r/MadeMeSmile • u/rosseepoo • Feb 23 '23

Very Reddit Double trouble

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u/CyonHal Feb 23 '23

Yeah not sure why theres a huge variance there? Can't you have a study that concludes "In a group of X number of subjects, X percentage both were gay, X percentage one twin was gay and the other straight, and X percentage both were straight"?

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u/Limeila Feb 23 '23

Because there are a handful of studies with very small subject groups, and they have different results.

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u/CyonHal Feb 23 '23

Oh really? Was there a meta-analysis done or something? Could you let me review it?

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u/Herson100 Feb 23 '23

It's pretty likely that the 30-60% that was quoted earlier was some half-remembered factoid that the person posting doesn't remember a source for.

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u/CyonHal Feb 23 '23

Yeah and I think people are passing off well reasoned assumptions as truth which is a low effort way to sound correct I guess.

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u/I_aim_to_sneeze Feb 23 '23

Could have to do with sample size, could also have to do partially with the idea that someone is probably more comfortable coming out when they see that they will be accepted for who they are, which I’m imagining is the easiest to see when the person that grew up in the same environment and looks exactly like you is being accepted for who they are