Fraternal Birth Order and Sexual Orientation in Pedophiles

@article{Blanchard2000FraternalBO,
  title={Fraternal Birth Order and Sexual Orientation in Pedophiles},
  author={Ray Blanchard and Howard E. Barbaree and Anthony F Bogaert and Robert Dickey and Philip E Klassen and Michael E. Kuban and Kenneth J. Zucker},
  journal={Archives of Sexual Behavior},
  year={2000},
  volume={29},
  pages={463-478}
}
Whether homosexual pedophiles have more older brothers (a higher fraternal birth order) than do heterosexual pedophiles was investigated. Subjects were 260 sex offenders (against children age 14 or younger) and 260 matched volunteer controls. The subject's relative attraction to male and female children was assessed by phallometric testing in one analysis, and by his offense history in another. Both methods showed that fraternal birth order correlates with homosexuality in pedophiles, just as… 
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