"High fecundity, that means having more babies, is not about pleasure in sex, nor is it about promiscuity. The androphilic pattern that we found is about females who increase their reproductive value to attract the best males," Camperio Ciani told Life's Little Mysteries. Turns out, the moms and aunts of gay men have an advantage over the moms and aunts of straight men for several reasons: They are more fertile, displaying fewer gynecological disorders or complications during pregnancy they are more extroverted, as well as funnier, happier and more relaxed and they have fewer family problems and social anxieties. "In other words, compared to the others, perfect for a male," Camperio Ciani said. The uncomfortably relatable no gay has all five meme has swept Twitter. Attracting and choosing from the best males enables these women to produce more offspring, he noted.
The idea is to list five attributes which are necessary for success, but impossible for gay people to acquire.
The new study will appear in an upcoming issue of the Journal of Sexual Medicine. Of course, no single factor can account for the varied array of sexual orientations that exist, in men as well as in women. "It is quite possible that there are several influences on forming a homosexual orientation," said Gerulf Rieger, a sexual orientation researcher at Cornell University. He noted that environmental factors - including the level of exposure to certain hormones in the womb - also play a role in molding male sexuality. But as for why genetic factors would exist that make men gay, it appears that these genes make women, as well as gay men, alluring to other men.įollow Natalie Wolchover on Twitter nattyover.