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Childhood Gender Noncomformity Remains a Robust and Neutral Correlate of Sexual Orientation: Reply to Hegarty (2009)
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Rieger, Gerulf; Linsenmeier, Joan A. W.; Bailey, J. Michael – Developmental Psychology, 2009
In this issue, P. Hegarty comments on an article by G. Rieger, J. A. W. Linsenmeier, L. Gygax, and J. M. Bailey (2008) that compared videos of homosexual and heterosexual people from childhood and adulthood. The current authors claim it is reasonable to treat masculinity-femininity as a bipolar scale and present justification for the approach used…
Descriptors: Children, Sexual Identity, Sexual Orientation, Masculinity
Childhood Sex-Typed Behavior and Sexual Orientation: A Conceptual Analysis and Quantitative Review.
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Bailey, J. Michael; Zucker, Kenneth J. – Developmental Psychology, 1995
Reviews research examining the predictive aspects of childhood sex-typed behavior for sexual orientation. Prospective studies suggest that childhood cross-typed behavior is strongly predictive of adult homosexual orientation for men, whereas retrospective studies are useful in determining how many homosexual individuals displayed cross-sex…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Child Behavior, Homosexuality, Individual Development
Sexual Orientation of Adult Sons of Gay Fathers.
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Bailey, J. Michael; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1995
Examined the sexual orientation of 82 adult sons of 55 gay men. Found that more than 90% of the sons whose sexual orientation could be rated were heterosexual. Gay and heterosexual sons did not differ on potentially relevant variables such as length of time they had lived with their fathers. (MDM)
Descriptors: Adult Children, Environmental Influences, Family Environment, Fathers