PSYC 231 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Family Gay, Alliance Theory, Sexual Attraction
11 Apr 2016
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Sexual orientation: an affinity, attraction, leaning, or longing towards one sex or the other, or both: partner orientation. People can vary in just how set or fluid their sexual orientation is. Women with a fluid sexual orientation are capable of experiencing a wider range of erotic experiences and feelings than the labels lesbian, bisexual, or heterosexual implies. Gay men and lesbian women vary in their masculinity and femininity (as well as all characteristics) in the same way that heterosexual men and women do. Most of, if not all, cultures view heterosexuality as the natural, correct, and normal way to be (heteronormativity) Heterosexuality is taken for granted and provides people with distinct legal, political, and social advantages in american society. Until the sex researcher alfred kinsey came along in the 1940"s, people thought that a person"s sexual orientation could be classified into one of two/three (at most) boxes: heterosexual, homosexual, and bisexual.
