Human Sex. Week 10

sexual orientation

encompasses who you are sexually attracted to and with whom you engage in sexual behavior (may be distinct from romantic attraction)

heterosexual

attraction and sexual behavior w/ someone of the “opposite” sex

homosexual

attraction and sexual behaviors of someone of the same sex

bisexual

both genders

T or F: LGBTQ+ are lumped into the all non-normative sexualities

True, this is for everyone that has a non-normative sexuality

What year was homosexuality no longer considered a mental disorder?

1973 APA no longer considers it as a mental disorder, and pushed for gay affirmative care in therapy

T or F: Conversion therapy have a successful rate

False, conversion therapy has no success rate

Psychological Reasons

1. Seduction- people are gay because someone who was gay has seduced you

2. Negative Events- people are gay because they haven’t had good other-sex, or sexual behaviors

3. By choice- people are choosing to be gay (some people choose)

Biological Indications

1. Born that way- something biological impacts sexual orientation

2. Genetics- higher rates of the same sexual orientation among identical twins than same sex fraternal twins

3. Fraternal Birth Order- the more older brothers one has, the more likelihood of being gay

Social Behaviors

• varies pretty widely from culture to culture

• Religion has a big factor of effecting social behavior

Coming Out

becoming aware of one’s own non-heterosexuality

There were older stages of model

1. self acknowledgement

2. self-acceptance

3. disclosure

The Kinsey Scale

Sexual Fluidity

variability in sexual attraction throughout lifespan

T or F: woman are more likley to have fluid sexualities

true, in diamonds study it showed that 80 woman over 10 years only 1/3 of them stayed conistant with identities

Perhaps sexuality is not one continuum

Asexual (ace)

no or very little (grey ace) sexual attraction to people (different than celibacy, this is a choice).

aromantic

very little to no romantic feelings

pansexual/omnisexual

attraction to all and any genders regardless of sex (overlaps with polysexual)

demisexual

experience sexual attraction only with someone they have a deep connection with

BlaQueer and Same Gender Loving

terms used exclusively in Black spaces

Two-Spirit

used in indigenous cultures

Queer

Umbrella term

Gender Inclusive Scale

ask questions and you answer them twice once sexually, and then once romantically