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BBC News Article.... Womb environment 'makes men gay'

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YaadPyar:

--- Quote from: starboardlight on July 04, 2006, 10:18:39 am ---
Let me also point out that, any one studying Statisitcs 101 can tell you, correlation don't not mean proof.


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Absolutely!  There is a huge difference between correlation and causation.  This sort of statistical compilation tells us nothing essentially.  Maybe all it tells us is that the more siblings/offspring exist in a family, the more likey it is that at least one will be gay.  And maybe that's just reflective of populatin statistics - that in any larger given group there will be more diversity.

It's not hard to make numbers mean anything, and even less difficult to simiply present them without understanding what they mean at all.  How many siblings do you have to have, and of what gender, to make you straight?

Lynne:
*bumping*

Kelda:
my goodness! I had foirgotten I had even posted this!! Somebody has been busy digging this morning Lynne!

Lynne:

--- Quote from: kelda_shelton on January 04, 2007, 08:14:05 am ---my goodness! I had foirgotten I had even posted this!! Somebody has been busy digging this morning Lynne!

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Yes, I went searching for it specifically, Kelda, because one of our members had heard this/a similar theory and had some questions.  I'm hoping that some of our members who work in health care/bio-sciences will weigh in with their thoughts.
-Lynne

Brown Eyes:
I wonder what the "womb environment" does to/about gay girls?  I love how that issue is completely ignored in the study (apparently).  I'd be curious as a gay girl myself.  I loathe and detest studies like this.  I wonder if they're planning on doing a study about what makes straight men straight (I'm sure they'd leave straight girls out of that one too)?
 >:( >:( >:(

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