Evan Eulner
12/7/17
SXS 400
Carrington
915417794 Sexual Diferences What factors can influence a persons sexuality? Each person has their own unique sexual orientation. Using Gay, Straight, and The Reason Why, a book by Dr. LeVay and Genetic and Environmental Effects on Same-sex Sexual Behavior, an article from the Archives of Sexual Behavior, the reason why people have sexual differences can vary based on environmental factors and biological influences that are unique to each individual. According to LeVay adolescent boys are attracted to toys that are mechanical toys rather then faces like women (Levay 2011: 77). This correlation shows that there is a biological attraction to certain objects based on sex. These attractions to specific …show more content…
In straight men the cluster is bigger then those of gay men. This biological factor shows that there is a difference of the brain structures between the two sexual orientations in men. The hypothalamus regulates male sexual actions (LeVay 20011: 195). The size difference in the hypothalamus straight males and gay males could be a genetic variation that effects the sexuality of males. Other structures of the brain that have differences could also play a roll in ones …show more content…
Every older brother a man gets increases his likelihood by thirty-three percent for each older sibling (LeVay 20011: 255). The studies have shown the first two brothers do not have as much of an effect as the third and fourth brothers (LeVay 20011: 256). Research done by Blanchard and Bogeart has shown that between one quarter and one third of gay men are gay because of the older brother effect (LeVay 20011: 257). LeVay challenges this idea saying that under twenty-nine percent of homosexual men have older brothers (LeVay 2011: 257). Other findings of the older brother effect say that the effect only works on left handed men who do not have elder brothers, mixed homosexuals, and right handed homosexuals (LeVay 2011:
12/7/17
SXS 400
Carrington
915417794 Sexual Diferences What factors can influence a persons sexuality? Each person has their own unique sexual orientation. Using Gay, Straight, and The Reason Why, a book by Dr. LeVay and Genetic and Environmental Effects on Same-sex Sexual Behavior, an article from the Archives of Sexual Behavior, the reason why people have sexual differences can vary based on environmental factors and biological influences that are unique to each individual. According to LeVay adolescent boys are attracted to toys that are mechanical toys rather then faces like women (Levay 2011: 77). This correlation shows that there is a biological attraction to certain objects based on sex. These attractions to specific …show more content…
In straight men the cluster is bigger then those of gay men. This biological factor shows that there is a difference of the brain structures between the two sexual orientations in men. The hypothalamus regulates male sexual actions (LeVay 20011: 195). The size difference in the hypothalamus straight males and gay males could be a genetic variation that effects the sexuality of males. Other structures of the brain that have differences could also play a roll in ones …show more content…
Every older brother a man gets increases his likelihood by thirty-three percent for each older sibling (LeVay 20011: 255). The studies have shown the first two brothers do not have as much of an effect as the third and fourth brothers (LeVay 20011: 256). Research done by Blanchard and Bogeart has shown that between one quarter and one third of gay men are gay because of the older brother effect (LeVay 20011: 257). LeVay challenges this idea saying that under twenty-nine percent of homosexual men have older brothers (LeVay 2011: 257). Other findings of the older brother effect say that the effect only works on left handed men who do not have elder brothers, mixed homosexuals, and right handed homosexuals (LeVay 2011: