DOES PEACE PREVENT HOMOSEXUALITY

This study attempted to replicate a series of investigations by Gunter Dorner and his associates that concluded that more homosexual men are born in wartime than in times of peace, That conclusion is based on D orner's belief that war induces stress in pregnant women and that stre ss causes a drop in fetal androgen levels which in turn leads to the d evelopment of a homosexual ''orientation.'' The replication not only f ailed to support the Dorner conclusion but also found that even those cities that suffered the most severe bombing during World War II showe d no evidence of increased numbers of homosexuals, The authors conclud e that homosexual men can go on loving peace and getting involved in t he peace movement.