Left or Right Handed?

[REGIME MOB 510]

right till I die

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

Is There a Link Between
Left-Handedness and Homosexuality?

N. E. Whitehead, Ph.D.
whiteh@paradise.net.nz

This year, three Canadian scientists published a study which found some connection between left-handedness and homosexuality (1).

Analyzing a number of studies, their paper concludes that male homosexuals are about one third (31%) more likely than heterosexuals to be left-handed (2), while lesbians are almost twice as likely (91%) to be left-handed as heterosexual women.

The authors say that their findings support the notion that sexual orientation in some men and women has an early neurodevelopmental basis. They trace this to "disruptive events causing developmental instability." These events may modify sexual differentiation of the brain, they say, "perhaps through hormonal or immunological mechanisms."

The authors point out that left-handedness has been associated with a wide range of indicators of reduced fitness, from the standpoint of natural (Darwinian) selection. Left-handed people, the authors say, have a smaller number of offspring, higher number of spontaneous abortions, lower birth weight, higher number of serious accidents, higher rates of serious disorders, and a shorter life span. Left-handedness has similarly been linked to neural tube defects, autism, stuttering, and schizophrenia. The authors conclude by discussing possible biological reasons for the link between left-handedness and homosexuality. Their preferred explanation is that both left-handedness and homosexuality result from "biological developmental errors."

In a related development, two recent studies reported in Archives of General Psychiatry found significantly higher levels of pathology in the gay population than among heterosexuals. One of several possible explanations, said researcher J.M. Bailey in a published commentary that accompanied the article, is that since evolution naturally selects for heterosexuality, "homosexuality may represent developmental error" (3).

[Mo Z. Dizzle]

im right-handed

[QuietTruth]

Right hand man.

[Miss NWA Whoorider]

right

[Kassem]

i can be both,when i played soccer i could shoot and dribble with both legs, and i switch my boxing stance pretty easily

[swangin and bangin]

if u aint right then you aint rite

[Nutty]

Write w/ my left.............

but throw a ball, shoot hoops, swing a bat, punch, etc, etc w/ my right.

[Throwback]

I'm ambidextrous. Write with my left and everything else with my right. I guess I'm just unique like that.

i do that too.

[MontrealCity's Most]

Well im right handed for writting wich is how you count it right becuase i bat left, shoot right, throw right and dribble right.

[swangin and bangin]

Well im right handed for writting wich is how you count it right becuase i bat left, shoot right, throw right and dribble right.

jack off dicks with your right(no homo)

[Bramsterdam (see ya)]

right

[J$crILLa]

right...

but i can use my left good for batting..

i dont play baseball no more.. but when i was kid i use to switch hit.. and actually batted better as a lefty