PSYCH 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Gender Dysphoria
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Sexual scripts: sets of rules that say when and what is proper in terms of sexual relations for men and women. Think about sexual scripts for young men and women today. Biological links are inconclusive: prenatal hormone exposure, differences in hypothalamus (drive center, sexual orientation is moderately heritable. Range of sexual orientation: hetero, bi, homo. Experimenting in sexual behavior but not identifying as gay. Homosexuality is not caused by : a smothering mother or absent father, same-sex sexual child play (quite common, lack of proper role models/learning. Homosexuality documented in more than 450 other species besides humans (dolphins, penguins, many primates) Gender identity is separate from sexual orientation. Experience or feeling of being either male or female or somewhere in between. Transgender (gender dysphoria): intensely uncomfortable with biological gender and strongly identifies with and wants to be the opposite gender. Transvestite: usually heterosexual male who dresses in women"s clothing for fun or for sexual arousal.
