Mike, isn't there evidence that suggests that in large families with lots of sons, those born later or last having a significantly higher chance of being gay? I wonder if that phenomenon (if true) had anything to do with the Fa'afafine? The article mentions that there is little evidence that the families raised these boys as girls because they had too many sons but rather :
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Instead, fa'afafine simply start out as boys who do not perform Samoan standards of masculinity, which can be exacting, and who identify and are identified by others as effeminate. The identity is a complex combination of self-identification and other-ascription, and it varies widely in the way in which it manifests itself.
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I wonder if this is evidence of the multiple brothers/statistically more likely to be born gay phenomenon. (*please note that I realize that not all gays are effiminate and/or have an interest in typically female roles/activities)