But Dr Blanchard said a mother's body changes every time she gives birth to more than one son. His research was backed up by John Manning at the University of Central Lancashire in Preston, who said: 'It's one of the few reliable correlates of homosexuality that I know of.' Those with four older brothers were three times as likely. There was virtually no difference in numbers of other siblings - suggesting there is no truth in the theory that a lone boy with lots of sisters is more likely to grow up gay.ĭr Blanchard, of the Centre of Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto, said he initially thought the idea that being gay was more likely if a man had older brothers seemed 'absurd, egregious pseudoscience'.īut his studies showed those with an average of 2.5 older brothers were twice as likely to be gay as those with no older brothers.
The gay men, had, on average, 1.32 older brothers compared to heterosexual men, who had an average ofĠ.96 older brothers. All were white and none were twins, he told the journal New Scientist. He studied the family backgrounds of 302 gay men and the same number of straight men. Now Canadian psychologist Ray Blanchard says the answer depends on how many older brothers a man has. However, the researchers think their findings are linked to what happens in the womb, rather than the effects of growing up among older boys.įor decades, academics have argued over nature versus nurture - whether individuals are born gay, or become gay because of where and how they grow up. Gay men had more older brothers, on average, than straight men, a study has found.įor every older brother a man has, the chances of him being gay increases by 33 per cent.
“Investigation is still ongoing,” she added.Boys with older brothers are more likely to be homosexual than those with sisters, younger brothers or no siblings at all, according to research. The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos, confirmed Idowu’s arrest. Whenever he did it, he would clean up the mess and warn me not to tell anybody.”Ī police source said the suspect also allegedly raped Victoria’s elder sister, who attended a college of education in Lagos State. My father deflowered me several months ago, and he had been raping me since then. Punch Metro learnt that Victoria told the police in her statement that her father deflowered her. I thought she was mentally unstable, until the man was arrested some days ago.” She said, “The girl came to me on the day she was fleeing home and said her father had been raping her. Speaking with Punch Metro, a neighbour, who did not want his name in print, said the victim had also reported to her while fleeing the house. She claimed the father started from the beginning of the year.” He would thereafter warn her not to tell anyone. She said anytime the family slept at night, the father would sneak into her room and rape her. “The victim said she could not bear it anymore as her father had raped her several times in the year. I reported the case at the police station in Badagry immediately and the man was arrested. The aunt thereafter contacted our organisation. He said, “The victim fled to a relative, who is her aunt in the Ikotun area. It was learnt that Victoria, who had been kept in government’s custody, was r*ped while her mother was bedridden.Ī social worker, identified only as Ibrahim, who reported the matter to the police, said the victim fled to her aunt in the Ikotun area.
Punch Metro reports that Idowu was arrested on Thursday, June 23, by the Badagry Police Division.
The suspect was said to have travelled for a prayer meeting on the day his daughter fled home. It was learnt that the matter got to the attention of the police after the victim, Victoria (pseudonym), packed from her father’s apartment to put up with a family friend in the Ikotun area. He has however been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for commiting the act.Īccording to Punch Metro, the man committed the crime at the Aradagun, Badagry area of Lagos. A man identified as one Timothy Idowu, has been found out to have r*ped his own 15-year-old daughter.