Parental selection of children's sexual orientation

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 423-437

  Greenberg, Aaron S ^a   Bailey, J Michael ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

abortion; eugenics; genetic selection; genetics; homosexuality; sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; ETHICS; EXPERIMENT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL GENETICS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MORALITY; PARENT; PREGNANCY; RELIGION; SCIENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THEORETICAL STUDY; ADULT; FEMALE; MALE; NEWBORN;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MORALS; PARENTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 9944249525     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010265416676     Document Type: Article

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