I am also the oldest male with two younger brothers , an older sister and a younger sister.
Tomara
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I am also the oldest male with two younger brothers , an older sister and a younger sister.
Tomara
I am second oldest boy but I have seven younger brothers. My dad is also from a very large family and years ago (early 60's) his oldest brother was arrested by the police for being dressed as a woman in a public place,
Fiona O
2nd youngest of 5, left-handed, I like being odd :)
Third born male of four, so not fitting with the idea which Leah was quoting.
However I found a paper from the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry Vol. 38, No. 5. pp. 543-551. 1997 By Prof. Kenneth Zucker and others titled "Sibling Sex Ratio of Boys with Gender Identity Disorder" with a different conclusion, that does square up with my own situation.
I'll quote from the abstract:
"Sibling sex ratio (the ratio of brothers to sisters) was calculated for 444 boys with gender identity disorder (or with behaviors consistent with this diagnosis)." using data "from several researchers with expertise with this disorder and from the English language case report literature between 1938 and 1995". This suggested that "Among the probands with at least
one sibling, the results showed that boys with gender identity disorder had a significant excess of brothers to sisters, 131.1:100, when compared with the expected secondary sex ratio of 106:100. The excess of brothers replicated a previous study by Blanchard, Zucker, Bradley, and Hume (1995), in which the sibling sex ratio was 140.6:100. Further analyses showed that the probands were born later relative to their brothers than
they were relative to their sisters."
So.......who is correct? Are these two points of view incompatible? It seems so to me
:2c:
Ann Rosa
p.s Perhaps the "let out clause" in reconciling these two views comes in that Leah's is talking about cross-dressing per se, and the study by Zucker et. al is about those with "Gender Identity Disorder". Maybe someone would clarify if cross dressing always implies G.I.D or not. I suspect the answer is "not" :idontknow:
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Originally Posted by JudithAnnMeadowsweet
That fits me perfectly. Eldest brother, brother, brother, sister and then me. Apparently, my Mother wanted a second girl to round off the family. I would've preferred a 2nd girl too!
I'm the oldest boy with a sister and 2 brothers but as far as seeing a trend, keep in mind the title of the thread. I clicked on it because it applied to me. How many passed it by because it didn't apply to them?
Jennifer
Interesting Thread. It a fits for me .Older sister, younger brother,Middle child syndrome and a CD what can I say.
Sandie
Youngest here 2 brothers and a sister.
I'm the youngest :)
I am the oldest in my family and a lefty.
Two brothers are gay and one straight.
Me happily married.
This another new factor. In my family as well as being second boy the brother to sister ratio was 450:100. Oh and I'm also a leftie.Quote:
Originally Posted by JudithAnnMeadowsweet
Fiona O
:eek:You have 449 brothers and 100 sisters!!?? :eek: :D :devil:Quote:
Originally Posted by FionaO
Oldest of nine, 4 boys 5 girls. None other than Myself crossdress, do have 1 sister thats bi.
I to am the oldest, I have a younger brother.
Regina
This is proving to be interesting. So far, it looks like this straw pole is confirming the statistics of the original study. Not sure what that means. Coincidence or something else? :)
I'm the oldest in my family. 3 younger brothers and a sister. I really doubt any of my brothers are CDers.
I'm the oldest of two. What does it mean who knows but it is interesting none the less.
I'm the eldest son, but my sister is the oldest. I'm also the only son. That also makes a difference.
Another oldest of 3.
Anybody keeping count? I wish we had the old polls back.
well i'm the oldest
Oldest of 4 and right handed. (b,b,g,b)
Before anyone jumps to any conclusions, some distinction should be made and corralated to the different types of CDers. At least transgendered vs. fetish CDing. "Nature" vs. "Nurture", etc.
The problem with any results drawn from Psychology studies based on review of patient populations is that they are not double blind. They use people who have experienced enough distress in their lives that they have presented themselves to the Mental Health System. They can only guess at the rest of the population who are not that distressed by our CDing.
The first page in my college statistics textbook said: "There are three kinds of lies. Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics."
I am the oldest child, I have 2 younger sisters. Many of the CD's i've met have mentioned that they are also the eldest... interesting.
