PSY354H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Gaydar, Penis Envy, Inah 3
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Surrounds the discussion, what makes a person gay? typical sexual orientations don"t require explanations: sexuality in the late 50s was seen as a diagnosable disorder, modern day thinking sees sexuality as something that occurs on a spectrum. Biological factors to social factors is how gender is perceived. Should not think of it as a dichotomy as homosexuality and heterosexuality. Sexuality is flexible in nature; predisposed to change over time. Two end points: heterosexuality and homosexuality with bisexuality in the middle of the. Individuals have no sense of sexuality not necessarily about not having sex. Individuals settle into a more fixed point of sexuality later in life spectrum. Studied the social demographics of sexual preferences: data was derived in the mid-20th century, so cannot be compared to modern day data. Hash marks on scale cuts out the percentage between 10 and 80: 95% of males and 85% of females claim to be attracted to opposite sex only.
