ArticleArchives of sexual behavior2023
Carving the Biodevelopment of Same-Sex Sexual Orientation at Its Joints.
Article in Archives of sexual behavior, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Biodevelopmental Correlates of Sexual Orientation in Men: Evidence from a Polish Sample.Archives of sexual behavior · 2025Article
- Sexual and Gender Diversity in Thailand: Associations with Recalled Childhood Sex-Typed Behavior and Adulthood Occupational Preferences.Archives of sexual behavior · 2025Article
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- The standardization of a new Explicit Pornographic Picture Set (EPPS).Behavior research methods · 2024Article
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- Male androphilia, fraternal birth order, and female fecundity in Samoa: A 10-y retrospective.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023Article
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- Consensus and Caveats Concerning "Carving the Biodevelopment of Same-Sex Sexual Orientation at Its Joints": Reply to Peer Commentaries on VanderLaan, Skorska, Peragine, and Coome.Archives of sexual behavior · 2023Article
- Using Animal Models to Study the Interplay Between the Biodevelopmental Pathways Underlying Human Sexual Orientation.Archives of sexual behavior · 2023Article
- Understanding the Biodevelopment of Sexual Orientation Requires a Multilevel Evolutionary Analysis.Archives of sexual behavior · 2023Article
- The Biodevelopment of Sexual Orientation: Beyond the Known Horizon.Archives of sexual behavior · 2023Article
- Different Subgroups of Homosexuality: Great Ideas, Little Evidence, Promising Future.Archives of sexual behavior · 2023Article
- Hormonal, Genetic, Immunological: An Array of Mechanisms but How Do They Interact, If at All?Archives of sexual behavior · 2023Article
- Carving Non-Proximal Explanations for Same-Sex Sexual Orientation.Archives of sexual behavior · 2023Article
- Parental Income and the Sexual Behavior of Their Adult Children: A Trivers-Willard Perspective.Evolutionary psychology : an international journal of evolutionary approaches to psychology and behaviorArticle
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Abstract
Sexual orientation is a core aspect of human experience and understanding its development is fundamental to psychology as a scientific discipline. Biological perspectives have played an important role in uncovering the processes that contribute to sexual orientation development. Research in this field has relied on a variety of populations, including community, clinical, and cross-cultural samples, and has commonly focused on female gynephilia (i.e., female sexual attraction to adult females) and male androphilia (i.e., male sexual attraction to adult males). Genetic, hormonal, and immunological processes all appear to influence sexual orientation. Consistent with biological perspectives, there are sexual orientation differences in brain development and evidence indicates that similar biological influences apply across cultures. An outstanding question in the field is whether the hypothesized biological influences are all part of the same process or represent different developmental pathways leading to same-sex sexual orientation. Some studies indicate that same-sex sexually oriented people can be divided into subgroups who likely experienced different biological influences. Consideration of gender expression in addition to sexual orientation might help delineate such subgroups. Thus, future research on the possible existence of such subgroups could prove to be valuable for uncovering the biological development of sexual orientation. Recommendations for such future research are discussed.
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