Oldest male here - I am not going to ask my brother if he is a cross dresser.
I to am the oldest boy. Have been dressing since as long as I can remember.
oldest of two , me and my sister
if the info helps
I'm the oldest of three boys. Interesting, Perhaps the mods can open up just one poll to get statistics of the participants.
I'm also the oldest of three, one sister and one brother.
Youngest and only Cder of two boys although I do have a photo of my dad dressed up as a girl for a fancy dress party back in the 50s.Intriguing.Dont think there's any real connection though because I began dressing as a 4 yo before seeing this photo.
Pattie:o
Oldest of 3, and only male.
Hi, I too am the eldest of five (me, girl, boy, girl, boy) As far as I know I'm the only CD'er of the bunch, have been since very young.
Be interesting to see what % of membership fall into this category.
Take care all
Penny
I am the youngest one in my family.
Hugs,
Claudia Dawn
youngest of 3 kids here. only crossdresser in family that i know of.
Me too.
Oldest, of three.
Youngest of 2 here, and Only Boy,
Sis did not know of my being TG
Denise:):):)
I hope it's not to late to jump into this thread. I am the oldest of two boys, and left handed to boot.
It may also be interesting to note that the vast majority of military pilots are first born males.
Jaydee
Well, I'm the middle child, and the youngest male, and I'm the crossdresser, so I'm not too sure that there is any pattern. I think it's just the way we're wired. But anyway, who cares, since I love being a crossdresser!
I am number five in our family of eight children. My parents had four boys and then stopped for four years. Then they tried for a sister but had me instead. They didn't know how close they came to having a girl.
Two years later they had my little sister. Four years later they tried for another girl but had a boy. Then two years later that tried for the last time but had my baby brother. So out of eight children they had only one girl, and one girl wannabe, me. I'm pretty sure that I am the only transgender child in the bunch. Our life was much like the Walton's on TV. I wonder about those boys. Leanne
oldest of 7..:)
tina
I'll add my info into this interesting post :)
I am the oldest of 3! (me, brother, then sister) Interesting fact we are all almost exactly 13 mo's apart :)
I am also a lefty and an Artist!
Hope this add some good data to this fun post :)
I'm the 3rd oldest boy of the family. Only my sister is younger than me. My second oldest brother died of Luekimia when I was too young to know I had another brother, so I'll never know if he would have turned out to be a CD aswell.
Youngest of three here, though I'm the only boy.
I am the oldest of two boys. My younger brother, and best friend, is gay.
I had almost the same situation as you, except that I am the oldest and my father was a crossdresser. I to started to dress at around 8 before I knew he was a cd.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pattie O
I use to accidentialy see him in panties and shaving his legs. Later on I found out when I was playing in the attic and found part of his stash.
I do feel that cross dressing and transgender is somehow at least in part inherited
I am the oldest of 3 boys ... and the only cd as far as I know
I'm an only child...right handed male...left handed female.
the trend here is fascinating.
tina
i'm suppose to be in the middle but may actually be the oldest. Don't really know for sure. And i'm ambdrextrious (sp) too.
SarahLynn
Oldest -- with 2 younger sisters. Left handed
Yep .. it fits me. I'm the oldest and only boy in our family but I do have a younger sister.
What a relief now i can blame my parents for me being different as i am the eldest son.i had better keep an eye on my eldest son.LOL.
I organized in the past a poll about birth order in the thread quoted below.
You can see my interpetations in the thread, and for instance in the #93 post in it.
http://www.crossdressers.com/forums/...t=82380&page=4
I revisited such polls about birth order, a few weeks ago, and I led a comprehensive thread about it.
The discussions and conclusions are issued on my Flickr's group (700 members) : "Knowing about crossdressing : interpretations - facts - results"
http://www.flickr.com/groups/knowing-about_cding/
To make it short.
. Obviously "an only child" and "a first born" have not the same meaning.
. There exists a definite trend. However it is a slight trend.
. When comparing first born to last born in a family or 2 or more than 2 childs the ratio is 60% first born vs. 40% last born. The difference is small, yet statistically significant. Such results are repeatable by further polls.
. I showed why this result is of theoretical importance.
For serious discussing about such a subject - and other ones - I invite you to come and see what we are currently publishing in our group.