What is Androphilia and what role does it play in girls?

Expert Jeffrey Kluger explains what Androphilia is, and the roles and effects that it can play in girls
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What is Androphilia and what role does it play in girls?

Androphilia, as the Latin word suggests, is a special powerful attraction to males. This is primarily a sexual attraction to males. Some studies, on South Pacific islands, have found that women who exhibit androphilia, which means they have a greater number of sexual partners, they tend to start menstruation earlier. They also have more babies. Also tend to have a slightly higher instance of having a gay male child. Part of this could be that she just has more children, so it statistically likely that one of them are going to be gay. Another part of it is, at least the thinking is, that there's an androphilic gene. Two things may happen here. First, that androphilic gene gets passed on to the son, which makes a powerful attraction in man. By definition, the son would be gay. Evolutionary, that doesn't make sense, because it's a reproductive wash. Yes, the mom produces more kids, but the son is likelier to produce none at all. As a result there is no reproductive advantage here. But there does tend to be a reproductive advantage down the line because if the mom has as strong attraction to males, any daughter she has has at least a better than average chance of picking up that gene. They may produce more prodigiously also. In addition, gay males tend to be very good uncles. This is very common particularly in the U.S. As a result, a very invested care giver is already in the family who is going to do a good job of helping to raise and look out for the family. All in all, it becomes a reproductive plus for families who carry the androphilic gene.
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