J. Michael Bailey

J. Michael Bailey
Bailey in 2014
Born
John Michael Bailey

(1957-07-02) July 2, 1957 (age 67)
Lubbock, Texas, U.S.
Alma materWashington University in St. Louis (BA)
University of Texas at Austin (PhD)
Known forSexual orientation research, behavior genetics
ChildrenDrew Bailey[1]
Scientific career
FieldsPsychology, behavior genetics
InstitutionsNorthwestern University

John Michael Bailey (born July 2, 1957) is an American psychologist, behavioral geneticist, and professor at Northwestern University best known for his work on the etiology of sexual orientation and paraphilia. He maintains that male sexual orientation is most likely established in utero.[2][3][4]

Bailey wrote The Man Who Would Be Queen, a book about male sexual orientation and Blanchard's typology of transgender women, which generated significant controversy.[5][6]

  1. ^ Dreger 2008, p. 398.
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  3. ^ Bailey, J. Michael; Vasey, Paul L.; Diamond, Lisa M.; Breedlove, S. Marc; Vilain, Eric; Epprecht, Marc (2016-04-25). "Sexual Orientation, Controversy, and Science". Psychological Science in the Public Interest. 17 (2): 45–101. doi:10.1177/1529100616637616. PMID 27113562.
  4. ^ Bailey, Drew; Bailey, J. (2013-03-26). "Poor Instruments Lead to Poor Inferences: Comment on Roberts, Glymour, and Koenen (2013)". Archives of Sexual Behavior. 42 (8): 1649–1652. doi:10.1007/s10508-013-0101-5. PMID 23529218. S2CID 10305429. There is compelling evidence that male sexual orientation is fixed early in development, probably before birth and certainly before childhood adversity could plausibly affect it.
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