Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!axiom!drilex!rclex!cdx39!jc From: jc@cdx39.UUCP (John Chambers) Newsgroups: talk.bizarre Subject: Re: Re: Bizarre Theory #242: Gay Males and Baldness. Message-ID: <299@cdx39.UUCP> Date: Thu, 4-Sep-86 08:52:57 EDT Article-I.D.: cdx39.299 Posted: Thu Sep 4 08:52:57 1986 Date-Received: Tue, 9-Sep-86 06:10:00 EDT References: <658@sdcc12.UUCP> <3309@ism780c.UUCP> Lines: 20 > > From my own observations, I've noticed that a large segment of the gay > >male population have thinning hair. It's usually quite fine hair and tends to > >start to bald at the top of the head. Elton John, an admitted bisexual and > >baldy, is the sort of guy I'm talking about. > > I doubt this because I remember reading somewhere that male patern baldness > is directly related to an increase in the level of the male sex hormone > testosterone. Hmmm...From this, I infer that homosexuality is caused by too-high levels of testosterone. Could be. I wonder if Lesbians are often balding? -- John M Chambers Phone: 617/364-2000x7304 Email: ...{cthulhu,inmet,harvax,mit-eddie,mot[bos],rclex}!cdx39!{jc,news,root,usenet,uucp} Smail: Codex Corporation; Mailstop C1-30; 20 Cabot Blvd; Mansfield MA 02048-1193 Telex: 922-443 CODEX A MNSF !fortune -o