual men.
Previous research has suggested that homosexual men's sibling sex ratio-the ratio of brothers to sisters collectively reported by a group of individuals-is elevated but only in samples of extremely feminine (e.g., transsexual) homosexual men. I conducted an additional test of a sibling sex ratio effect in a general sample of homosexual men (N = 237), and examined the correlation between sibling sex ratio and childhood gender identity. I found no significant effects. My discussion focuses on why little evidence of a relationship between sibling sex ratio and cross-gender behavior in childhood occurs within this general sample of homosexual men when samples selected for very feminine homosexual men have detected an elevated sibling sex ratio.
Bogaert
Anthony F
AF
Department of Community Health Sciences, Brock University, St.Catharines, Canada. tbogaert@spartan.ac.brocku.ca
D001722:Birth Order; D002170:Canada; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D018451:Homosexuality, Male / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012107:Research Design; D019529:Sexuality / Q000523:psychology; D012801:Sibling Relations; D035781:Siblings / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires