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Second, third and subsequent unborn male babies in the womb are exposed to more testosterone - something which may go back to when younger siblings needed to be stronger to survive if food was scarce. But Dr Blanchard said a mother's body changes every time she gives birth to more than one son. His research was backed up by John Manning at the University of Central Lancashire in Preston, who said: 'It's one of the few reliable correlates of homosexuality that I know of.' Those with four older brothers were three times as likely. There was virtually no difference in numbers of other siblings - suggesting there is no truth in the theory that a lone boy with lots of sisters is more likely to grow up gay.ĭr Blanchard, of the Centre of Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto, said he initially thought the idea that being gay was more likely if a man had older brothers seemed 'absurd, egregious pseudoscience'.īut his studies showed those with an average of 2.5 older brothers were twice as likely to be gay as those with no older brothers.
The gay men, had, on average, 1.32 older brothers compared to heterosexual men, who had an average ofĠ.96 older brothers. All were white and none were twins, he told the journal New Scientist. He studied the family backgrounds of 302 gay men and the same number of straight men. Now Canadian psychologist Ray Blanchard says the answer depends on how many older brothers a man has. However, the researchers think their findings are linked to what happens in the womb, rather than the effects of growing up among older boys.įor decades, academics have argued over nature versus nurture - whether individuals are born gay, or become gay because of where and how they grow up. Gay men had more older brothers, on average, than straight men, a study has found.įor every older brother a man has, the chances of him being gay increases by 33 per cent. Lawyer Yanika Camilleri defended the accused.Boys with older brothers are more likely to be homosexual than those with sisters, younger brothers or no siblings at all, according to research. The name of the father is not being released to protect the identity of the boy. Protection orders were made against the father from approaching his son or the women.
The father pleaded not guilty but did not request bail. The boy is currently being kept in a care home. The boy was approached by the police in the presence of a social worker where they were told that the father had bought his silence by threatening him he would put him in a home if he spoke up.ĭrugs were also taken in the presence of the child, the inspector said. The man reasoned out that he did not want his son to be gay because he already had two gay cousins, the court heard. The father also wanted to involve his son in joint sex acts with the woman. The accused would take a prostitute friend to Marsa, the court heard but he sometimes also forced her to have sex with his son. The incidents allegedly happened in Marsa and at his home last year when the boy was six years old, the court heard.Īlthough the two women were involved in prostitution and drugs they felt they had no choice but to alert the authorities about the case. It was the prostitutes themselves who anonymously reported the case to child protection agency Appogg, police inspectors Joseph Busuttil and John Spiteri told Magistrate Natasha Galea Sciberras. A 60-year-old man was charged in court this morning with engaging prostitutes with his young son to "prevent him from becoming gay".