re: #405 Aceofwhat?

Yep. Scrupulously. They remind me of studies showing there is no global warming. They’re sparse, narrow, and small.

You can be sure that the factor is the missing gender when that variable is significant throughout myriad different situations. If you’re poor and missing a gender, you’re likely to fare worse than other poor kids with both genders. If you’re rich and missing a gender, you’re likely to fare worse than other rich kids missing a gender.

Don’t tell me that kids whose mom or dad isn’t present in the home fare worse because of “society”. Occam’s razor is not for shaving…

Again, is it a missing gender or a missing parent that is causing the poorer outcome? And what caused that person to be missing? A divorce? A death? Either of those can seriously screw up outcomes. Unless there are matched case control (or even better stratified randomised trials) that specifically compare gay and straight couples who have similar incomes, length/type of relationship, legal protection and social circumstances, I think it’s drawing a fairly long bow to claim that having parents of the same gender is a causative factor in poorer outcomes.