Is homosexuality more prevalent in agropastoral than in hunting and gathering societies?: Evidence from the Standard Cross-Cultural Sample

Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology • Vol/Iss. Published online • Springer International Publishing • • Published In • Pages: 1-10 •
By Apostolou, Menelaos

Abstract

The researcher predicts a positive association between prevalence of homosexuality and agricultural and pastoral subsistence types, reasoning that higher frequency of arranged marriages among agropastoral societies will lessen negative selection pressure on genes which encode for non-exclusive heterosexual orientation. Findings appear to support the prediction.
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