Percent chance of a homosexual baby?

[dndn126]

I know there's really no certain rate of a homosexual baby, but I hear the estimation is 10%? I think it would be 50% chance right? Just like how a baby can be born a male or a girl. Wouldn't being born homosexual be 50% chance too?

I also heard that twin boys will usually both gay, or at least one would be gay.

Can anyone inform me please?

 

[Txgoodoldboy]

Welcome to JUB. Don't take people too seriously. People used to say 10% of the population is gay. I think that was Kinsey's research. But you can probably find newer studies.

 

[yummylongsword]

You're right, actually all percent chances are made up: either something happens, or it doesn't... 50% chance. DUH. That's why half the people you meet are gay, because there's a 50/50 chance.

And if it's a 50% chance, then that means that all twins will have at least one gay one, right, since there's two of them. So if you hit on some twins you're guaranteed one will be gay, if not both!

 

[MatttheBruinsfan]

I actually have seen a survey that found something like 58% or 59% of male identical twins questioned identified as gay. No idea of the sample size, but if that holds true in the wider population your odds are substantially improved from just picking someone at random.

 

[jizzinmypants]

Some of you actually think that 50% of the population is gay?

You're right, actually all percent chances are made up: either something happens, or it doesn't... 50% chance. DUH. That's why half the people you meet are gay, because there's a 50/50 chance.

And if it's a 50% chance, then that means that all twins will have at least one gay one, right, since there's two of them. So if you hit on some twins you're guaranteed one will be gay, if not both!

I'm pretty sure you were just joking right? Thats like saying there is a 50% chance between night and day.

 

[tea33]

I am a geneticist who did some research a few years ago regarding this topic and can say that there is no published data regarding the percentage chance that a baby will be born and end up gay. However, that are some correlates that could indicate an increased likelihood of someone being gay. For example, it has been correlated that the gay men have generally have more relatives, specifically paternal relatives, than straight men and that they, in general, have more gay relatives.

Furthermore, in line with current knowledge, the strongest predictor for male homosexuality is a concept known as "fraternal birth order." This phenomenon states that a male's chance of being gay increases as the number of older brothers (not sisters) increases. Male fetuses produce an immune response in the pregnant mother that, to some extent, regulates sexual differentiation of the fetus. Consequently, the more older sons the mother has, the greater the immune response will be in the unborn child further increasing the likelihood the boy will be gay.

As far as the twins questions, there is absolutely no evidence to suggest that half, or all, twins will be gay.

 

[Anders123]

Statistics mean nothing to the individual.

 

[bulge]

I am a geneticist who did some research a few years ago regarding this topic and can say that there is no published data regarding the percentage chance that a baby will be born and end up gay. However, that are some correlates that could indicate an increased likelihood of someone being gay. For example, it has been correlated that the gay men have generally have more relatives, specifically paternal relatives, than straight men and that they, in general, have more gay relatives.

Furthermore, in line with current knowledge, the strongest predictor for male homosexuality is a concept known as "fraternal birth order." This phenomenon states that a male's chance of being gay increases as the number of older brothers (not sisters) increases. Male fetuses produce an immune response in the pregnant mother that, to some extent, regulates sexual differentiation of the fetus. Consequently, the more older sons the mother has, the greater the immune response will be in the unborn child further increasing the likelihood the boy will be gay.

As far as the twins questions, there is absolutely no evidence to suggest that half, or all, twins will be gay.

Most gay men don't have an older brother.

It is fifty/fifty. 10% core gaymen. 10% core str8s. 80% bis who pretend to be gay. The str8 societal drill focuses on those 80% bis.