Psychology 2075 Lecture Notes - Kinsey Scale, Homoeroticism, Heterosexuality

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2075
• Professor: William Fisher

Document Summary

Woman talking to her friend about a recent break up with same sex partner. Mother and father are dealing with a son who is not dealing with gender in a congruent way. Man cheats on wife with another man. Same sex behaviour may not have anything to do with an individual"s internal sexuality. Man wants an hiv test after sexual encounters with other men. 2nd time requesting hiv test in less than 6 months. Major health risk issue is avoiding health care in fear of stigmas. Woman talks about being gay and having relationships with women. Hasn"t told parents because she thinks they won"t understand. Questions can be the basis of discussion of safe coming out . Who is the most sympathetic family member, who is a friend you can trust etc. Did not look at the large heterosexual populations that had hiv diseases. Hiv infected individuals half men, half woman.