Uninterrupted, Part 8

I read an interesting article today about why gay men exist from evolutionary standpoint. One study by Italian geneticists found that maternal relatives of gay men had a higher reproductive success (more fertile and fewer complications in pregnancy) than women born into families without gay men. Then they did another study to find out why. It turns out these women tend to be “more extroverted, as well as funnier, happier and more relaxed; and they have fewer family problems and social anxieties.”

They (and their brothers and sons) are more attractive to men. They get their choice of the pick of the litter. And who in that situation would pick less that the best (whatever the best might mean to them)?

Of course one gene does not tell anything close to the whole story, “But as for why genetic factors would exist that make men gay, it appears that these genes make women, as well as gay men, alluring to other men.”

Now I have to put that in a story. Maybe Pavel’s sister if I ever write that far…



Title: For an Uninterrupted Date
Status: Part 8 of 10
Universe: (A Balance of) Harmonies Portland
Genre: m/m romance, family, city life, businessmen, kids
Content: traffic, tea, unhappy news, tears, Goldie, a call, movies, a hidden treasure, questions, a dress
Length: about 2,700 words
Note: mentions of self harm

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The traffic was even worse than before, but that was to be expected on a Friday afternoon. Courtney and her husband lived in a tiny, probably rented, house further into the suburbs than Diemen. Amelia was particularly ecstatic to see Em. They ran off into the house. Courtney invited Diemen inside and asked lots of questions about how Em had acted and whether that was normal and how people got on with nem. Diemen told the total truth. “Everyone that met Em loved nem.”

( I’m five. )