Psychologists have named the most reliable signs of homosexuality

We all know these stereotypes. Here is an unusually slender, gentle, effeminate boy who shows interest in dolls, make-up, princesses and dresses, experiencing a strong aversion to rough games with boys. But the girl with unfeminine article, which hates spirits, loves to work with a hammer and is ready to roll on the first number to some kind of a bracelet.

It seems obvious that such children grow up homosexual! Only recently, scientists decided to research to identify the earliest and most reliable signs of homosexuality. It turned out that in this case, common sense almost did not fail.

The founders in 1995 were psychologists Michael Bailey and Kenneth Zucker. The first thing they did was to study a lot of research about the differences in behavior between boys and girls that exist by themselves, regardless of the characteristics of education and training in almost every culture.

The most important differences relate to the game. Boys prefer fighting with their own kind, while girls are a puppet society. As for toys, the former are more interested in machine guns and jeeps, and the latter - with humanoid figures (mostly with hypertrophied femininity). Boys prefer to be soldiers and superheroes, and girls try on the role of mothers, dancers and princesses. As a result, both sexes with each other almost do not play.

Bailey and Zucker suggested that future homosexuals will show the opposite picture, that is, for example, the boy will be friends with girls, take an interest in mother's cosmetics, and the girl will play hockey and watch TV wrestling.

Testing this hypothesis may seem like a simple matter: it is enough to observe the child until he reaches the age when everything is clear with him. However, this method is very impractical. The fact is that homosexuals make up a very small part of society, so you will have to cover a large number of children. Further - very long term of research (about 16 years). Finally, the topic is very delicate, because children are just children, besides, doctors and psychologists start to carry only those who demonstrate clearly atypical behavior.

Therefore, other methods took root. For example, in 2008, psychologist Kelly Drummond and her colleagues talked with 25 women, whom parents gave to psychiatrists between the ages of three and twelve. At that time, all these girls had some symptoms of gender personality disorder, that is, they were friends with boys, preferred to wear men's clothes, loved active games and even could not go to the toilet sitting. Although only 12% of these women could not get rid of gender dysphoria (feeling that biological sex does not correspond to psychological dysphoria), the chances for bisexual or homosexual orientation were 23 times higher in this group than in the general sample of young women. Not all of them became lesbians, of course, but these data show that lesbians often start with this behavior.

The same is true for gays. Bailey and Zucker asked the men about their past and found that 89% of the random sample of homosexuals were friends with girls in childhood, and so on.

Since then, numerous studies have only confirmed this conclusion. Even a "dose effect" was discovered: the stronger the child behaves in an inappropriate manner (from the point of view of gender stereotypes), the higher the chances of subsequent homosexuality.

Cross-cultural data added to the foregoing that pre-homosexual boys are more attracted to single sports (swimming, cycling, tennis) than rude and contact team. In addition, they are less likely to become street hooligans.

At the same time, researchers readily admit that the development of homosexuality takes place in complex ways. Not every boy who wears pantyhose secretly becomes gay. This may be an expression of hypersexuality. Yes, and friendship with girls can indicate that we have the future Casanova, and not a muzhelozhets. Accordingly, homosexuality does not always arise on the background of gender dysphoria.

And here we turn to the most important question. Why are parents so worried about the possible sexual orientation of the child? We can assume that people are concerned about the continuation of the family, but look at Elton John and other famous sodomites! His relatives certainly are in an extremely privileged position regarding reproductive opportunities. Is it possible, on the contrary, to develop those talents that are manifested in effeminate boys? And about their sexual life, let them somehow decide ...

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