Sexual orientation, controversy, and science

JM Bailey, PL Vasey, LM Diamond… - … science in the …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Ongoing political controversies around the world exemplify a long-standing and widespread
preoccupation with the acceptability of homosexuality. Nonheterosexual people have seen …

Born gay? The psychobiology of human sexual orientation

Q Rahman, GD Wilson - Personality and individual differences, 2003 - Elsevier
Sexual orientation is fundamental to evolution and shifts from the species-typical pattern of
heterosexuality may represent biological variations. The growth of scientific knowledge …
MC LaSala - 2010 - books.google.com
The discovery that a child is lesbian or gay can send shockwaves through a family. A mother
will question how she's raised her son; a father will worry that his daughter will experience …

Quantitative and theoretical analyses of the relation between older brothers and homosexuality in men

R Blanchard - Journal of theoretical Biology, 2004 - Elsevier
Meta-analysis of aggregate data from 14 samples representing 10,143 male subjects shows
that homosexuality in human males is predicted by higher numbers of older brothers, but not …

A critical review of recent biological research on human sexual orientation

BS Mustanski, ML Chivers, JM Bailey - Annual review of sex …, 2002 - Taylor & Francis
This article provides a comprehensive review and critique of biological research on sexual
orientation published over the last decade. We cover research investigating (a) the …

Common genetic effects of gender atypical behavior in childhood and sexual orientation in adulthood: A study of Finnish twins

K Alanko, P Santtila, N Harlaar, K Witting… - Archives of Sexual …, 2010 - Springer
The existence of genetic effects on gender atypical behavior in childhood and sexual
orientation in adulthood and the overlap between these effects were studied in a population …

The neurodevelopment of human sexual orientation

Q Rahman - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2005 - Elsevier
One of the most enduring and controversial questions in the neuroscience of sexual
behaviour surrounds the mechanisms which produce sexual attraction to either males or …