PSYC 333 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder, Prejudice, Anal Sex
12 Mar 2014
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Page 394-422, 28 pages page 1 of 15: sexual orientation: a person"s erotic and emotional orientation toward members of his/her own gender, or members of the other gender. Androphilic individuals are attracted to males, and gynephilic to females: homosexual: orientation is towards members of his/her own gender; a lesbian is a woman whose sexual orientation is toward other women. Heterosexual (straight): orientation is toward members of the other gender: bisexual: orientation is toward both genders. A woman may identify herself as lesbian, yet occasionally have sex with men (choice of sexual partners is bisexual). How many people are gay, lesbian, bi, straight, or. Asexual: determining how best to define and measure sexual orientation is complicated attraction, identity, and behaviour do not always match, in terms of behaviour, adolescent may not yet be involved in sexual relationships. Is attraction enough without ever acting upon it: surveys assessing sexual identity show that for men, 1. 4% are homosexual and 0. 7% bisexual.
