FRHD 2100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Sexual Orientation, Sexual Stimulation, Sexual Dysfunction
12 Feb 2016
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Sexual orientation: the directionality of one"s erotic attraction that is to member of the same sex, the other sex, or both. Heterosexual orientation: erotic attraction to-and preference for romantic relationship with members of the other sex. Homosexual orientation: erotic attraction to-and preference for romantic relationships with-members of your own sex. Bisexual orientation: erotic attraction to-and interest in romantic relationship with- members of both sexes. Heteroerotic: of an erotic nature and involving members of the other sex. Homoerotic: of an erotic nature and involving members of one"s own sex. Chivers and bailey (2005) exposed men and women to visual male and female sexual stimuli and measured both their genital responses and their self-reports of sexual arousal. Male heterosexuals responded genitally to female stimuli; gay males showed. Women, both heterosexual and lesbian, were more likely to be aroused by the reverse pattern. both male and female stimuli.
