Familial patterning and prevalence of male androphilia among Istmo Zapotec men and muxes

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dc.contributor.authorGómez, Francisco R.
dc.contributor.authorSemenyna, Scott W.
dc.contributor.authorCourt, Lucas
dc.contributor.authorVasey, Paul L.
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-28T04:00:58Z
dc.date.available2018-11-28T04:00:58Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.descriptionOpen access; distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licenseen_US
dc.description.abstractMale androphilia (i.e., male sexual attraction to other adult males) is known to cluster within families. Some studies demonstrate that male androphilia clusters in both the paternal and maternal familial lines, whereas other studies demonstrated that it clusters only in the latter. Most of these studies were conducted in Euro-American populations where fertility is low and the sexual orientation of male relatives can sometimes be difficult to ascertain. These two factors can potentially confound the results of such studies. To address these limitations, we examined the familial patterning of male androphilia among the Istmo Zapotec of Oaxaca, Mexico––a high fertility, non-Euro-American population where androphilic males are known locally as muxes, a third gender category. The Istmo Zapotec recognize two types of muxes––muxe gunaa and muxe nguiiu––who typify the transgender and cisgender forms of male androphilia, respectively. We compared the familial patterning of male androphilia between muxe gunaa and muxe nguiiu, as well as between gynephilic men and muxes (both cisgender and transgender forms combined). Istmo Zapotec muxe gunaa and muxe nguiiu exhibit similar familial patterning of male androphilia. Overall, muxes were characterized by significantly more muxe relatives than gynephilic men. This familial patterning was equivalent in both the paternal and maternal lines of muxes. The population prevalence rate of male androphilia was estimated to fall between 3.37–6.02% in the Istmo Zapotec. This is the first study that has compared cisgender and transgender androphilic males from the same high fertility population and demonstrated that the two do not differ with respect to the familial patterning of male androphilia.en_US
dc.description.peer-reviewYesen_US
dc.identifier.citationGómez, F. R., Semenyna, S. W., Court, L., Vasey, P. L. (2018). Familial patterning and prevalence of male androphilia among Istmo Zapotec men and muxes. PLoS ONE, 13(2), e0192683. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0192683en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/5250
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherPublic Library of Scienceen_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Psychologyen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Lethbridgeen_US
dc.subjectMale androphiliaen_US
dc.subjectIstmo Zapotecen_US
dc.subjectMuxesen_US
dc.subjectTransgenderen_US
dc.subjectCisgenderen_US
dc.subjectFamilial patterningen_US
dc.subjectAndrophilesen_US
dc.subjectGynephilic malesen_US
dc.subject.lcshZapotec Indians--Mexico--Oaxaca (State)--Case studies
dc.subject.lcshTransgender people
dc.subject.lcshCisgender people
dc.subject.lcshHomosexuality--Mexico--Oaxaca (State)--Case studies
dc.titleFamilial patterning and prevalence of male androphilia among Istmo Zapotec men and muxesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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