RESUMO
Unmarried men aged 25--35 were recruited through newspaper and radio advertisements for a family study of sexual orientation. Fifty predominantly homosexual and 50 predominantly heterosexual men comprised the index subjects. The test, questionnaire, and interview battery is described. Subjects were asked about the sexual orientations of their relatives. The homosexual index men report a significant excess of homosexual brothers and more distant male relatives but not of homosexual sisters or female relatives. Moreover, the percentage of homosexual brothers increases with the Kinsey rating of the index subjects. Overall, about 25% of brothers of homosexual men are reported also to be homosexual.
Assuntos
Família , Comportamento Sexual , Adulto , Homossexualidade , Humanos , Entrevista Psicológica , Masculino , Determinação da Personalidade , Técnicas Projetivas , Relações entre Irmãos , Pessoa Solteira/psicologia , Inquéritos e Questionários , Escalas de WechslerRESUMO
This report summarizes evidence that sexual orientation is familial. Family studies report that homosexual subjects have more homosexual siblings than do heterosexual subjects and more than would be expected given population frequencies. Twin studies find in general a higher concordance in sexual orientation among monozygotic than among dizygotic twins. Evidence for associated psychopathology in homosexual subjects or their relatives is inconclusive. Possible sources of bias in these reports are discussed and a suggestion is offered that family studies should be undertaken in which the sexual orientation of relatives would be directly ascertained by interview.
